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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.

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.

References

1. 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.
2. Pollard, p. 112, 131; Facts on File, 1984 ed., p. 574
3. "Ian Smith Invites Blacks to Join His Party", The New York Times, July 23, 1984, p. A5.

v t e Political parties in Zimbabwe
Parliamentary parties	Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU–PF) Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC)
Other parties	Coalition of Democrats (CODE) Liberal Democrats Mavambo/Kusile/Dawn Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai (MDC–T) Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) National Alliance for Good Governance (NAGG) National Patriotic Front (NPF) Patriotic Union of Mandebeleland (PUMA) United Movement for Democratic Change (UMDC) United People's Party (UPP) United Parties Zimbabwe African National Union – Ndonga (ZANU–Ndonga) Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) Zimbabwe African People's Union – Federal Party (ZAPU–FP) Zimbabwe Development Party (ZDP) Zimbabwe First Party (ZimFirst) Zimbabwe Labour Party (ZLP) Zimbabwe Youth in Alliance (ZYA)
Defunct Zimbabwean parties	Conservative Alliance of Zimbabwe (CAZ) Forum Party of Zimbabwe (FPZ) Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Movement for Democratic Change Alliance (MDC-Alliance) Movement for Democratic Change – Ncube (MDC–N) Patriotic Front People's Democratic Party (PDP) Republican Front (RF) United African National Council (UANC) Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) Zimbabwe Unity Movement (ZUM) Zimbabwe United People's Organisation (ZUPO)
Defunct Rhodesian parties	Central Africa Party Centre Party (CP) City Youth League (CYL) Confederate Party Dominion Party Federal Party National Democratic Party (NDP) Reform Party Responsible Government Association (RGA) Rhodesian Action Party (RAP) Rhodesian Front (RF) Rhodesia Labour Party (RLP) Rhodesia National Party (RNP) Rhodesian White People's Party (RWPP) Southern Rhodesia African National Congress (SRANC) Southern Rhodesia Communist Party (SRCP) Southern Rhodesia Liberal Party (SRLP) United Federal Party (UFP) United National Federal Party (UNFP) United Rhodesia Party (URP)
Presidents	Canaan Banana (ZANU) Robert Mugabe (ZANU–PF) Emmerson Mnangagwa (ZANU–PF)
Prime Ministers	Robert Mugabe (ZANU–PF) Morgan Tsvangirai (MDC–T)
Key people	Nelson Chamisa (MDC–T, CCC) Arthur Mutambara (MDC–M) Abel Muzorewa (UANC) Joshua Nkomo (ZAPU, ZANU–PF) Welshman Ncube (MDC–N) Ndabaningi Sithole (ZANU, ZANU–Ndonga) Morgan Tsvangirai (MDC, MDC–T) Ian Smith (RF)
Armed factions	ZANLA (ZANU, ZANU–PF) ZIPRA (ZAPU) FROLIZI
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