Civic United Front

Civic United Front
Chama Cha Wananchi (Swahili)
AbbreviationCUF
ChairmanIbrahim Haruna Lipumba
Founded28 May 1992 (1992-05-28)
Registered21 January 1993
Merger ofCivic Movement
Zanzibar United Front
Split fromChama Cha Mapinduzi
HeadquartersZanzibar
IdeologyZanzibari autonomism
Liberalism
Political positionCentre
Regional affiliationALN
International affiliationLI
Colours     
SloganEqual rights for all
(Haki sawa kwa wote)
[1]
Bunge
3 / 393
Zanzibar HoR
0 / 85
EALA
0 / 9
SADC PF
0 / 5
Pan-African Parliament
0 / 5
Election symbol
A pair of shaking hands
underneath the Scales of Justice
Party flag
Website
www.cuf.or.tz

The Civic United Front (CUF; Swahili: Chama Cha Wananchi, lit.'Party of Citizens') is a liberal party in Tanzania. Although nationally based, most of the CUF's support comes from the Zanzibar islands of Unguja and Pemba.[2] The party is a member of Liberal International.[3]

  1. ^ G. Thomas Burgess; Ali Sultan Issa; Seif Sharif Hamad (2009). Race, Revolution, and the Struggle for Human Rights in Zanzibar: The Memoirs of Ali Sultan Issa and Seif Sharif Hamad. Ohio University Press. pp. 266–. ISBN 978-0-8214-1851-2.
  2. ^ John Ndembwike (2009). Tanzania: Profile of a Nation. New Africa Press. pp. 119–. ISBN 978-9987-9308-1-4.
  3. ^ "Civic United Front at Liberal International". Liberal International.