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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 then as President from 1987 to 2017. He served as 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Mugabe has received more than 11,645,633 page views. His biography is available in 114 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 110 in 2019). Robert Mugabe is the 658th most popular politician (down from 514th in 2019), the most popular biography from Zimbabwe and the 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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  • 114

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Robert Mugabe ranks 658 out of 15,577. Before him are Maria Carolina of Austria, Charles IV of Spain, Leo III the Isaurian, Georgi Dimitrov, Andromache, and Abu Sufyan ibn Harb. After him are Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem, Abd al-Rahman I, James Madison, Alexis of Russia, Constantius Chlorus, and Sukjong of Joseon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Robert Mugabe ranks 8. Before him are Marlon Brando, George H. W. Bush, Charles Aznavour, Marcello Mastroianni, Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, and Kim Dae-jung. After him are Eli Cohen, Truman Capote, Sarah Vaughan, Jacques Le Goff, Jean-François Lyotard, and Benny Hill. Among people deceased in 2019, Robert Mugabe ranks 5. Before him are Toni Morrison, Karl Lagerfeld, Jacques Chirac, and Niki Lauda. After him are Rutger Hauer, Bruno Ganz, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Robert Forster, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Mohamed Morsi, and Agnès Varda.

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In Zimbabwe

Among people born in Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe ranks 1 out of 38. After him are Emmerson Mnangagwa (1942), Ian Smith (1919), Charlene, Princess of Monaco (1978), Canaan Banana (1936), Albert Lutuli (1898), John Love (1924), Alexander McCall Smith (1948), Rupiah Banda (1937), Morgan Tsvangirai (1952), Paula Hawkins (1972), and Joshua Nkomo (1917).

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Among POLITICIANS In Zimbabwe

Among politicians born in Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe ranks 1. After him are Emmerson Mnangagwa (1942), Ian Smith (1919), Canaan Banana (1936), Albert Lutuli (1898), Rupiah Banda (1937), Morgan Tsvangirai (1952), Joshua Nkomo (1917), Lobengula (1845), Abel Muzorewa (1925), Phelekezela Mphoko (1940), and Roy Welensky (1907).

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