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Lancaster House Agreement

Zimbabwe · Politics / ZANU. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1979

Robert Gabriel MugabeDecember 1979

Politics / ZANU

Returns to Zimbabwe following the completion of the Lancaster House Agreement, is greeted with enormous supportive crowds

Robert Gabriel Mugabe1979

Politics / ZANU

A ceasefire is negotiated for the talks, which are attended by Smith, Mugabe, Nkomo & Edson Zvobgo.

Robert Gabriel Mugabe1979

Politics / ZANU

During the Lancaster House negotiations allows 20 seats to be reserved for whites in the new Parliament and agrees to a ten year moratorium on constitutional amendments.

Robert Gabriel Mugabe1979

Politics / ZANU

Returns to Zimbabwe following the completion of the Lancaster House Agreement, is greeted with enormous supportive crowds.

Robert Gabriel Mugabe1979

Politics / ZANU

The parties to the Lancaster House talks agree on a new constitution for a new Republic of Zimbabwe with elections in February 1980.

Names involved

Robert Gabriel Mugabe

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