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The following lists events from the year 2018 in Zimbabwe.
Incumbents
[edit]- President: Emmerson Mnangagwa[1]
- First Vice President: Constantino Chiwenga
- Second Vice President: Kembo Mohadi
- Chief Justice of Zimbabwe: Luke Malaba
Events
[edit]January
[edit]18 - President Mnagagwa announces that observer missions from the Commonwealth of Nations, the European Union, and the United Nations have been invited to monitor the 2018 general elections.
April
[edit]Sibusiso Moyo will be attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2018 as an observer, as Zimbabwe has an intention of reengaging with the international community - including a possible return of Zimbabwe to the Commonwealth of Nations during 2018.
July
[edit]- 29 July – On the eve of Zimbabwe's election, Mugabe made a surprise press conference where he stated his wish not to vote for President Mnangagwa and ZANU-PF, the party he founded
[2] Instead, he expressed his wish to vote his long time rival party, the MDC of Nelson Chamisa .[3][4][5]
- Zimbabwean general election, 2018 - to elect members of the House of Assembly of Zimbabwe and the Senate of Zimbabwe as well as the President of Zimbabwe.
Date unknown
[edit]President Mnangagwa has announced that Zimbabwe will seek a return to the Commonwealth, of which it was a full member from April 1980 to December 2003.
Deaths
[edit]- 14 February - Morgan Tsvangirai, 65, Zimbabwean politician and former Prime Minister of Zimbabwe.
References
[edit]- ^ "Incumbent Mnangagwa wins Zimbabwe vote". BBC News. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
- ^ "Zimbabwe election: Mugabe refuses to back successor Mnangagwa". BBC News. 29 July 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/29/robert-mugabe-zanu-pf-zimbabwe-election%7C Robert Mugabe: I won't vote for Zanu-PF in Zimbabwe election | World news | The Guardian
- ^ "Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe refuses to back successor Mnangagwa in election". Sky News. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ Mohamed, Hamza. "Mugabe: I cannot vote for those who tormented me". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
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