Civic United Front
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| Abbreviation | CUF |
| Chairman | [at the moment not known after the resignation of Prof. Ibrahim Haruna Lipumba] |
| Secretary-General | Seif Shariff Hamad |
| Spokesperson | Ismail Jussa Ladhu |
| Founded | 28 May 1992 |
| Merger of | Civic Movement Zanzibar United Front |
| Headquarters | Zanzibar, Tanzania |
| Ideology | Liberalism |
| Political position | Centre |
| International affiliation | Liberal International |
| African affiliation | Africa Liberal Network |
| Colours | |
| Slogan | Equal rights for all (Haki sawa kwa wote) |
| National Assembly |
42 / 393
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| Zanzibar HoR |
0 / 85
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| EALA |
1 / 9
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| SADC PF |
1 / 5
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| Pan-African Parliament |
0 / 5
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| Election symbol | |
| A pair of shaking hands underneath the Scales of Justice |
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| Party flag | |
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| Website | |
| www |
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The Civic United Front (CUF; Kiswahili: Chama Cha Wananchi) is a liberal party in Tanzania. Although nationally based, most of the CUF's support comes from the Zanzibar islands of Unguja and Pemba. The party is a member of Liberal International.
The Civic United Front was formed on 28 May 1992 through a merger of two formerly existing movements - KAMAHURU, a pressure group for democratization in Zanzibar, and the Civic Movement, a human rights organization based on the mainland.
Many CUF leaders were former stalwarts of the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), some of whom had been expelled over disputes about party and government policy. The party received full recognition on 21 January 1993.
The Civic United Front participated in the 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010 and 2015 elections.
In the 1995 presidential election, CUF candidate Ibrahim Lipumba placed third (behind Benjamin Mkapa of the CCM and NCCR-Mageuzi candidate Augustine Mrema) winning 6.43% of the vote. In the National Assembly, the party won 24 of 232 elective seats, making it the largest opposition party in the legislature. Seif Shariff Hamad won 49.76% of the vote against 50.24% for the ruling party's Salmin Amour in elections for the presidency of Zanzibar. The CUF also obtained 24 of 50 elective seats in the Zanzibar House of Representatives. International and domestic observers heavily criticized the conduct of the Zanzibar polls.
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