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Emmerson Mnangagwa
Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa is a Zimbabwean politician who has served as the president of Zimbabwe since 2017. His rule has been described as a dictatorship. A member of ZANU–PF and a longtime ally of former president Robert Mugabe, he held a series of cabinet portfolios and he was Mugabe's first vice-president from 2014 until 2017, when he was dismissed before coming to power in a coup d'état. He…
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politics · President of Zimbabwe since 2017 · politician · minister · also Emmerson Mnangagwa, Emmerson Dambudziko Garwe Mnangagwa, Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, Mnangagwa
Born 15 September 1942 · Q510523
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2028· 1 entry
2026· 2 entries
Public attention spiked: 8,824 Wikipedia readers in one day, 11.7× the usual 752, with 6 article edits. Coverage that week: “Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa’s 2030 extension puts ‘open for business’ mantra to the test” (The Africa Report).
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The Africa Report: Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa’s 2030 extension puts ‘open for business’ mantra to the test
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2025· 4 entries
The New York Times: Emmerson Mnangagwa
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Reported claimRated Inconclusive The claim: ‘Mnangagwa will be 90 in 2028,’ is rated inconclusive in that it has not been proven. Most of the claims of him being born in 1938 stem from Jonathan Moyo’s social media post. All other records show that the President was born on 15 September either in 1942 or 1946, with the former being the official one. On the other hand, FactCheckZW did not come across evidence of the President himself publicly commenting on the discrepancies surrounding his date of birth and age. According to official records, therefore, President Mnangagwa who is turning 83 years old this year, will be 86 in 2028 and not 90 as claimed by Hopewell Chin’ono. · FactCheckZW
FactCheckZW rated the claim “Mnangagwa will be 90 in 2028” Inconclusive The claim: ‘Mnangagwa will be 90 in 2028,’ is rated inconclusive in that it has not been proven. Most of the claims of him being born in 1938 stem from Jonathan Moyo’s social media post. All other records show that the President was born on 15 September either in 1942 or 1946, with the former being the official one. On the other hand, FactCheckZW did not come across evidence of the President himself publicly commenting on the discrepancies surrounding his date of birth and age. According to official records, therefore, President Mnangagwa who is turning 83 years old this year, will be 86 in 2028 and not 90 as claimed by Hopewell Chin’ono..
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ZANU-PF national spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa boasted that significant numbers of whites were returning to the country, saying that they constituted the largest group of returning Zimbabweans
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Covering improvements made on the land, rather than the land itself
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2024· 2 entries
Reported claimRated False The claim that ‘Hakainde Hichilema @HHichilema has enabled the placement of anti-Mnangagwa Billboards sponsored by the Zambia American embassy @usembassyzambia’ has been rated as false. The picture used has been manipulated. Before it’s manipulation targeting the Zambian President and the US Embassy in Zambia, it had been used more than three times. Fortunately, while the billboard itself can be manipulated, the surroundings will always show that it has been falsified. · FactCheckZW
FactCheckZW rated the claim “Hakainde Hichilema @HHichilema has enabled the placement of anti-Mnangagwa Billboards sponsored by the Zambia American embassy @usembassyzambia .” False The claim that ‘Hakainde Hichilema @HHichilema has enabled the placement of anti-Mnangagwa Billboards sponsored by the Zambia American embassy @usembassyzambia’ has been rated as false. The picture used has been manipulated. Before it’s manipulation targeting the Zambian President and the US Embassy in Zambia, it had been used more than three times. Fortunately, while the billboard itself can be manipulated, the surroundings will always show that it has been falsified..
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Claimed: “‘’…because of the sanctions we are more focused on our domestic resources to grow our economy and modernize our economy and we are doing better in the entire region in our economic growth year by year because of sanctions. Those countries without sanctions in our region are not doing better as we…” — rated Misleading by VOA.
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2023· 5 entries
FactCheckZW rated the claim “Pres Mnangagwa humiliated again as he addresses empty chairs at UN Summit” False. Old picture.
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Yahoo: Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa wins re-election after troubled vote, officials say
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The Africa Report: Emmerson Mnangagwa: The ruthless pursuit of power
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Zimbabwe's army tweets calls for President Mnangagwa to step down” False.
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A gold-smuggling network operating through Zimbabwe was discovered with links to Mnangagwa and his ruling clique including then sports minister Kirsty Coventry
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2022· 1 entry
AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Zimbabwe's President Mnangagwa called Ndebeles wanted criminals” False.
