Eritrean People's Liberation Front

Eritrean People's Liberation Front
Eritrean People's Liberation Front
Tigrinya name	ህዝባዊ ግንባር ሓርነት ኤርትራ; Hizibawī Ginibari Harineti Ēritira
Arabic name	الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير إريتريا; Aljabhat Alshaebiat Litahrir 'Iiritria
Italian name	Fronte di Liberazione del Popolo Eritreo
Chairman	Isaias Afwerki; Romodan Mohammed Nur
Founded	1 August 1973
Dissolved	16 February 1994
Split from	Eritrean Liberation Front
Succeeded by	People's Front for Democracy and Justice
Headquarters	Nakfa (1976–1991); Asmara (1991–1994)
Newspaper	Vanguard, Sagem and Adulis
Youth wing	National Union of Eritrean Youth and Students
Armed Wing	Eritrean People's Liberation Army
Ideology	Eritrean nationalism; Left-wing nationalism; Secularism; Marxism–Leninism (until 1987); Maoism (until 1987); Socialism (until 1987);
Political position	Far-left (until 1987); Left-wing (1987–1994)
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The Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF), colloquially known as Shabia, was an armed Marxist–Leninist organization that fought for the independence of Eritrea from Ethiopia. It emerged in 1973 as a far-left to left-wing nationalist group that split from the Eritrean Liberation Front (ELF). After achieving Eritrean independence in 1991, it transformed into the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ), which serves as Eritrea's sole legal political party.

^ "He Didn't Do It For Them, Michela Wrong, I Didn't Do It for You: How the World Betrayed a Small African Nation". Middle East Research and Information Project. Spring 2006. Retrieved 2025-01-17. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, the EPLF was led by the secret Eritrean People's Revolutionary Party (EPRP), chaired by Isaias and strongly influenced by Maoist political currents.

Eritrean People's Liberation Front
Tigrinya name	ህዝባዊ ግንባር ሓርነት ኤርትራ Hizibawī Ginibari Harineti Ēritira
Arabic name	الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير إريتريا Aljabhat Alshaebiat Litahrir 'Iiritria
Italian name	Fronte di Liberazione del Popolo Eritreo
Chairman	Isaias Afwerki Romodan Mohammed Nur
Founded	1 August 1973 (1973-08-01)
Dissolved	16 February 1994 (1994-02-16)
Split from	Eritrean Liberation Front
Succeeded by	People's Front for Democracy and Justice
Headquarters	Nakfa (1976–1991) Asmara (1991–1994)
Newspaper	Vanguard, Sagem and Adulis
Youth wing	National Union of Eritrean Youth and Students
Armed Wing	Eritrean People's Liberation Army
Ideology	Eritrean nationalism Left-wing nationalism Secularism Marxism–Leninism (until 1987) Maoism (until 1987)^[1] Socialism (until 1987)
Political position	Far-left (until 1987) Left-wing (1987–1994)
Party flag

Politics of Eritrea Political parties Elections