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Open main menu Search Edit Watch this page Read in another language Robert Mugabe "Mugabe" redirects here. For other uses, see  Mugabe (disambiguation) . Robert Gabriel Mugabe  ( / m ʊ ˈ ɡ ɑː b i / ; [1] Shona:  [muɡaɓe] ; born 21 February 1924) is a  Zimbabwean  revolutionary and politician who served as  Prime Minister of Zimbabwe  from 1980 to 1987 and then as  President  from 1987 to 2017. He chaired the  Zimbabwe African National Union  (ZANU) group from 1975 to 1980 and led its successor political party, the  ZANU – Patriotic Front  (ZANU–PF), from 1980 to 2017. Ideologically an  African nationalist , during the 1970s and 1980s he identified as a  Marxist–Leninist , although after the 1990s self-identified only as a  socialist . His policies have been described as  Mugabeism . Robert Mugabe 2nd  President of Zimbabwe In office 31 December 1987 – 21 November 2017 Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai (2009–2013) Fi