On this day in 1980: A black prime minister in Zimbabwe
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On this day (March 4) in 1980, Robert Mugabe became the Prime Minister of Zimbabwe. He is the first black Prime Minister of Zimbabwe. Born in Kutuma on February 21, 1924, Mugabe became the president of the Zimbabwe African National Union in 1975.
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Mugabe, who waged a guerrilla war against whites, accepted the peace talks called by the British and succeeded in emerging as a politician. Mugabe, who was known as a Marxist-Leninist leader at that time, was known as a socialist leader after the 1990s.
Mugabe ruled Zimbabwe for 37 years . He was the Prime Minister from 1980 to 1987 and the President of Zimbabwe from 1987 to 2017. After winning the 1980 election, Mugabe, who became famous around the world, was finally forced out of power after his wife tried to succeed him.
Mugabe's party Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) and opposition party Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) started the process of impeachment against him in parliament. Mugabe died on September 6, 2019 at the age of 95 in Singapore.
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