Person in history
Morgan Tsvangirai
Morgan Tsvangirai, 2nd Prime Minister of Zimbabwe (born 1952)
Life at a glance
- Died
- 2018 · February 14
- Known as
- politician, human rights defender, trade unionist, minister, and functionary. Citizenship: Federation of Rhodesia, Nyasaland, Southern Rhodesia, Rhodesia, and Zimbabwe Rhodesia
Their story
Who they were
Morgan Richard Tsvangirai 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.
Early life
Educated at: Harvard University.
Early life and family Tsvangirai was born in the Buhera area, in then Southern Rhodesia , to Karanga Shona parentage through his father Dzingirai-Chibwe Tsvangirai and mother Lydia Tsvangirai (née Zvaipa). He was the eldest of nine children, and the son of a communal farmer, mine worker, carpenter and bricklayer . He completed his primary education at St. Marks Goneso Primary School Hwedza , and was transferred by his father to Chikara Primary School Gutu , then to Silveira.
Why this date
Morgan Tsvangirai appears on our February 14 calendar for 2018 as a death entry.
Sources
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February 14 2018.
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