Who was the first president of Zimbabwe?
On the occasion of Zimbabwe's independence from Britain in 1980, Robert Mugabe became Prime Minister whilst the Rev. Canaan Sodindo Banana was installed as President. In 1987, Mugabe became executive president, a post he still holds. Banana was later jailed. The 92-year-old Mugabe has been in power continuously for 36 years and is said to be the world's oldest head of state.
Bishop Abel Muzorewa was briefly Prime Minister of Zimbabwe-Rhodesia in 1979 in a failed political experiment. General Solomon Mujuru was a leading figure in the war to bring Mugabe to power and his wife Joyce served as a Vice-President of Zimbabwe.
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