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List of political parties in Mozambique

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This article lists political parties in Mozambique.

Mozambique has a two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties, with difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party.

Active parties

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Parties represented in parliament

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Party Abbr. Established Leader Political position Ideology MPs
Liberation Front of Mozambique
Frente de Libertação de Moçambique
FRELIMO 1962 Filipe Nyusi Left-wing Democratic socialism
184 / 250
Optimist Party for the Development of Mozambique

Partido Otimista pelo Desenvolvimento de Moçambique

PODEMOS 2019 Hélder Mendonça Centre-left to left-wing Democratic socialism

Left-wing populism

31 / 250
Mozambican National Resistance
Resistência Nacional Moçambicana
RENAMO 1975 Ossufo Momade Right-wing Nationalism
National conservatism
Economic liberalism
Right-wing populism
20 / 250
Democratic Movement of Mozambique
Movimento Democrático de Moçambique
MDM 2009 vacant Centre-right Christian democracy
4 / 250

Other parties

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Defunct parties

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See also

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