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Robert Mugabe
Robert Mugabe: Portrait of a presidency
Some key moments in the life of the man who led his country from independence in 1980 until November 21, 2017.
Robert Mugabe, newly elected prime minister of Zimbabwe, at a press conference in his garden in Mount Pleasant, Salisbury, March 6,1980. [Keystone/Getty Images]
Published On 21 Nov 2017
21 Nov 2017
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Mugabe, left, with Canaan Banana, then Zimbabwe's president, attending the independence ceremony on April 8, 1980. [William Campbell/Sygma/Getty Images]
Mugabe with Yasser Arafat, PLO chairman, who arrived at Harare airport, Zimbabwe, on April 14, 1987, to attend a meeting of the Non-aligned Movement's Committee on Palestine. [Peter Winterbach/AP Photo]
Mugabe with Queen Elizabeth ll and Prince Philip at Buckingham Palace, London, during a state visit to England in May 1994. [Anwar Hussein/Getty Images]
Mugabe with George HW Bush at the conclusion of a meeting with the US president at the White House on July 24, 1991. [Charles Tasnadi/The Associated Press]
Mugabe and new wife Grace leave the Kutama Catholic Church on August 17, 1996, after exchanging their wedding vows. The couple were traditionally married shortly after the death of Mugabe's first wife, Sally. The ceremony was attended by 6,000 invited guests. [Howard Burditt/Reuters]
Mike Atherton, captain of the English cricket team, meets Mugabe before the start of the second Test match between Zimbabwe and England in Harare on December 28, 1996. [Clive Mason/Getty Images]
Tony Blair, UK prime minister, meets Mugabe at the start of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Edinburgh, Scotland, on October 24, 1997. [AP Photo/Gerald Penny/POOL]
Mugabe with his South African counterpart Nelson Mandela during a state visit on September 24, 2009. [Media24/Gallo Images/Getty Images]
Mugabe dozes off during the 5th summit of the African Union. [Patrick Robert/Corbis/Getty Images]
Fidel Castro, the Cuban leader, receives Mugabe at the Revolution Palace in Havana, Cuba, on September 12, 2005. [Jorge Rey/AP Photo
Mugabe delivers a campaign speech during a ZANU-PF rally on July 28, 2013, in Harare [Simphiwe Nkwali/Sunday Times/Gallo Images]
Pope Francis meets Mugabe in St Peter's Square at the Vatican on April 27, 2014. [Gregorio Borgia/AP Photo]
Mugabe and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping participate in a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People on August 25, 2014, in Beijing, China. [Diego Azubel-Pool/Getty Images]
Mugabe delivers a speech during a live broadcast from State House in Harare on November 19, 2017. [AP Photo]