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Emmerson Mnangagwa
President of Zimbabwe since 2017
Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa (mə-nəng-GAH-gwə, Shona:[m̩naˈᵑɡaɡwa]; born 15 September 1942) is a Zimbabwean politician who is serving as the president of Zimbabwe since 2017. A member of ZANU–PF and a longtime ally of former president Robert Mugabe, he held a series of cabinet portfolios and he was Mugabe's first-vice president from 2014 until 2017, when he was dismissed before coming to power in a coup d'état. He secured his first full term as president in the disputed 2018 general election. Mnangagwa was re-elected in the August 2023 general election with 52.6% of the vote.[2]
Mnangagwa was born in 1942 in Shabani, Southern Rhodesia, to a large Tonga family . His parents were farmers, and in the 1950s he and his family were forced to move back to their country Northern Rhodesia because of his father's political activism. There he became active in anti-colonial politics, and in 1963 he joined the newly formed Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army, the militant wing of the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU). He returned to Rhodesia in 1964 as leader of the "Crocodile Gang", a group that attacked white-owned farms in the Eastern Highlands. In 1965, he bombed a train near Fort Victoria (now Mas
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Zimbabwe
Country in Southeastern Africa
For other uses, see Zimbabwe (disambiguation).
Republic of Zimbabwe
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Motto: "Unity, Freedom, Work"[1] | |
Anthem: "Blessed be the land of Zimbabwe"[2] | |
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Capital and largest city | Harare 17°49′45″S31°03′08″E / 17.82917°S 31.05222°E / -17.82917; 31.05222 |
Official languages | 16 languages:[3] |
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Government | Unitary presidential republic |
• President | Emmerson Mnangagwa |
• First Vice-President | Constantino Chiwenga |
• Second Vice-President | Kembo Mohadi |
Legislature | Parliament |
• Upper house | Senate |
• Lower house | National Assembly |
• Southern Rhodesia | 1923 |
• Declared | 11 November 1965 |
• Republic | 2 March 1970 |
• Zimbabwe Rhodesia | 1 June 1979 |
• Independenc |