Born: 21 February 1924 · Died: 6 September 2019 · Age at death: 95
How old was Robert Mugabe when he died?
Robert Mugabe died aged 95. He was born on 21 February 1924 and died on 6 September 2019.
Independence leader who ruled Zimbabwe for 37 years as prime minister and president until he was ousted in 2017
Did you know?He earned multiple university degrees by correspondence while spending over a decade in prison for his political activism.
Quick facts
Date of birth21 February 1924
Date of death6 September 2019
Age at death95
Cause of deathCancer
NationalityZimbabwean
BirthplaceKutama, Zimbabwe
Occupationpolitician
Editor's Take:
Robert Mugabe led Zimbabwe for 37 years, first as a liberation hero and later as an autocrat. A former teacher, he spent more than a decade in prison under white minority rule in Rhodesia. He became prime minister at independence in 1980, promising reconciliation. Early on, education and health care expanded. But his forces killed thousands in Matabeleland in the 1980s. Later land seizures and economic mismanagement led to hyperinflation and collapse. He was forced out by the army in 2017, aged 93.
Key Milestones
1964: Prison – over ten years
1980: Prime minister – Zimbabwe independent
1987: President – executive presidency
2000: Land seizures – economic crisis
Robert Gabriel Mugabe (21 February 1924 – 6 September 2019) was a Zimbabwean revolutionary and politician who led Zimbabwe from 1980 until 2017. He served as the country's first Prime Minister from 1980 to 1987 and as its second President from 1987 to 2017.
Robert Mugabe's birthday is February 21. He was born on February 21, 1924 in Kutama, Zimbabwe.
How old was Robert Mugabe when he died?
Robert Mugabe died on September 6, 2019, aged 95.
Who shares a birthday with Robert Mugabe?
Famous people who share Robert Mugabe's February 21 birthday include Corbin Bleu, Harald V of Norway, W. H. Auden, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Alan Rickman.
