Mugabe, Robert Gabriel

(mo͞ogä`bē, –bā), 1924–, president of Zimbabwe (1987–2017). A founder of the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) in 1963 and a guerrilla leader, he was imprisoned (1964–74) by the white Rhodesian government. After becoming (1976) co-leader of the Patriotic Front with Joshua Nkomo, who headed the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU), they negotiated independence in 1979. When Mugabe's ZANU won a majority in 1980, he became prime minister and chose reconciliation, including Nkomo and whites in his cabinet, but by 1982 he had broken with Nkomo and brutally turned on his supporters. After Mugabe was elected president in 1987, a ZANU-ZAPU merger was negotiated (1988), returning Nkomo to the government but leaving Mugabe supreme. Reelected in 1990 and 1996, Mugabe was forced to abandon his commitment to a one-party Marxist state by 1991, but he nonetheless consolidated power, virtually eliminating opposition, and his regime became increasingly autocratic. Mugabe was an aggressive supporter of sanctions against South Africa and aided the African National CongressAfrican National Congress
(ANC), the oldest black (now multiracial) political organization in South Africa; founded in 1912. Prominent in its opposition to apartheid, the organization began as a nonviolent civil-rights group.
..... Click the link for more information. before the lifting of apartheid.

By 2000 support for Mugabe had dropped dramatically in urban areas; a constitutional change to increase presidential power lost at the polls, and an opposition party later won nearly half the elected seats in parliament. He was reelected in 2002 in a vote marked by government intimidation of the opposition and charges of vote rigging. The 2008 president election was similarly marred, but opposition candidate Morgan Tsvangirai won a plurality of the vote and forced a runoff; Tsvangirai was subsequently driven to withdraw from the runoff by violence against his supporters and threats against himself. Before the end of 2008, however, Mugabe was forced to agree to a power-sharing government with the opposition, which took office in 2009. His reelection in 2013 was again marked by charges of irregularites. In 2017 he fired Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa in what was seen as an attempt to appoint his wife to the post. After the army then seized control of the capital and the parliament moved to impeach him, he resigned as president and Mnangagwa succeeded him.

单词	mugabe, robert gabriel
释义	Mugabe, Robert Gabriel Mugabe, Robert Gabriel (mo͞ogä`bē, –bā), 1924–, president of Zimbabwe (1987–2017). A founder of the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) in 1963 and a guerrilla leader, he was imprisoned (1964–74) by the white Rhodesian government. After becoming (1976) co-leader of the Patriotic Front with Joshua Nkomo, who headed the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU), they negotiated independence in 1979. When Mugabe's ZANU won a majority in 1980, he became prime minister and chose reconciliation, including Nkomo and whites in his cabinet, but by 1982 he had broken with Nkomo and brutally turned on his supporters. After Mugabe was elected president in 1987, a ZANU-ZAPU merger was negotiated (1988), returning Nkomo to the government but leaving Mugabe supreme. Reelected in 1990 and 1996, Mugabe was forced to abandon his commitment to a one-party Marxist state by 1991, but he nonetheless consolidated power, virtually eliminating opposition, and his regime became increasingly autocratic. Mugabe was an aggressive supporter of sanctions against South Africa and aided the African National CongressAfrican National Congress (ANC), the oldest black (now multiracial) political organization in South Africa; founded in 1912. Prominent in its opposition to apartheid, the organization began as a nonviolent civil-rights group. ..... Click the link for more information. before the lifting of apartheid. By 2000 support for Mugabe had dropped dramatically in urban areas; a constitutional change to increase presidential power lost at the polls, and an opposition party later won nearly half the elected seats in parliament. He was reelected in 2002 in a vote marked by government intimidation of the opposition and charges of vote rigging. The 2008 president election was similarly marred, but opposition candidate Morgan Tsvangirai won a plurality of the vote and forced a runoff; Tsvangirai was subsequently driven to withdraw from the runoff by violence against his supporters and threats against himself. Before the end of 2008, however, Mugabe was forced to agree to a power-sharing government with the opposition, which took office in 2009. His reelection in 2013 was again marked by charges of irregularites. In 2017 he fired Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa in what was seen as an attempt to appoint his wife to the post. After the army then seized control of the capital and the parliament moved to impeach him, he resigned as president and Mnangagwa succeeded him.
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