<Ul> <Li> Politics of Zimbabwe </Li> <Li> Political parties </Li> <Li> Elections </Li> </Ul> <Li> Politics of Zimbabwe </Li> <P> The Zimbabwe African National Union--Patriotic Front (ZANU--PF) has been the ruling party in Zimbabwe since independence in 1980 . The party was led for many years under 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 . </P> <P> 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), but subsequently won the 2013 election and gained a two - thirds majority . </P>

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