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Popular Movement of the Revolution

political party, Zaire

Also known as: MPR, Mouvement Populaire de la Révolution

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government of Zaire

In Democratic Republic of the Congo: Political process
The Popular Movement of the Revolution (Mouvement Populaire de la Révolution; MPR) was the sole legal political party from 1970 until 1990. It was presided over by then president Mobutu and had branches at every administrative level throughout the country. The MPR splintered into factions after…
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regime of Mobutu

In Democratic Republic of the Congo: Mobutu’s regime
…after the creation of the Popular Movement of the Revolution (Mouvement Populaire de la Révolution; MPR) in 1966, underscored the shortcomings of the single-party state as a vehicle for national integration and of “Mobutism” as an ideology for the legitimization of Mobutu’s regime.
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