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Human rights abuses

[[Crimes against humanity]]

Ethnic massacres|origin = Kutama, Southern Rhodesia}}

Electoral fraud

Ethnic massacres

[[Homophobia]]

|origin = Kutama, Southern Rhodesia}}

{{Quote|This land is ours. We are now the rulers and owners of Zimbabwe.|Robert Mugabe}}

'''Robert Mugabe''' (February 21st, 1924 - September 6th, 2019) was the former dictator of Zimbabwe who was in power from 1980 until 2017, first coming to power after defeating [[Ian Smith]] in the Rhodesian Bush War and gaining Zimbabwe's independence from the United Kingdom. He remained in power until 2017, after being forced to step down by members of his own party. At the time of his removal from office, Mugabe was the longest ruling non-royal head of state in the world, ~~having~~ ruled Zimbabwe for 36 years.

'''Robert Mugabe''' (February 21st, 1924 - September 6th, 2019) was the former dictator of Zimbabwe who was in power from 1980 until 2017, first coming to power after defeating [[Ian Smith]] in the Rhodesian Bush War and gaining Zimbabwe's independence from the United Kingdom. He remained in power until 2017, after being forced to step down by members of his own party. At the time of his removal from office, Mugabe was the longest-ruling non-royal head of state in the world, has ruled Zimbabwe for 36 years.

==Biography==

Ideologically an African nationalist, during the [[Cold War]] he identified as a Marxist–Leninist, and as a socialist after the 1990s. His policies have been described as Mugabeism.

Mugabe commonly supported extreme Pan-Africanism by calling for the killing of all whites. He was incredibly corrupt and caused severe inflation, with his policies all but destroying Zimbabwe's economy. He was also guilty of protecting Ethiopian dictator [[Mengistu Haile Mariam]] and [[Protais Mpiranya]], a Rwandan soldier who helped carry out the [[Rwandan Genocide]]. He is thought to have risen to power by fear mongering and electoral deception.

Mugabe commonly supported extreme Pan-Africanism by calling for the killing of all whites. He was incredibly corrupt and caused severe inflation, with his policies all but destroying Zimbabwe's economy. He was also guilty of protecting Ethiopian dictator [[Mengistu Haile Mariam]] and [[Protais Mpiranya]], a Rwandan soldier who helped carry out the [[Rwandan Genocide]]. He is thought to have risen to power by fear-mongering and electoral deception.

Just hours after he came to power his Presidential Guard started a pre-dawn revenge rampage on his political opponents and used it as an excuse to murder yet more white farmers than he previously had and seize their property. They raped as many women as possible, white and black, right in front of their families. He redistributed the seized property and money to lazy, incompetent cronies who promptly killed the farms and plunged the rest of the country into abject poverty while the regime subsisted on lavish foreign aid.

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 Human rights abuses<br>
 [[Crimes against humanity]]<br>
-Ethnic massacres|origin = Kutama, Southern Rhodesia}}
+Electoral fraud<br>
+Ethnic massacres<br>
+[[Homophobia]]<br>
+|origin = Kutama, Southern Rhodesia}}
 {{Quote|This land is ours. We are now the rulers and owners of Zimbabwe.|Robert Mugabe}}
-'''Robert Mugabe''' (February 21<sup>st</sup>, 1924 - September 6th, 2019) was the former dictator of Zimbabwe who was in power from 1980 until 2017, first coming to power after defeating [[Ian Smith]] in the Rhodesian Bush War and gaining Zimbabwe's independence from the United Kingdom. He remained in power until 2017, after being forced to step down by members of his own party. At the time of his removal from office, Mugabe was the longest ruling non-royal head of state in the world, having ruled Zimbabwe for 36 years.
+'''Robert Mugabe''' (February 21<sup>st</sup>, 1924 - September 6th, 2019) was the former dictator of Zimbabwe who was in power from 1980 until 2017, first coming to power after defeating [[Ian Smith]] in the Rhodesian Bush War and gaining Zimbabwe's independence from the United Kingdom. He remained in power until 2017, after being forced to step down by members of his own party. At the time of his removal from office, Mugabe was the longest-ruling non-royal head of state in the world, has ruled Zimbabwe for 36 years.
 ==Biography==
 Ideologically an African nationalist, during the [[Cold War]] he identified as a Marxist–Leninist, and as a socialist after the 1990s. His policies have been described as Mugabeism.
-Mugabe commonly supported extreme Pan-Africanism by calling for the killing of all whites. He was incredibly corrupt and caused severe inflation, with his policies all but destroying Zimbabwe's economy. He was also guilty of protecting Ethiopian dictator [[Mengistu Haile Mariam]] and [[Protais Mpiranya]], a Rwandan soldier who helped carry out the [[Rwandan Genocide]]. He is thought to have risen to power by fear mongering and electoral deception.
+Mugabe commonly supported extreme Pan-Africanism by calling for the killing of all whites. He was incredibly corrupt and caused severe inflation, with his policies all but destroying Zimbabwe's economy. He was also guilty of protecting Ethiopian dictator [[Mengistu Haile Mariam]] and [[Protais Mpiranya]], a Rwandan soldier who helped carry out the [[Rwandan Genocide]]. He is thought to have risen to power by fear-mongering and electoral deception.
 Just hours after he came to power his Presidential Guard started a pre-dawn revenge rampage on his political opponents and used it as an excuse to murder yet more white farmers than he previously had and seize their property. They raped as many women as possible, white and black, right in front of their families. He redistributed the seized property and money to lazy, incompetent cronies who promptly killed the farms and plunged the rest of the country into abject poverty while the regime subsisted on lavish foreign aid.