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Family life of President Robert Mugabe |
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Mugabe's father is believed to
have been from Malawi. Mugabe was raised at Kutama Mission, north-west
of Harare , in then Southern Rhodesia. He was raised as a Roman Catholic
and was educated in Jesuit schools. He qualified as a teacher at age 17,
but left to study for a B.A. in English and history at Fort Hare
University in South Africa |
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Marriage life of
President Robert Mugabe |
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His well-respected Ghanaian
first wife, Sally, died in 1992, from a chronic kidney ailment (their
only son died at age 4, while Mugabe was in prison)
On August 17, 1996, Mugabe and Marufu were married in a Catholic wedding
Mass at a Catholic Mission School he previously attended, Kutama
College. A wedding that Nelson Mandela attended. A spokesman for
Catholic Archbishop Patrick Chakaipa, who presided over the ceremony,
said the diocese saw "no impediment" to the nuptials. |
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Facts on the Government of Zimbabwe
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Country name:
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conventional long form: Republic of Zimbabwe
conventional short form: Zimbabwe
former: Southern Rhodesia, Rhodesia |
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Government type:
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parliamentary
democracy |
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Capital:
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Harare |
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Administrative divisions:
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8 provinces
and 2 cities* with provincial status; Bulawayo*, Harare*,
Manicaland, Mashonaland Central, Mashonaland East,
Mashonaland West, Masvingo, Matabeleland North, Matabeleland
South, Midlands |
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Independence:
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18 April 1980
(from UK) |
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National holiday:
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Independence
Day, 18 April (1980)
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Constitution:
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21 December
1979 |
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Legal system:
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mixture of
Roman-Dutch and English common law |
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Suffrage:
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18 years of
age; universal |
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Executive branch:
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chief of
state: Executive President Robert Gabriel MUGABE (since
31 December 1987); Vice President Joyce MUJURU (since 6
December 2004); note - the president is both the chief of
state and head of government
head of government: Executive President Robert
Gabriel MUGABE (since 31 December 1987); Vice President
Joyce MUJURU (since 6 December 2004); note - the president
is both the chief of state and head of government
cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president;
responsible to the House of Assembly
elections: presidential candidates nominated with a
nomination paper signed by at least 10 registered voters (at
least one from each province) and elected by popular vote
for a 6-year term; election last held 9-11 March 2002 (next
to be held March 2008); co-vice presidents appointed by the
president
election results: Robert Gabriel MUGABE reelected
president; percent of vote - Robert Gabriel MUGABE 56.2%,
Morgan TSVANGIRAI 41.9% |
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Legislative branch:
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unicameral
House of Assembly (150 seats - 120 elected by popular vote
for five-year terms, 12 nominated by the president, 10
occupied by traditional chiefs chosen by their peers, and 8
occupied by provincial governors appointed by the president)
elections: last held 31 March 2005 (next to be held
NA 2010)
election results: percent of vote by party - ZANU-PF
59.6%, MDC 39.5%, other 0.9%; seats by party - ZANU-PF 78,
MDC 41, Independents 1
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Judicial branch:
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Supreme
Court; High Court |
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Political parties and leaders:
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Movement for
Democratic Change or MDC [Morgan TSVANGIRAI]; National
Alliance for Good Governance or NAGG [Shakespeare MAYA];
United Parties [Abel MUZOREWA]; Zimbabwe African National
Union-Ndonga or ZANU-Ndonga [Wilson KUMBULA]; Zimbabwe
African National Union-Patriotic Front or ZANU-PF [Robert
Gabriel MUGABE]; Zimbabwe African Peoples Union or ZAPU
[Agrippa MADLELA] |
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Political pressure groups and leaders:
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National
Constitutional Assembly or NCA [Lovemore MADHUKU]; Crisis in
Zimbabwe Coalition [Brian KAGORO]; Zimbabwe Congress of
Trade Unions or ZCTU [Lovemore MATOMBO] |
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International organization participation:
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ACP, AfDB,
AU, FAO, G-15, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt (signatory),
ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC,
IOM, ISO, ITU, MIGA, NAM, OPCW, PCA, SADC, UN, UNCTAD,
UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMIK, UPU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO,
WToO, WTO |
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Diplomatic representation in the US:
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chief of
mission: Ambassador Simbi Veke MUBAKO
chancery: 1608 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20009
telephone: [1] (202) 332-7100
FAX: [1] (202) 483-9326 |
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Diplomatic representation from the US:
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chief of
mission: Ambassador Joseph G. SULLIVAN
embassy: 172 Herbert Chitepo Avenue, Harare
mailing address: P. O. Box 3340, Harare
telephone: [263] (4) 250-593 and 250-594
FAX: [263] (4) 796488 |
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Flag description:
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seven equal
horizontal bands of green, yellow, red, black, red, yellow,
and green with a white isosceles triangle edged in black
with its base on the hoist side; a yellow Zimbabwe bird
representing the long history of the country is superimposed
on a red five-pointed star in the center of the triangle,
which symbolizes peace; green symbolizes agriculture, yellow
- mineral wealth, red - blood shed to achieve independence,
and black stands for the native people |
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