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Republican Front (Zimbabwe)
The Republican Front was a political party in Zimbabwe in the 1980s, led by Ian Smith as the continuation of the Rhodesian Front. The name change came on 6 June 1981 as an attempt to distance itself from its policies of the past.[1]
Republican Front | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Ian Smith |
| Founded | 6 June 1981 |
| Dissolved | 23 July 1984 |
| Preceded by | Rhodesian Front |
| Succeeded by | Conservative Alliance of Zimbabwe |
| Headquarters | Salisbury |
| Ideology | Conservatism White minority interests |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| Colours | Purple |
On 23 July 1984 it was renamed the Conservative Alliance of Zimbabwe. At that time the party, which had started with an all-white membership, tried to appeal to black members, as well as black voters who wished to oppose the policies of the Robert Mugabe government.[2][3]
References edit
- ^ John McLaughlin, "Ian Smith and the Future of Zimbabwe," The National Review, October 30, 1981, pp. 2168-70; William C. Pollard, Jr., A Career of Defiance: The Life of Ian Smith (Topeka, Kans.: Agusan River Publishing Co., 1992), pp. 105-7, 131.
- ^ Pollard, p. 112, 131; Facts on File, 1984 ed., p. 574
- ^ "Ian Smith Invites Blacks to Join His Party", The New York Times, July 23, 1984, p. A5.