List of political parties in Mozambique

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This article lists political parties in Mozambique.

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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

Parties represented in parliament

PartyAbbr.EstablishedLeaderPolitical positionIdeology MPs
Liberation Front of Mozambique
Frente de Libertação de Moçambique
FRELIMO1962 Filipe Nyusi Left-wing Democratic socialism
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Optimist Party for the Development of Mozambique

Partido Otimista pelo Desenvolvimento de Moçambique

PODEMOS2019 Hélder Mendonça Centre-left to left-wing Democratic socialism

Left-wing populism

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Mozambican National Resistance
Resistência Nacional Moçambicana
RENAMO1975 Ossufo Momade Right-wing Nationalism
National conservatism
Economic liberalism
Right-wing populism
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Democratic Movement of Mozambique
Movimento Democrático de Moçambique
MDM2009vacant Centre-right Christian democracy
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Other parties

Defunct parties

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