MDC

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opposition party political party

MDC is a Zimbabwean opposition political party known as the Movement for Democratic Change, which has played a major role in challenging the long-standing rule of ZANU–PF.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
MDC canonical	5
MDC Alliance	5
MDC–T	2
MDC–M	1
MDC–T national executive council	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	opposition party ⓘ political party ⓘ
abbreviation	MDC self-linksurface differs ⓘ
activeIn	Zimbabwean politics ⓘ
advocatesFor	democratic reforms in Zimbabwe ⓘ economic reform in Zimbabwe ⓘ respect for human rights in Zimbabwe ⓘ rule of law in Zimbabwe ⓘ
country	Zimbabwe ⓘ
foundedBy	Gibson Sibanda ⓘ Morgan Tsvangirai ⓘ Welshman Ncube ⓘ other Zimbabwean opposition activists ⓘ
hasColor	red ⓘ white ⓘ
hasRole	opposition to ZANU–PF ⓘ
hasSplitInto	Movement for Democratic Change ⓘ surface form: Movement for Democratic Change – Alliance Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai ⓘ surface form: Movement for Democratic Change – Mutambara Movement for Democratic Change ⓘ surface form: Movement for Democratic Change – N Movement for Democratic Change ⓘ surface form: Movement for Democratic Change – Ncube Movement for Democratic Change ⓘ surface form: Movement for Democratic Change – Renewal Movement for Democratic Change ⓘ surface form: Movement for Democratic Change – T Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai ⓘ People's Democratic Party (Zimbabwe) ⓘ
hasSymbol	open hand ⓘ
hasWing	MDC–T women’s assembly ⓘ surface form: MDC Women's Assembly MDC Youth Assembly ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Harare ⓘ
ideology	liberal democracy ⓘ social democracy ⓘ
inception	1999 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ Northern Ndebele ⓘ surface form: Ndebele Shona ⓘ
notableLeader	Morgan Tsvangirai ⓘ Nelson Chamisa ⓘ Thokozani Khupe ⓘ Welshman Ncube ⓘ
opposedBy	ZANU–PF ⓘ
opposes	ZANU–PF ⓘ surface form: Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front
originatedFrom	Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions ⓘ
participatedIn	2000 Zimbabwe parliamentary election ⓘ 2002 Zimbabwe presidential election ⓘ Zimbabwean general election, 2005 ⓘ surface form: 2005 Zimbabwe parliamentary election Zimbabwean general election, 2008 ⓘ surface form: 2008 Zimbabwe general election 2013 Zimbabwe general election ⓘ Zimbabwean general election, 2018 ⓘ surface form: 2018 Zimbabwe general election
politicalPosition	centre-left ⓘ
region	Southern Africa ⓘ
shortName	MDC self-linksurface differs ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Movement for Democratic Change → hasAbbreviation → MDC ⓘ

Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai → shortName → MDC ⓘ

this entity surface form: MDC–T

Miami Dade College → abbreviation → MDC ⓘ

Metropolitan District Commission → shortName → MDC ⓘ

subject surface form: Metropolitan District Commission (Massachusetts)

Citizens Coalition for Change → predecessor → MDC ⓘ

this entity surface form: MDC Alliance

MDC → shortName → MDC self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Movement for Democratic Change

MDC → abbreviation → MDC self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Movement for Democratic Change

MDC–T women’s assembly → relatedTo → MDC ⓘ

this entity surface form: MDC–T national executive council

Global Political Agreement (Zimbabwe) → signatoryParty → MDC ⓘ

this entity surface form: MDC–T

Global Political Agreement (Zimbabwe) → signatoryParty → MDC ⓘ

this entity surface form: MDC–M

Zimbabwean general election, 2018 → mainParty → MDC ⓘ

this entity surface form: MDC Alliance

Zimbabwean general election, 2018 → presidentialRunnerUpParty → MDC ⓘ

this entity surface form: MDC Alliance

Zimbabwean general election, 2018 → parliamentaryMainOppositionParty → MDC ⓘ

this entity surface form: MDC Alliance

Zimbabwean general election, 2018 → resultDisputedBy → MDC ⓘ

this entity surface form: MDC Alliance