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Robert Mugabe

1924 - 2019

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Robert Gabriel Mugabe (; Shona: [muɡaɓe]; 21 February 1924 – 6 September 2019) was a Zimbabwean revolutionary and politician who served as Prime Minister of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 1987 and as President from 1987 to 2017. He was Leader of the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) from 1975 to 1980 and led its successor political party, the ZANU – Patriotic Front (ZANU–PF), from 1980 to 2017. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Mugabe is the 816th most popular politician (down from 640th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Zimbabwe (down from 1st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Zimbabwean Politician.

Robert Mugabe is the president of Zimbabwe and has been in power since 1987. He is most famous for his policies, which have led to hyperinflation, a decline in agricultural production, and an increase in unemployment.

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Among politicians, Robert Mugabe ranks 816 out of 19,576. Before him are John Zápolya, Archduke Otto of Austria, Louis the Stammerer, Nader Shah, Michael VI Bringas, and Feodor I of Russia. After him are Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, Christian IV of Denmark, Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria, Ivan Mazepa, Æthelstan, and Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Robert Mugabe ranks 10. Before him are Charles Aznavour, Marcello Mastroianni, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, Kim Dae-jung, and Truman Capote. After him are Allan MacLeod Cormack, Eli Cohen, James Black, Süleyman Demirel, Khamtai Siphandon, and Jean-François Lyotard. Among people deceased in 2019, Robert Mugabe ranks 8. Before him are Jacques Chirac, Niki Lauda, Karl Lagerfeld, David J. Thouless, Mohamed Morsi, and Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg. After him are Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Jeffrey Epstein, Robert Forster, Rutger Hauer, Bruno Ganz, and Nuon Chea.

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In Zimbabwe

Among people born in Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe ranks 2 out of 45. Before him are Albert Lutuli (1898). After him are Emmerson Mnangagwa (1942), Ian Smith (1919), Charlene, Princess of Monaco (1978), Canaan Banana (1936), Morgan Tsvangirai (1952), Rupiah Banda (1937), Oliver Mtukudzi (1952), Kirsty Coventry (1983), Joshua Nkomo (1917), and Alexander McCall Smith (1948).

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Among POLITICIANS In Zimbabwe

Among politicians born in Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe ranks 2. Before him are Albert Lutuli (1898). After him are Emmerson Mnangagwa (1942), Ian Smith (1919), Canaan Banana (1936), Morgan Tsvangirai (1952), Rupiah Banda (1937), Joshua Nkomo (1917), Abel Muzorewa (1925), Lobengula (1845), Phelekezela Mphoko (1940), and Roy Welensky (1907).

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