Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwean politician, 2nd President of Zimbabwe (born 1924)

Robert Gabriel Mugabe was a Zimbabwean revolutionary and politician who served as the second president of Zimbabwe from 1987 until he was deposed in a coup in 2017. He previously served as the first prime minister and was also the Leader of the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) from 1975 to 1980 and led its successor political party, the ZANU – Patriotic Front (ZANU–PF) as its First Secretary, from 1980 to 2017.

The president of Zimbabwe is the head of state and head of government of Zimbabwe. The president chairs the national cabinet and is the chief commanding authority of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces. The incumbent president is Emmerson Mnangagwa, who was installed on 24 November 2017 after his predecessor, Robert Mugabe, resigned in the aftermath of the 2017 coup d'état.