27 January 1980Return from ExileRobert Gabriel Mugabe
Mugabe returns to campaign in the British-supervised independence election.
Historical records for Zimbabwe in 1980, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Mugabe returns to campaign in the British-supervised independence election.
Mugabe returns from exile to campaign in the independence election.
Mugabe is appointed Prime Minister after ZANU-PF's election victory.
Mugabe is appointed Prime Minister following the election result.
Mugabe includes ZAPU representatives in the first independence government.
After a campaign marked by intimidation from all sides, mistrust from security forces and reports of full ballot boxes found on the road, the Shona majority is decisive in electing Mugabe to head the first Government as Prime Minister
After a campaign marked by intimidation from all sides, mistrust from security forces and reports of full ballot boxes found on the road, the Shona majority is decisive in electing Mugabe to head the first Government as Prime Minister
ZANU allies itself with the Zimbabwe African Peoples Union (ZAPU) in the Patriotic Front (PF), the two parties adopting the names ZANU-PF and PF-ZAPU respectively, but they split after achieving majority rule.
ZANU win 57 out of 80 Common Roll seats in the new Parliament, with the 20 white seats all going to the Rhodesian Front.
ZANU-PF wins the largest share of seats in the independence election.
Mugabe begins forming Zimbabwe's first majority-rule government.
ZANU-PF wins 57 of the 80 common-roll parliamentary seats.
Banana becomes Zimbabwe's first President at independence.
Mugabe leads Zimbabwe into independence and Commonwealth membership.
Mugabe leads the first government of the independent Republic of Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe gains internationally recognised independence under Mugabe's government.
Zimbabwe is admitted as a member of the United Nations.
The election is won by Robert Mugabe and ZANU-PF, with Joshua Nkomo and his PF-ZAPU retaining a stronghold in the province of Matabeleland
Nkomo campaigns as Patriotic Front-ZAPU leader in the independence election.
Mugabe's government begins integrating former guerrilla armies into national forces.
ZANU allies itself with the Zimbabwe African Peoples Union (ZAPU) in the Patriotic Front (PF), the two parties adopting the names ZANU-PF and PF-ZAPU respectively, but they split after achieving majority rule
ZANU allies itself with the Zimbabwe African Peoples Union (ZAPU) in the Patriotic Front (PF), the two parties adopting the names ZANU-PF and PF-ZAPU respectively, but they split after achieving majority rule. The election is won by Robert Mugabe and ZANU-PF, with Joshua Nkomo and his PF-ZAPU retaining a stronghold in the province of Matabeleland
Mugabe forms a ZANU-PF-led government following the supervised election.
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