Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai
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Movement for Democratic Change
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| Leader | Morgan Tsvangirai |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Headquarters | Harvest House, 44 Nelson Mandela Avenue, Harare, Zimbabwe |
| Youth wing | MDC Youth Assembly |
| Ideology |
Social democracy, Left-wing nationalism |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| International affiliation |
Socialist International, Progressive Alliance |
| Colours | Red and black |
| House of Assembly |
49 / 210
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| Senate |
21 / 93
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| Pan African Parliament |
2 / 5
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The Movement for Democratic Change Zimbabwe (MDCZ), commonly known as Movement for Democratic Change Zimbabwe - Tsvangirai (MDC-T) is a political party and currently the main opposition party in the House of Assembly of Zimbabwe. It is the main formation formed from the split of the original Movement for Democratic Change in 2005.
The Movement for Democratic Change was founded in 1999 as an opposition party to the Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) party led by President Robert Mugabe. The MDC was formed from members of the broad coalition of civic society groups and individuals that campaigned for a "No" vote in the 2000 constitutional referendum, in particular the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions. The party split following the 2005 Senate election, with the main faction headed by the founder leader Morgan Tsvangirai and the other formation headed by Arthur Mutambara. At the Morgan Tsvangirai-led 2006 Congress, Thokozani Khuphe was elected for Vice-President replacing Gibson Sibanda who was now part of MDC-M.
The two factions subsequently won a combined majority in the March 2008 parliamentary election.
On 3 August 2007 it was widely reported that two officials of the smaller Arthur Mutambara-led MDC formation had defected to the main Tsvangirai-led Movement for Democratic Change Zimbabwe formation, a week after talks to reunite the two parties had broken down. At a media briefing, former Member of Parliament Silas Mangono and Masvingo Province chairman Shaky Matake announced that they had defected from the Mutambara-led formation.
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