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Name: Coalition Pour la Défence de la République
More information:The Coalition Pour la Défence de la République, also known by its acronym CDR, was an ultra-nationalist Hutu political party in Rwanda founded in March 1992 by former MRND members: Jean Shyirambere Barahinyura, Jean-Bosco Barayagwiza, and Hassan Ngeze. Initially supportive of President Juvenal Habyarimana, the party later opposed him due to Habyarimana's rapprochment talks with the RPF. The CDR espoused a violently anti-Tutsi ideology and the party's militia, the Impuzamugambi (