Robert Mugabeās Life Post Presidency
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Late in December 2017, according to a government gazette, Mugabe was given fullĀ diplomatic statusĀ and, out of public funds, a five-bedroom house, up to 23 staff members, and personal vehicles. He further was permitted to keep the business interests and other wealth which he had amassed while in power, and he received an additional payment of about ten million dollars.[406]


On 15 March 2018, in his first interview since removal from the presidency, Mugabe insisted that he had been ousted in a ācoup dāĆ©tatā which must be undone. He stated that he would not work with Mnangagwa and termed Mnangagwaās presidency āillegalā and āunconstitutionalā.[407]Ā In a lawsuit brought by two political parties, theĀ Liberal DemocratsĀ and theĀ Revolutionary Freedom Fighters, and others, the court found that the resignation was legal, and that Mnangagwa, as vice president, duly took over the presidency.[405]


On the eve of theĀ first general election without him in almost thirty years, on 29 July 2018, Mugabe held a surprise press conference, in which he stated that he would not vote for President Mnangagwa andĀ ZANU-PF, the party he founded. Instead, he intended to vote for his long-time rival, the MDC party ofĀ Nelson Chamisa.[408][409][410][411]
Illness and death


Mugabe was hospitalized in April 2019, making the last of several trips toĀ SingaporeĀ for medical treatment, as he had done late in his presidency and in the months following its end.[412][413]Ā He died on 6 September 2019, at the age of 95.[2]








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