Birth place: Kutama Mission, Southern Rhodesia
Birth name: Robert Gabriel Mugabe
Father: Gabriel Mugabe, a carpenter
Mother: Bona Mugabe
Marriages: Grace Marufu (August 17, 1996-present); Sally Heyfron (February 21, 1961-January 27, 1992, her death)
Children: With Grace Marufa: two sons and one daughter; with Sally Heyfron: one son, died at 4 years old.
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February 28, 2009 – Mugabe celebrates his 85th birthday with a lavish party, costing a reported $250,000, despite the fact that Zimbabwe is gripped by an economic and health crisis.
December 17, 2010 – Mugabe threatens to seize all Western-owned investments in Zimbabwe unless their governments remove targeted sanctions imposed on him and his senior party members.
March 18, 2013 – Mugabe arrives in Italy for the inauguration of Pope Francis. Despite the European Union travel ban imposed on him, he is allowed to enter the country on religious grounds.
August 3, 2013 – The head of the Zimbabwe Election Commission announces that Mugabe has retained his position as president with 61.09% of the vote, ending the power-sharing agreement signed in 2008. Challenger Morgan Tsvangirai alleges widespread fraud and promises a court challenge.
August 16, 2013 – Morgan Tsvangirai announces he has withdrawn a court case challenging President Mugabe’s re-election.
December 9, 2014 – Fires his deputy Joice Mujuru, a few hours after she dismissed allegations that she’d plotted to assassinate Mugabe as “ridiculous.” Zimbabwe’s Chief Secretary to the Cabinet Misheck Sibanda says that Mugabe also fired eight Cabinet ministers.
