Robert Mugabe
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Robert Gabriel Mugabe was a Zimbabwean revolutionary, politician, and dictator who led Zimbabwe from 1980 until 2017. He served as the country's first Prime Minister from 1980 to 1987 and as its secon
Official portrait, 1995
Mugabe was inspired by the example set by Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah.
Joshua Nkomo became one of the leading figures of resistance to white minority rule in Southern Rhodesia.
While Mugabe was imprisoned, Ian Smith became leader of Rhodesia.
Emmerson Mnangagwa
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Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa is a Zimbabwean politician who has served as the president of Zimbabwe since 2017. His rule has been described as a dictatorship. A member of ZANU–PF and a longtime ally of
Robert Mugabe
…and nationalistic appeals to his rural Shona voter base. In 2017, members of his party ousted him in a coup, replacing him with former vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa. Mugabe died in Singapore two years later. Having dominated Zimbabwe's politics for nearly four decades, Mugabe was a controversial figure. He was…
Mnangagwa in 2023
Kinshasa, where Mnangagwa was often based during the Second Congo War.
Mnangagwa as First Vice President speaking in 2015
Mnangagwa with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in January 2019