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2021· 1 entry
The President conferred on the First Lady the Order of the Star of Zimbabwe Gold Award as part of the national Heroes and Defence Forces Day celebrations
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2018· 2 entries
Awarded Time 100 (2018).
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Prior to the general election, Mnangagwa spoke before white Zimbabweans in the Harare suburb of Borrowdale and asked the community to work with his government
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2017· 1 entry
Career landmark: President of Zimbabwe (2017).
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2016· 1 entry
Mnangagwa announced that the Zimbabwean government would launch "Command Agriculture", an agricultural initiative backed by the African Development Bank
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2015· 2 entries
Also headed trade delegations to Europe to try and re-open trade ties that had been broken with the imposition of sanctions in 2001
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For Chirumanzu–Zibagwe, the seat her husband vacated when he became vice-president
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2014· 2 entries
And was widely considered a leading candidate to succeed Mugabe
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Career landmark: Vice President of Zimbabwe (2014–2017).
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2013· 1 entry
Career landmark: Minister of Justice and Legal Affairs (2013–2017).
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2009· 1 entry
Career landmark: Defence Minister of Zimbabwe (2009–2013).
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2008· 3 entries
Election lost: 2008 election and return to favour.
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Campaign: 2008 election and return to favour.
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And allegedly having been behind three separate attempts to assassinate Tsvangirai over the years, Mnangagwa spoke kindly about the country's coalition government in a 2011 interview
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2005· 2 entries
Mnangagwa helped carry out Operation Murambatsvina, an initiative in which urban slums, home to many people who opposed Mugabe's rule, were destroyed, resulting in the homelessness of thousands of the urban poor
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Career landmark: Minister of National Housing and Social Amenities (2005–2009).
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2002· 2 entries
A report authored by a panel commissioned by the UN Security Council implicated him in the exploitation of mineral wealth from the Congo and for his involvement in making Harare a significant illicit diamond trading cent
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As part of the land reform program, and is located close to Sherwood, Kwekwe
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2000· 1 entry
Career landmark: Speaker of the National Assembly of Zimbabwe (2000–2005).
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1998· 1 entry
Mnangagwa was put in charge of Zimbabwe's intervention in the Second Congo War, in which the Zimbabwe National Army entered the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the side of Congolese President Laurent-Désiré Kabila
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1995· 1 entry
Career landmark: Finance Minister (1995–1996).
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1989· 1 entry
Career landmark: Minister of Justice and Legal Affairs (1989–2000).
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1988· 2 entries
Woods was arrested and charged with participating in a car bomb attack targeting an ANC representative in Bulawayo
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President Mugabe appointed Mnangagwa Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs
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1983· 1 entry
Identified by the Zimbabwean government as being involved a South African operation that recruited, trained, and armed disaffected Ndebeles and sent them back into Matabeleland as guerrillas
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1980· 1 entry
Career landmark: Minister of State for National Security in the President's Office (1980–1988).
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1979· 1 entry
Mnangagwa accompanied Mugabe to the negotiations in London that led to the signing of the Lancaster House Agreement, which brought an end to Rhodesia's unrecognised independence and ushered in majority rule
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1975· 1 entry
After more than ten years in prison, including three in solitary confinement, he was released and deported to Zambia, where his parents were still living
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1974· 1 entry
Studied at University of Zambia, Bachelor of Laws (1973–1974).
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1972· 1 entry
Took his final examinations for a Bachelor of Laws through the University of London International Programmes
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1965· 1 entry
Bombed a train near Fort Victoria (now Masvingo) and was imprisoned for ten years, after which he was released and deported to the recently independent Zambia
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1964· 1 entry
As leader of the "Crocodile Gang", a group that attacked white-owned farms in the Eastern Highlands
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1963· 1 entry
Joined the newly formed Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army, the militant wing of the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU)
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1962· 1 entry
Mnangagwa was recruited in Northern Rhodesia by Willie Musarurwa to join the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU), a newly formed pro-independence party in Southern Rhodesia
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1960· 1 entry
Was found guilty of setting one of the college's buildings on fire and expelled
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1959· 1 entry
Mnangagwa decided to leave early and attend Hodgson Technical College, one of the country's leading educational institutions
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1955· 1 entry
And over the years more extended relatives came to join them
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1952· 1 entry
A white land development officer arrived and confiscated some cattle from the villagers, including from an elderly woman who was left with just three
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1942· 2 entries
Born 1942-09-15.
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In Shabani, Southern Rhodesia, to a large Shona family
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