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{{Infobox political party
| name = Zomi Congress for Democracy
| native_name = {{noitalics|{{nobold|ဇိုမီး ဒီမိုကရေစီအဖွဲ့ချုပ်}}}}
| abbreviation = ZCD
| colorcode = #CC232A
| chairman = [[Chin Sian Thang|Pu Chin Sian Thang]]
| secretary_general = Pu Gin Kam Lian
| leader1_title =
| leader1_name =
| leader2_title =
| leader2_name =
| founded = {{Start date|1972}} (India)<br />{{Start date|1988}} (Myanmar)
| headquarters = Pansodan Road, [[Kyauktada Township]], [[Yangon]]
| website =
| ideology = [[Zomi people|Zomi]] interests
| position =
| international =
| membership = 15,000<ref name=MMNow />
| colours = Red
| seats1_title = Seats in the [[Amyotha Hluttaw]]
| seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|224|hex=#CC232A}}
| seats2_title = Seats in the [[Pyithu Hluttaw]]
| seats2 = {{Composition bar|1|440|hex=#CC232A}}
| seats3_title =Seats in the [[Chin State Hluttaw]]
| seats3 = {{Composition bar|1|24|hex=#CC232A}}
| symbol =
| country = Myanmar
| flag = [[File:Zomi Congress for Democracy flag.png|200px]]
}}
{{Contains special characters|Burmese}}

The '''Zomi Congress for Democracy''' ('''ZCD'''; {{lang-my|ဇိုမီး ဒီမိုကရေစီအဖွဲ့ချုပ်}}) is a [[political party]] in [[Myanmar]]. Most of the party's support comes from [[Chin State]], where the original ZNC was headquartered. The party is most popular in the [[Tonzang Township|Tonzang]] and [[Tedim Township]]s, where their headquarters and strongholds are. The party has 15,000 members in Chin State.<ref name="MMNow">{{cite web|title=Myanmar Now {{!}} Zomi Congress for Democracy|url=http://www.myanmar-now.org/resources/i/?id=091c08e2-33cf-4e9c-874f-2cdf6200cceb}}</ref>

==History==
The ZCD was founded as the ''Zomi National Congress'' (ZNC) in [[Daizang]], [[Manipur]], [[India]] in 1972. Under the leadership of [[T. Gougin]]<ref>{{cite web|title=T. GOUGIN - The Father of the Zo people|url=http://gougin.blogspot.in/|website=gougin.blogspot.in}}</ref> and S. K. Samte, the organisation campaigned for the unification of the [[Zomi people]] in India and Myanmar, and submitted a [[memorandum]]<ref>Memorandum submitted to His Excellency V.V. GIRI, The President of India by the Zomi National Congress, Lamka {{cite web|url=http://www.zogam.org/documents.asp?article%3Ddocuments_244 |title=Archived copy |access-date=9 December 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140318072300/http://www.zogam.org/documents.asp?article=documents_244 |archive-date=18 March 2014 }}</ref> to the then [[President of India]] [[V. V. Giri]]. It was a major goal for the ZNC that the first ''World Zomi Convention'' be held at Champhai, Mizoram, India from 19–21 May 1988; a goal which was completed.

In 1988, after the [[8888 uprising]], the ZNC branch in Burma was registered as a political party. It was permitted to function as a political organisation until 1992, when the [[State Peace and Development Council|military junta]] abolished the party, and banned it from all political activities.

[[Chin Sian Thang]], 67, was chairman of the Zomi National Congress, until the party's dissolution. Elected as a Member of Parliament during Burma's ill-fated [[1990 Burmese general election|1990 elections]], he worked diligently for several years in defiance of the country’s ruling [[State Peace and Development Council|military junta]]. During the 1960s, Cin Sian Thang served as a leader of the Chin Ethnic Student Union while a student at Rangoon University. He has been imprisoned on at least six occasions by successive military regimes for his political activities between 1972 and 1999. In each instance, he served two years, during which he was subjected to brutal interrogations and torture, which has led to permanent health problems. He also served as a member of the Committee Representing People’s Parliament, a group supported by 251 candidates elected in 1990. Considered a moderate ethnic leader, Cin Sian Thang heavily promoted the CRPP as a rallying point for Burmese activists and ethnic leaders. He was the most outspoken elected ethnic leader in Myanmar. He is also the co-author of the book "''In Burma, a Cry for U.N. Help''".<ref>[[Washington Post]], Thursday, 26 October 2006, p. A25</ref>

The party renamed to the Zomi Congress for Democracy after new naming restrictions imposed by the government leading up to the [[2012 Myanmar by-elections|2012 by-elections]] required them to drop the word 'National' from their name. The party formally registered this name with the [[Union Election Commission]] in 2012.<ref>[http://www.chinlandguardian.com/index.php/news/item/1364-znc-to-register-as-zomi-congress-for-democracy ZNC to register as the Zomi Congress for Democracy]</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Myanma political parties}}

[[Category:Defunct political parties in India]]
[[Category:Political parties in Myanmar]]
[[Category:Political parties of minorities]]
[[Category:1972 establishments in India]]
[[Category:1988 establishments in Burma]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 1972]]
[[Category:Political parties with year of disestablishment missing]]

Zomi Congress for Democracy - Revision history

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