Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front
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Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front
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| Abbreviation | ZANU–PF |
| Chairman | Emmerson Mnangagwa and Phekezela Mphoko |
| President and First Secretary | Robert Mugabe |
| Founder(s) | Robert Mugabe, Joshua Nkomo |
| Founded | December 22, 1987 |
| Merger of | ZANU, ZAPU |
| Headquarters | Harare, Zimbabwe |
| Ideology | Left-wing nationalism Scientific socialism Anti-imperialism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| Regional affiliation | Former Liberation Movements of Southern Africa |
| International affiliation | None |
| Colours |
Green, yellow, red, black |
| House of Assembly |
197 / 270
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| Senate |
57 / 80
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The Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU–PF) has been the ruling party in Zimbabwe since independence in 1980. The party has been led by Robert Mugabe, first as Prime Minister with the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) and then as President from 1988 after merger with the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) and retaining the name ZANU–PF. In 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), but subsequently won the 2013 election and gained a two-thirds majority.
ZANU was founded by Ndabaningi Sithole, Henry Hamadziripi, Mukudzei Midzi, Herbert Chitepo, Edgar Tekere, and Leopold Takawira at the house of former Defence Minister Enos Nkala in Highfield in August 1963.
The Patriotic Front (PF) was formed in 1976 as a political and military alliance between ZAPU and ZANU during the war against white minority rule in Rhodesia (today Zimbabwe). The PF included the Soviet Union-backed ZAPU, which was led by Joshua Nkomo and operating mainly from Zambia, and the Chinese-backed ZANU led by Robert Mugabe, which operated mainly from neighbouring Mozambique. Both movements contributed their respective military forces. ZAPU's military wing was known as the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) and ZANU's guerrillas were known as the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army. The objective of the PF was to overthrow the predominantly white minority government, headed by the Prime Minister Ian Smith, through political pressure and military force.
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