President of the Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai Movement for Democratic Change (1999–2005)
In office 30 September 1999 – 14 February 2018
Preceded by
Gibson Sibanda
Succeeded by
Nelson Chamisa
Leader of the Opposition
In office 30 September 1999 – 14 February 2018
President
Robert Mugabe Emmerson Mnangagwa
Preceded by
Abel Muzorewa
Succeeded by
Nelson Chamisa
General Secretary of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions
In office 10 May 1987 – 30 September 1999
Preceded by
Masotsha Ndhlovu
Succeeded by
Wellington Chibebe
Personal details
Born
Morgan Richard Tsvangirai
(1952-03-10)10 March 1952 Gutu, Southern Rhodesia
Died
14 February 2018(2018-02-14) (aged 65) Johannesburg, South Africa
Cause of death
Colorectal cancer
Political party
Zimbabwe African National Union (before 1987) Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (1987–1999) Movement for Democratic Change (1999–2005) Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai (2005–2018)
Spouses
Susan Mhundwa
(m. 1978; died 2009)
Elizabeth Macheka
(m. 2011)
Children
9
Signature
Website
Government website Party website
Morgan Richard Tsvangirai (/ˈtʃæŋɡɪraɪ/; Shona pronunciation:[ts͎a.ᵑɡi.ra.i];[need tone] 10 March 1952 – 14 February 2018) was a Zimbabwean politician who was Prime Minister of Zimbabwe from 2009 to 2013.[1] 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 former president Robert Mugabe.
Tsvangirai was the MDC candidate in the controversial 2002 Zimbawean presidential election, losing to Mugabe. He later contested the first round of the 2008 Zimbawean presidential election as the MDC-T candidate, taking 47.8% of the vote according to official results, placing him ahead of Mugabe, who received 43.2%. Tsvangirai claimed to have won a majority and said that the results could have been altered in the month between the election and the reporting of official results.[2] Tsvangirai initially planned to run in the second round against Mugabe, but withdrew shortly before it was held, arguing that the election would not be free and fair due to widespread violence and intimidation by government supporters that led to the deaths of 200 people.
Tsvangirai sustained non-life-threatening injuries in a car crash on 6 March 2009 when heading towards his rural home in Buhera. His first wife, Susan Tsvangirai, was killed in the head-on collision.[3] As the 2017 Zimbabwean coup d'état occurred, Tsvangirai asked Mugabe to step down.[4][5] He hoped that an all-inclusive stakeholders' meeting to chart the country's future and an internationally supervised process for the forthcoming elections would create a process that would take the country towards a legitimate regime.[6][7] On 14 February 2018, Tsvangirai died at the age of 65 after reportedly suffering from colorectal cancer.[8]
^"Mugabe appoints ZANU-PF lawyer as Zimbabwe finance minister". Reuters. 10 September 2013. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013.
^"Zimbabwe opposition challenges election results". USA Today. 2 May 2008. Archived from the original on 6 March 2009. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
^Pflanz, Mike (7 March 2009). "Fatal Tsvangirai crash 'was not accident', says MDC". The Daily Telegraph. UK. Archived from the original on 10 April 2010. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
^"Zimbabwe coup: Robert Mugabe and wife Grace 'insisting he finishes his term', as priest steps in to mediate". The Telegraph. 16 November 2017. ISSN 0307-1235. Archived from the original on 16 November 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
^"Mugabe 'resisting calls to stand down'". BBC News. 16 November 2017. Archived from the original on 17 November 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
^Morgan Tsvangirai Calls For Internationally-Supervised Process For The Forthcoming Elections Archived 1 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Pindula News, 2017/11/20
^Zimbabwe opposition wants inclusive political process after military intervention Archived 25 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Reuters, 20 November 2017
^"Zimbabwe opposition leader Tsvangirai dies". BBC News. 15 February 2018.
Morgan Richard Tsvangirai (/ˈtʃæŋɡɪraɪ/; Shona pronunciation: [ts͎a.ᵑɡi.ra.i];[need tone] 10 March 1952 – 14 February 2018) was a Zimbabwean politician...
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candidate MorganTsvangirai to withdraw from the election, securing Mugabe's continued rule. After the Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai won a majority...
opposition Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai (MDC-T) political party, and was the wife of MorganTsvangirai, former Prime Minister of Zimbabwe. She...
its leader MorganTsvangirai in the lead, but without the majority needed to avoid a second round, whilst the MDC declared that Tsvangirai won a narrow...
that was formed on 13 February 2009 following the inaugurations of MorganTsvangirai as Prime Minister and Thokozani Khuphe and Arthur Mutambara as Deputy...
Face of Courage: MorganTsvangirai is a biography of MorganTsvangirai written by Sarah Hudleston, tracing his trade union roots, his rise to the leadership...
the Advisor (Chief of Staff) of the then Prime Minister of Zimbabwe MorganTsvangirai from 2012-2013. Prior to becoming Advisor to the Prime Minister, Magaisa...
Deputy Prime Minister 2009–13. Following the death of party founder MorganTsvangirai in early 2018 Khupe opposed the ascent of Nelson Chamisa as leader...
since September 2008. The power-sharing government of Prime Minister MorganTsvangirai suspended the Zimbabwean dollar on 12 April 2009, and banknotes of...
MorganTsvangirai, leader of the Movement for Democratic Change - Tsvangirai, announced his party's shadow cabinet on 18 September 2013. It is the first...
Emmerson Mnangagwa ran for election in 2023 as the ZANU–PF candidate. MorganTsvangirai, the leader of the main opposition party MDC-T, died in 2018 and was...
Alliance was led by Nelson Chamisa who replaced MorganTsvangirai as President of the MDC-T after Tsvangirai died on the 14 February 2018 after a long fight...
incumbent president Robert Mugabe, Movement for Democratic Change leader MorganTsvangirai, ZANU–Ndonga leader Wilson Kumbula, Shakespeare Maya of the National...
MDC claimed as a consequence of this process that their candidate, MorganTsvangirai, had polled 50.3% of the vote, and that he was thus the outright winner...
Union. He was arrested in 2007 with many others, including MDC leader MorganTsvangirai, after a prayer rally in the Harare township of Highfield. On 16 June...
the Senate, and the Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai (MDC-T) led by MorganTsvangirai which was opposed to contesting the elections, stating...
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