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Party of the Revolution Chama Cha Mapinduzi (Swahili) | |
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Abbreviation | CCM |
Chairperson | Samia Suluhu |
Secretary-General | Emanuel Nchimbi |
Spokesperson | Amoss Makala |
Vice Chairman for the Mainland | Abdulrahman Kinana |
Vice Chairman for the Islands | Hussein Mwinyi |
Founder | Julius Nyerere Aboud Jumbe |
Founded | 5 February 1977 |
Merger of | TANU and ASP |
Headquarters | Dodoma |
Newspaper | Uhuru |
Think tank | UONGOZI Institute |
Student wing | Seneti ya Vyuo na Vyuo Vikuu Tanzania |
Youth wing | Umoja wa Vijana wa CCM - UVCCM |
Women's wing | Umoja wa Wanawake Tanzania - UWT |
Parents' wing | Chama Cha Wazazi Tanzania - CWT |
Farmer's wing | Wakulima |
Worker's Union wing | Wafanyakazi |
Membership (2022) | 12,000,000[1] |
Ideology | |
Political position | Center-left[3] Historical Left wing |
International affiliation | Progressive Alliance |
African affiliation | FLMSA |
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Slogan | Ujamaa na Kujitegemea CCM Oyee! |
Bunge | 365 / 393 |
Zanzibar HoR | 84 / 88 |
EALA | 7 / 9 |
SADC PF | 4 / 5 |
Pan-African Parliament | 4 / 5 |
Election symbol | |
A hoe and a hammer | |
Party flag | |
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The Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM; lit. 'Party of the Revolution' in English) is the dominant ruling party in Tanzania and the second longest-ruling party in Africa, only after the True Whig Party of Liberia.[4][5] It was formed in 1977, following the merger of the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU) and the Afro-Shirazi Party (ASP), which were the sole operating parties in mainland Tanzania and the semi-autonomous islands of Zanzibar, respectively.
TANU and its successor CCM have ruled Tanzania uninterruptedly since independence. The party has been described as authoritarian.[6] Since the creation of a multi-party system, CCM has won the past six general elections in 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015 and 2020. Jakaya Kikwete, its presidential candidate in 2005, won by a landslide, receiving more than 80% of the popular vote and John Magufuli as a candidate in 2020 garnered over 84% of the vote. In the 2010 election, the CCM won 186 of the 239 constituencies, continuing to hold an outright majority in the National Assembly.[7]
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