People's Democratic Party (Zimbabwe) People's Democratic Party (Zimbabwe) The People's Democratic Party (PDP) is a political party in Zimbabwe. It was launched in September 2015 after a faction broke away from the Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai. At their breakaway in 2014 they initially called themselves Movement for Democratic Change – Renewal. The president of the party was Tendai Biti, a former minister of finance of Zimbabwe serving in the Morgan Tsvangirai government 2009–2013. He was replaced as leader by Lucia Matibenga in an interim capacity in September 2017 after being expelled from the party for joining the MDC Alliance. This party is
Movement for Democratic Change – Ncube immediately claimed that the attack was carried out by ZANU militants. However, while recovering in hospital, Stevenson identified her assailants as members of a rival faction of the MDC. In the 2008 presidential election, the President of MDC Prof Arthur Mutambara backed Simba Makoni. Movement for Democratic Change – Ncube The Movement for Democratic Change – Ncube (MDC–N) is a Zimbabwean political party led by politician and attorney Welshman Ncube. It was founded in 2005 when the Movement for Democratic Change split apart and in the 2008 general election, it was known as the Movement for Democratic Change – Mutambara