Filipe Nyusi

…term as president, Frelimo selected Filipe Nyusi to be the party’s presidential candidate in the 2014 elections, while Guebuza maintained his role as party leader. Nyusi was elected president, and Frelimo maintained its majority in the legislature, although it won fewer seats than it had in the previous election. Guebuza…

…third term, Frelimo’s candidate was Filipe Nyusi, who faced off against Dhlakama and MDM’s Simango. Although Nyusi handily defeated his opponents—he garnered about 57 percent of the vote, while Dhlakama and Simango won about 36 percent and 6 percent, respectively—Frelimo in general did not perform as strongly as in the…

He was defeated by Filipe Nyusi, the Frelimo candidate, but Renamo, as a party, increased its number of legislative seats. After the election, fighting between Renamo and the government flared in 2015 and continued into the next year. Both sides participated in peace talks beginning in mid-2016, leading to…