[1] The Forum party was formed on 28 March 1993 and was led by a former Zimbabwean Chief Justice Enoch Dumbutshena.
One of its other predecessors was the Conservative Alliance of Zimbabwe which had been led by former Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith.
Smith had chaired a meeting in 1992 hoping to unite opposition groups of all races against Mugabe's government.
[3] The party stood only 28 candidates in the 1995 elections and failed to gain any seats, winning 5.9% of the vote.
[1] The party merged into the Movement for Democratic Change in December 1999.