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Robert Mugabe

Politician · Sanctioned entity

Robert Mugabe is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Mugabe Robert Gabriel · Robert Gabriel Mugabe · Robert Mugabe · Robert Muqabe · Roberts Mugabe · 15 more...				[sources]
Other name	Mugabe · Robert Gabriel Mugabe · Robert Mugabe · Мугабе, Роберт · رابرٹ گابریل موگابے · 7 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1924-02-21				[sources]
Place of birth	Kutama				[sources]
Death date	2019-09-06				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Zimbabwe				[sources]
Country	Zimbabwe				[sources]
First name	Robert · Robert Gabriel				[sources]
Keywords	National government				[sources]
Last name	Mugabe · Mugabe				[sources]
Passport number	`AD001095`				[sources]
Second name	Gabriel				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q10707				[sources]
Position	Chairperson of the African Union (2015-2016) · Defence Minister of Zimbabwe (1980-1985) · President of Zimbabwe (1987-2017) · Prime Minister of Zimbabwe (1980-1987) · Secretary General of the Non-Aligned Movement (1986-1989) · 2 more...				[sources]
Education	Achimota School · Kutama College · University of Fort Hare (-1951) · University of London Worldwide · University of Oxford · 1 more...				[sources]
Religion	Catholic Church				[sources]
Created at	2018-02-27				[sources]
Modified on	2024-05-15				[sources]
Last changed	2024-05-18	Last checked	2024-05-29	First seen	2022-07-15

Descriptions

Former President and responsible for activities that seriously undermine democracy, respect for human rights and the rule of law.

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2023-04-20

2nd president of Zimbabwe from 1987 to 2017

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-11-10

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Sabina Mugabe	sibling	-	-
Bona Mugabe	child	-	-
Chatunga Bellarmine Mugabe	child	-	-
Robert Peter Mugabe Jr.	child	-	-
Amai Bona Mugabe	mother	-	-

Identifications
Document number	Country	Type	Start date	End date
`AD001095`	Zimbabwe	passport	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
presidente de la Unión Nacional Africana de Zimbabue - Frente Patriótico	1975-03-18	2017-11-19
President of Zimbabwa	1987-12-31	2017-11-21

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Grace Mugabe	spouse	1996-08-17	2019-09-06
Perence Shiri	cousin · relative	-	-
Patrick Zhuwao	relative	-	-

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Global Affairs Canada	Zimbabwe	-	-
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)	Ordinance of 19 March 2002 on measures against Zimbabwe (SR 946.209.2), annex 2	2018-02-27	2020-03-03

Data sources

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,008

Switzerland manages a sanctions lists with a high degree of detail on the individuals that are subject to it's embargoes

Switzerland · State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons183,725

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

Canadian Special Economic Measures Act Sanctions4,257

Sanctions imposed by Canada on specific countries, organizations, or individuals under the Special Economic Measures Act (SEMA) and JVCFOA

Canada · Global Affairs Canada

External databases

The record has been enriched with data from the following external databases:

Wikidata226,506

Wikidata is the structured data project of the Wikipedia community, providing fact-based information edited by humans and machines

External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: NK-6bXWK8ezMQxDVki3tMGU5L · ch-seco-6095 · NK-Fuc9fVU3F78f4zKt4B3PYQ · ca-sema-1-zw-robert-gabriel-mugabe · ca-sema-zimbabwe-n-a-1 · ofac-7480

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