CDE EMMERSON MNANGAGWA ELECTED AS ZIMBABWE PRESIDENT

Zimbabwe's incumbent president Emmerson Mnangagwa has been declared the winner of the country's first election since the departure of long-time leader Robert Mugabe.

72 years old (1946)  politican was sworn in as President on November 24, 2017 after Robert Mugabe was forced to resign post a coup d’état. He remained a close ally to Robert Mugabe and served as the vice President under Mugabe’s presidency from 2014 to November 2017. He was also a key figure in the Zimbabwean War of Liberation and became the Minister of National Security, with Robert Mugabe as the head of the ruling party ZANU-PF and the Prime Minister. In the next few decades, Emmerson served on many different positions in the Mugabe Government and proved a loyal ally to him. Born and brought up in Shabani, Zimbabwe, Emmerson received his military training in China and Egypt and formed a group of young people known as ‘Crocodile Gang’ that terrorized Rhodesia’s white-minority rule.

The declared results of Presidential Election of Zimbabwe in 30 July 2018 are in below:

News Date: 02 / 08 / 2018
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