Robert Mugabe

The Biography of Robert Mugabe

Robert Gabriel Mugabe was born on February 21, 1924, in the British colony of Southern Rhodesia as the son of an immigrant from Malawi. He belonged to the Shona people. After finishing school, Mugabe worked as a primary school teacher and continued his education at Fort Hare University in South Africa and the University of London. He also taught in Ghana and Southern Rhodesia.

In 1960, Mugabe joined the underground liberation movement and became a member of the National Democratic Party, which was later renamed the Zimbabwe African National Union. In 1976, Mugabe took over the leadership of the ZANU and became its party leader.

“The government of Robert Mugabe sanctioned the seizure of farms from white farmers covering an area of 5 million hectares and imposed control over foreign companies, which harmed the economy of the country.”

In 1980, Zimbabwe became an independent state and Mugabe led a coalition government. In 1987, he changed the constitution, abolished the position of prime minister, and made himself president.

In the following years, Mugabe was re-elected several times as president, although the opposition and some countries did not recognize the results of some elections. In 2017, a coup occurred, after which Mugabe was relieved of his position as the leader of the ruling party and resigned as president.

Robert Mugabe died on September 6, 2019, at the age of 95. He was married twice and had three children.