ZANU–PF
The Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU–PF) is a political organisation which has been the ruling party of Zimbabwe since independence in 1980. The party was led for many years by Robert Mugabe, first as prime minister with the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) and then as president from 1987 after the merger with the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) and retaining the name ZANU–PF, until 2017, when he was removed as leader.
Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front | |
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| Abbreviation | ZANU–PF |
| First Secretary | Emmerson Mnangagwa |
| Second Secretaries | Constantino Chiwenga Kembo Mohadi |
| National Chairperson | Oppah Muchinguri |
| Founder | Ndabaningi Sithole |
| Founded | 8 August 1963 |
| Headquarters | ZANU–PF Building Harare, Zimbabwe |
| Youth wing | ZANU–PF Youth League |
| Women's wing | ZANU–PF Women's League |
| Ideology | Populism Anti-imperialism Pan-Africanism African nationalism |
| Political position | Big tent |
| Regional affiliation | Former Liberation Movements of Southern Africa |
| International affiliation | None (prev. Socialist International) |
| Colours | Green, yellow, red, black |
| National Assembly | 190 / 280 |
| Senate | 33 / 80 |
| Party flag | |
| Website | |
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At the 2008 parliamentary election, the ZANU–PF lost sole control of parliament for the first time in party history and brokered a difficult power-sharing deal with the Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai (MDC). ZANU-PF then won the 2013 election, gaining a two-thirds majority. The party narrowly held their super-majority in the 2018 election.
On 19 November 2017, following a coup d'état, ZANU–PF sacked Robert Mugabe as party leader, who resigned two days later, and appointed former Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa in his place.