The Forum for the Restoration of Democracy (FORD) is a
political party
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in
Tanzania
Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest; Kenya to the northeast; the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to t ...
. The party was registered on 18 January 2002.
The party didn't field a presidential candidate in the
2005 Tanzanian general election
General elections were held in Tanzania on 14 December 2005. Originally scheduled for 30 October, the elections were postponed due to the death of CHADEMA vice-presidential candidate Jumbe Mohamed Jumbe. The elections were the third since the co ...
, but supported
Sengondo Mvungi
Sengondo Mvungi (1952 – 12 November 2013) was a Tanzanian NCCR-Mageuzi politician and academic.
Running as the NCCR-Mageuzi presidential candidate in the December 2005 election with the support of four other political parties, Mvungi placed ...
of the
National Convention for Construction and Reform-Mageuzi
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. He placed fifth out of ten candidates, winning 0.49% of the vote.
2002 establishments in Tanzania
Political parties established in 2002
Political parties in Tanzania
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