Robert Gabriel Mugabe is a Zimbabwean revolutionary and politician who is the President of Zimbabwe. As one of the leaders of the rebel groups against white minority rule, he was elected as Prime Minister, head of government, in 1980, and served in that office until 1987, wh...
Bona Mugabe, Chatunga Bellarmine Mugabe, Michael Nhamodzenyika Mugabe, Robert Peter Mugabe Jr.
Parents
Gabriel Mugabe Matibiri, Bona Mugabe
Siblings
Sabina Mugabe, Michael Mugabe, Bridgette Mugabe
Nicknames
Robert Gabriel Mugabe
Awards
Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding, U Thant Peace Award
Star Sign
Pisces
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Quote
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[to the citizens of Zimbabwe, on the death by poachers of an iconic animal] Cecil the lion was yours, and you failed to protect him.
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It may be necessary to use methods other than constitutional ones.
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I wish to assure you that there can never be any return to the state of armed conflict which existed before our commitment to peace and the democratic process of election under the Lancaster House agreement.
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We pride ourselves as being top, really, on the African ladder... We feel that we have actually been advancing rather than going backwards.
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We have said the first step was to designate the land, inform the owners. And the second would be to get the responses from the owners. And this will be openly done.
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Stay with us, please remain in this country and constitute a nation based on national unity.
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We are no longer going to ask for the land, but we are going to take it without negotiating.
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Was it not enough punishment and suffering in history that we were uprooted and made helpless slaves not only in new colonial outposts but also domestically.
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We don't mind having sanctions banning us from Europe. We are not Europeans.
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If the choice were made, one for us to lose our sovereignty and become a member of the Commonwealth or remain with our sovereignty and lose the membership of the Commonwealth, I would say let the Commonwealth go.
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I have died many times. I have actually beaten Jesus Christ because he only died once.
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We of Africa protest that, in this day and age, we should continue to be treated as lesser human beings than other races.
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People are free to campaign and they will be free to vote. There won't be any soldiers, you know, at the queues. Anyone who has the right to vote is free to go and cast his vote anywhere in his own area, in his own constituency.
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In most recent times, as the West started being hostile to us, we deliberately declared a Look East policy.
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True, some land was bought by a few Cabinet Ministers. They bought the land. No minister, to my knowledge acquired land which was meant for resettlement.
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We are not hungry... Why foist this food upon us? We don't want to be choked. We have enough.
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So, Blair keep your England, and let me keep my Zimbabwe.
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Some people are contriving ways and means of making us collapse.
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There are things one must do for oneself.
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Our party must continue to strike fear in the heart of the white man, our real enemy!
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Countries such as the U.S. and Britain have taken it upon themselves to decide for us in the developing world, even to interfere in our domestic affairs and to bring about what they call regime change.
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The land is ours. It's not European and we have taken it, we have given it to the rightful people... Those of white extraction who happen to be in the country and are farming are welcome to do so, but they must do so on the basis of equality.
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The white man is not indigenous to Africa. Africa is for Africans. Zimbabwe is for Zimbabweans.
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Our votes must go together with our guns. After all, any vote we shall have, shall have been the product of the gun. The gun which produces the vote should remain its security officer - its guarantor. The people's votes and the people's guns are always inseparable twins.
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The only white man you can trust is a dead white man.
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Fact
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While many Western politicians accuse him of corruption, suppression of political opposition, mishandling of land reform and deteriorating human rights, many Africans consider him a hero of the fight for Independence.
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Has been Prime Minister from 18 April 1980 to 31 December 1987 and President of Zimbabwe since 31 December 1987.
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Title
Year
Status
Character
Robert Mugabe... What Happened?
2011
Documentary
Himself
Zimbabwe: State of Denial
2010
Documentary
Himself
African Parade
2009
Documentary
Himself
Amanpour.
2009
TV Series
Himself - President, Zimbabwe
BBC Four News
2007
TV Series
Himself - President of Zimbabwe
The Standard
2005
TV Series
Zimbabwe President
60 Minutes
2001
TV Series documentary
Himself - President, Zimbabwe (segment "Zimbabwe")
Panorama
1982
TV Series documentary
Himself
Chronicle
1980
TV Series documentary
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Unreported World
2015
TV Series documentary
Himself
Om våld
2014
Documentary
Himself, Zimbabwe African National Union
Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell
2012
TV Series
Himself
Iowa City Shorts
2012
TV Series short
Himself
The Diamond Queen
2012
TV Series documentary
Himself
The Queen: A Life in Film
2008
Video documentary
Himself (uncredited)
BBC Four News
2007
TV Series
Himself - President of Zimbabwe
Favouritism
2005
TV Series
Himself
60 Minutes
2001-2002
TV Series documentary
Himself - President, Zimbabwe (segment "Zimbabwe")
$10 Million
