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{{short description|Political party in Mauritius}}
{{More citations needed|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox political party
| name = Republican Movement
| colorcode = {{party color|Republican Movement (Mauritius)}}
| foundation = 1990s
| ideology = [[Communism]]{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}<br>[[Socialism]]
| national = [[Alliance Sociale]]
| country = Mauritius
}}
The '''Republican Movement''' ({{Langx|fr|Mouvement Républicain}}) was a [[political party]] in [[Mauritius]].

==History==
The Mouvement Républicain (MR) party was founded by barrister and politician [[Rama Valayden]] on 23 August 1996 after he had distanced himself from the [[Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate]] (PMSD). Soon after MR made headlines for protesting against the extensive deforestation on the island of Mauritius and demanded swift action from the government to prevent a worsening of the crisis.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Valayden |first1=Rama |title=Environment: We are losing our Baobab and Mapou trees |url=https://www.lexpress.mu/node/357759 |website=lexpress.mu |date=26 July 2019 |publisher=L'Express |accessdate=2019-07-26}}</ref> Subsequently by October 2009 the main elements of MR had merged with the PMSD.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mauritius: Defunct parties |url=https://www.eisa.org.za/wep/mauparties8.htm |website=www.eisa.org.za |publisher=Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa (EISA) |accessdate=2010-05-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=May |last2=Modood |last3=Squires |title=Ethnicity, Nationalism, and Minority Rights |date=11 November 2004 |isbn=9780521603171 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0ulPgoN0gBMC&dq=mouvement+republicain+rama+valayden&pg=PA84 |accessdate=2004-06-05}}</ref>

==Electoral success==
At the [[legislative]] [[elections in Mauritius|elections]] of 11 September 2000, the party was part of a coalition of the [[Militant Socialist Movement]] and the [[Mauritian Militant Movement]], that won 51.7% and 58 out of 70 seats.  In the [[Elections in Mauritius|2005 elections]], 3 July 2005, the party was part of the [[Alliance Sociale]], that won 42 out of 70 seats.

==References==
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{{Mauritian political parties}}

[[Category:Political parties in Mauritius]]
[[Category:Communist parties in Mauritius]]
[[Category:Socialist parties in Mauritius]]


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