List of political parties in Mozambique

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

Parties represented in parliament

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
	Mozambican National Resistance Resistência Nacional Moçambicana	RENAMO	1975	Ossufo Momade	Right-wing	Nationalism National conservatism Economic liberalism Right-wing populism	60 / 250
	Democratic Movement of Mozambique Movimento Democrático de Moçambique	MDM	2009	vacant	Centre-right	Christian democracy	6 / 250

Other parties

• Independent Alliance of Mozambique (Aliança Independente de Moçambique)
• Mozambican Nationalist Movement (Movimento Nacionalista Moçambicano)
• National Convention Party (Partido de Convenção Nacional)
• National Unity Party (Partido de Unidade Nacional)
• Liberal Front (Frente Liberal)
• Front of Patriotic Action (Frente de Ação Patriotica)
• People's Party of Mozambique (Partido Popular de Moçambique)
• United Front of Mozambique (Frente Unida de Moçambique)
• Party for Peace, Democracy, and Development (Partido para a Paz, Democracia e Desenvolvimento)
• Independent Party of Mozambique (Partido Independente de Moçambique)
• Liberal and Democratic Party of Mozambique (Partido Liberal e Democrático de Moçambique)
• Mozambique Social Broadening Party
• National Reconciliation Party
• Party of Freedom and Solidarity
• Social Liberal and Democratic Party (Partido Social-Liberal e Democrático)
• Greens Party of Mozambique (Partido dos Verdes de Moçambique)

Defunct parties

• Communist Party of Mozambique (Partido Comunista de Moçambique)
• National Democratic Union of Mozambique (União Democrática Nacional de Moçambique)
• Revolutionary Party of Mozambique (PRM; Partido Revolucionário de Moçambique)

See also

• Politics of Mozambique
• List of ruling political parties by country