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Robert Mugabe

Also known as Robert Gabriel Mugabe, Mugabe

2nd President of Zimbabwe from 1987 to 2017

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Robert Mugabe was the second President of Zimbabwe, ruling the country for 30 years from 1987 until 2017. His long presidency is historically significant because it shaped modern Zimbabwe's political and economic development during a transformative period in African history.

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Born: 1924
Died: 2019
Works: 15

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International perceptions of South Africa's transition
Prime Minister addresses the nation
Prime Minister addresses Zimbabwe Economic Society
Prime Minister opens economic conference
Gore re Gukurahundi

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Listeners: 41
Total plays: 74

Robert Gabriel Mugabe (born February 21, 1924) is a Zimbabwean politician. He has served as the head of government since 1980, as Prime Minister from 1980 to 1987 and as the first executive President since 1987. Since the run-off election of 2008 his legitimacy as president has been called into question; the G8 nations released a statement in July saying they "do not accept the legitimacy of a government that does not reflect the will of the Zimbabwean people". <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Robert+Mugabe">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Development of the Colle-Salvetti correlation-energy formula into a functional of the electron density
· 1988 · cited 94,969x
Hallmarks of Cancer: The Next Generation
· 2011 · cited 55,890x
Research electronic data capture (REDCap)—A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support
· 2009 · cited 45,566x
Regression Shrinkage and Selection Via the Lasso
· 1996 · cited 38,950x
The PHQ-9
· 2001 · cited 38,345x

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Quotes

“Africa must revert to what it was before the imperialists divided it. These are artificial divisions which we, in our pan-African concept will seek to remove.”
“It may be necessary to use methods other than constitutional ones.”
“Our votes must go together with our guns. After all, any vote we shall have, shall have been the product of the gun. The gun which produces the vote should remain its security officer – its guarantor. The people's votes and the people's guns are always inseparable twins.”
“Stay with us, please remain in this country and constitute a nation based on national unity.”
“I wish to assure you that there can never be any return to the state of armed conflict which existed before our commitment to peace and the democratic process of election under the Lancaster House agreement.”
“It was from Tito that I drew inspiration while searching for the best road to take and when making crucial decisions during our liberation struggle. I often thought, what would Tito do at that moment?”

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Image: Robert Mugabe Official Portrait.jpg
Height: 170
Number of children: 4

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date of birth: 1924-02-21
name in native language: Robert Gabriel Mugabe
date of death: 2019-09-06
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Robert Gabriel Mugabe (/mʊˈɡɑːbi/ muu-GAH-bee, Shona: [muɡaɓe]; 21 February 1924 – 6 September 2019) was a Zimbabwean revolutionary and politician who led Zimbabwe from 1980 until he was deposed in a coup in 2017. He served as the first Prime Minister of Zimbabwe from internationally recognised independence in 1980 to 1987, then as the second president of Zimbabwe from 1987 to 2017. He was also the Leader of the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) from 1975 to 1980 and led its successor political party, the ZANU – Patriotic Front (ZANU–PF) as its First Secretary, from 1980 to 2017. Ideologically an African nationalist, during the 1970s and 1980s he identified as a Marxist–Leninist, and from the 1990s as a socialist.

Mugabe was born to a poor Shona family in Kutama, then in Southern Rhodesia. Educated at Kutama College and the University of Fort Hare, he worked as a schoolteacher. Angered by white minority rule of his homeland within the British Empire, Mugabe embraced Marxism and joined African nationalists calling for an independent state controlled by the black majority. After making antigovernmental comments, he was convicted of sedition and imprisoned between 1964 and 1974. On release, he fled to Mozambique, established his leadership of ZANU, and oversaw its role in the Rhodesian Bush War, fighting Ian Smith's predominantly white government. He reluctantly participated in peace talks in the United Kingdom that resulted in the Lancaster House Agreement, putting an end to the war. In the 1980 general election, Mugabe led ZANU-PF to victory, becoming prime minister when the country, now renamed Zimbabwe, gained internationally recognised independence later that year. Mugabe's administration expanded healthcare and education and—despite his professed desire for a socialist society—adhered largely to mainstream economic policies.