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Morgan Tsvangirai
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former Prime Minister of Zimbabwe (1952-2018)
Morgan Tsvangirai was a Zimbabwean politician who served as Prime Minister of his country and became a prominent opposition leader during a turbulent period in Zimbabwe's history. His career and life span (1952-2018) encompassed significant political changes in Zimbabwe, making him an important figure in the country's modern political story.
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Morgan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Zimbabwe
- Place of birth
- Gutu
- Place of death
- Johannesburg
- Occupation
- minister
- Position held
- Prime Minister of Zimbabwe
- Educated at
- Harvard University
- Political party
- Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Christianity
- Image
- Morgan Tsvangirai Oslo 2009 A.jpg
- Number of children
- 7
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- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Morgan Tsvangirai
- date of birth
- 1952-03-10
- name in native language
- Morgan Richard Tsvangirai
- date of death
- 2018-02-14
- cause of death
- Colorectal cancer
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Encyclopedic overview
Morgan Richard Tsvangirai (/ˈtʃæŋɡɪraɪ/; Shona pronunciation: [t͡sᶲa.ᵑɡi.ra.i]; 10 March 1952 – 14 February 2018) was a Zimbabwean politician who was Prime Minister of Zimbabwe from 2009 to 2013. He was president of the Movement for Democratic Change, and later the Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai (MDC–T), and a key figure in the opposition to then-president Robert Mugabe.
Tsvangirai was the MDC candidate in the controversial 2002 Zimbabwean presidential election, losing to Mugabe. He later contested the first round of the 2008 Zimbabwean presidential election as the MDC-T candidate, taking 47.8% of the vote according to official results, placing him ahead of Mugabe, who received 43.2%. Tsvangirai claimed to have won a majority and said that the results could have been altered in the month between the election and the reporting of official results. Tsvangirai initially planned to run in the second round against Mugabe, but withdrew shortly before it was held, arguing that the election would not be free and fair due to widespread violence and intimidation by government supporters that led to the deaths of 200 people.
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