Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF)

The Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front is a political organisation which has been the ruling party of Zimbabwe since independence in 1980.The party was led for many years under Robert Mugabe, first as prime minister with the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) and then as president from 1987 after the merger with the Zimbabwe African People’s Union (ZAPU) and retaining the name ZANU–PF, until 2017, when he was removed as leader.