“There is a long line of dictators who have refused to go peacefully – and the people have removed them violently.”
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Morgan Tsvangirai
Morgan Richard Tsvangirai was a Zimbabwean politician who was Prime Minister of Zimbabwe from 2009 to 2013. He was president of the Movement for Democratic Change, and later the Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai (MDC–T), and a key figure in the opposition to then-president Robert Mugabe.
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politics · Prime Minister of Zimbabwe, 2000 to 2013 · politician · human rights defender · trade unionist · minister · functionary · also Morgan Tsvangirai, Morgan Richard Tsvangirai, Tsvangirai
Born 10 March 1952 · Died 14 February 2018 · Q57762
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2025· 1 entry
The New York Times: Morgan Tsvangirai
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2018· 4 entries
Yahoo: Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai dies at 65
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Yahoo: OBITUARY: Morgan Tsvangirai, the 'nearly man' of Zimbabwe
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Died 2018-02-14.
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2011· 1 entry
Locardia Karimatsenga (born 1970) claimed that Tsvangirai married her in a customary ceremony in 2010
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2009· 1 entry
Career landmark: Prime Minister of Zimbabwe (2009–2013).
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2008· 2 entries
Election lost: 2008 election.
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Campaign: 2008 election.
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2005· 1 entry
Such allegations triggered the split in his party between his faction and the faction now led by Arthur Mutambara
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2004· 1 entry
Tsvangirai was acquitted of treason for an alleged plot to assassinate Mugabe in the run-up to the 2002 presidential elections
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2002· 1 entry
Ari Ben-Menashe accused Tsavangirai of plotting to overthrow the Zimbabwean government in a coup d'état
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2001· 1 entry
Tsvangirai was awarded the Solidar Silver Rose Award
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1999· 2 entries
Tsvangirai co-founded and organised the Movement for Democratic Change with Gibson Sibanda, Welshman Ncube, Fletcher Dulini Ncube and Isaac Matongo, an opposition party opposed to President Robert Mugabe and the ZANU-PF
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Had died from complications resulting from injuries sustained in March 2007, during a crackdown by the government
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1997· 1 entry
Was chaired by a Moderator, and its day-to-day executive was run by a Task Force
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1989· 1 entry
Became the Secretary-General of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions, the umbrella trade union organisation of Zimbabwe
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1980· 1 entry
Tsvangirai, who was then aged 28, joined the ascendent ZANU–PF party, led by Robert Mugabe, who would later become his biggest political rival
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1974· 1 entry
An old school mate from Silveira encouraged Morgan to apply for an advertised job as an apprentice for Anglo America's Bindura's Nickel Mine in Mashonaland Central
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1964· 1 entry
Headed Morgan Tsvangirai's defence team
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1952· 1 entry
Born 1952-03-10.
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