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Joshua Nkomo

1917 - 1999

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Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo (19 June 1917 – 1 July 1999) was a Zimbabwean revolutionary and politician who served as Vice-President of Zimbabwe from 1990 until his death in 1999. He founded and led the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) from 1961 until, after an internal military crackdown (known as Gukurahundi) in western Zimbabwe, mostly targeting ethnic Ndebele ZAPU supporters, ZAPU merged in 1987 with Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) to form ZANU–PF. He was a leading trade union leader, who progressed on to become president of the banned National Democratic Party, and was jailed for ten years by Rhodesia's white minority government. After his release in 1974, ZAPU contributed to the fall of that government, along with the splinter rival ZANU, created in 1963. In 1983, fearing for his life in the early stages of the Gukurahundi, Nkomo fled the country. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joshua Nkomo is the 12,773rd most popular politician (up from 13,505th in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Zimbabwe (down from 9th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Zimbabwean Politician.

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Among politicians, Joshua Nkomo ranks 12,773 out of 19,576. Before him are Bernd Lucke, Milan Jelić, Elisabeth Kopp, Simon Vratsian, Albert Joseph Goblet d'Alviella, and Said Mohamed Djohar. After him are Marc-Émile Ruchet, Ólafur Thors, Beau Biden, Gualberto Villarroel, An Dương Vương, and Mike Castle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Joshua Nkomo ranks 189. Before him are Otto Glória, Domenico Bartolucci, Yuri Lyubimov, Franceska Mann, Robert Manzon, and Durward Knowles. After him are Simon Slåttvik, Vasiľ Biľak, R. G. Armstrong, Fadwa Tuqan, Fidel Sánchez Hernández, and M. G. Ramachandran. Among people deceased in 1999, Joshua Nkomo ranks 148. Before him are Richard Kiley, Teuvo Aura, Nise da Silveira, Tatevik Sazandaryan, Allen Stack, and František Vláčil. After him are Ellen Corby, Harry Edison, Susan Strasberg, Nilde Iotti, Giuseppe Delfino, and Umberto Maglioli.

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In Zimbabwe

Among people born in Zimbabwe, Joshua Nkomo ranks 11 out of 45. Before him are Charlene, Princess of Monaco (1978), Canaan Banana (1936), Morgan Tsvangirai (1952), Rupiah Banda (1937), Oliver Mtukudzi (1952), and Kirsty Coventry (1983). After him are Alexander McCall Smith (1948), Liz Chase (1950), John Love (1924), Abel Muzorewa (1925), Ismail ibn Musa Menk (1975), and Paula Hawkins (1972).

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Among POLITICIANS In Zimbabwe

Among politicians born in Zimbabwe, Joshua Nkomo ranks 8. Before him are Robert Mugabe (1924), Emmerson Mnangagwa (1942), Ian Smith (1919), Canaan Banana (1936), Morgan Tsvangirai (1952), and Rupiah Banda (1937). After him are Abel Muzorewa (1925), Lobengula (1845), Phelekezela Mphoko (1940), Roy Welensky (1907), and Sibusiso Moyo (1960).

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