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Zimbabwean political party
The
People's Democratic Party
(
PDP
) was a
political party
in
Zimbabwe
. It was launched in September 2015 after a faction broke away from the
Movement for Democratic Change ? Tsvangirai
. At their breakaway in 2014 they initially called themselves
Movement for Democratic Change ? Renewal
.
[2]
The president of the party was
Tendai Biti
, a former minister of finance of Zimbabwe serving in the
Morgan Tsvangirai
government 2009?2013. The party split in September 2017 over Tendai Biti and other party officials joining the
MDC Alliance
electoral bloc, with a breakaway faction being led by Lucia Matibenga in an interim capacity. After the 2018 election, the Tendai Biti-led faction of the PDP re-united with other splinter groups of the original MDC (
MDC-T
and
MDC-N
) to form a single party under the original name
Movement for Democratic Change
(MDC).
[3]
This party is not related to the former Zimbabwe People's Democratic Party (ZPDP)
[
dubious
–
discuss
]
formed in 1991 and led by Isabel Shanangurai Madangure. It participated in the
2005 legislative elections
but never had parliamentary representation.
Logo of former entity called Zimbabwe People's Democratic Party
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