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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[edit]

### Parties represented in parliament[edit]

Party  | Abbr.  | Established  | Leader  | Political position  | Ideology  | MPs

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| 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[edit]

* 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[edit]

* 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[edit]

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

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Political parties in Mozambique

Assembly (250)|

* FRELIMO (144)
* RENAMO (89)
* MDM (17)

Others|

* Independent Alliance of Mozambique
* Mozambican Nationalist Movement
* National Convention Party
* National Unity Party
* Front of Patriotic Action
* People's Party of Mozambique
* United Front of Mozambique
* Party for Peace, Democracy, and Development
* Party of Freedom and Solidarity
* National Reconciliation Party
* Independent Party of Mozambique
* Mozambique Social Broadening Party
* Party of Greens of Mozambique

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