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Robert Mugabe Robert Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe, stands at a podium labeled Copenhagen COP15, speaking at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in 2009. President Robert Mugabe wearing a patterned green suit and cap speaks passionately at a podium with multiple microphones during a ZANU PF rally in Harare, Zimbabwe.
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Robert Mugabe

president of Zimbabwe
Also known as: Robert Gabriel Mugabe
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Robert Mugabe (born February 21, 1924, Kutama, Southern Rhodesia [now Zimbabwe]—died September 6, 2019, Singapore) was the first prime minister (1980–87) of the reconstituted state of Zimbabwe, formerly Rhodesia. A Black nationalist of Marxist persuasion, he eventually established one-party rule in his country, becoming executive president of Zimbabwe in 1987. He resigned on November 21, 2017, after succumbing to political and military pressure. The son of a village carpenter, Mugabe was trained as a teacher...

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