Robert Mugabe was a former revolutionary and Zimbabwean politician best known for his struggles against the British, when Zimbabwe was known as Rhodesia. He was greatly inspired by Marxist and nationalist views from a young age, and became the publicity secretary of the National Democratic Party or the ‘NDP’. Once he established a strong political foothold, he founded the socialist-nationalist movement, ‘ZANU’ which resolved to drive the British out of their homeland. Soon after their independence, Mugabe became the prime minister and thereafter the president of the country - the post he held till November 21, 2017. During his tenure as president, he managed to unite the Zimbabwe African People’s Union (ZAPU) with the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU), challenging all those who threatened to colonize independent Zimbabwe. Though he ruled Zimbabwe for long, opposition to his rule began to grow due to his policies. His electoral campaigns were said to be dominated by electoral fraud, and violence. Following a coup in November 2017, Mugabe was forced to resign the presidency.