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Zimbabwe in 1987

Historical records for Zimbabwe in 1987, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

15Records
13Events
3Named people
1Places
2Categories

Historical records

December

22 December 1987Unity Accord and Political SettlementRobert Gabriel Mugabe

Harare · Government / Government of Zimbabwe

Mugabe concludes the Unity Accord with Nkomo to end the ZANU-ZAPU conflict.

22 December 1987Unity Accord ImplementationRobert Gabriel Mugabe

Harare · Government / Government of Zimbabwe

Mugabe begins implementing the political settlement agreed with Nkomo.

22 December 1987Unity Accord SignedRobert Gabriel Mugabe

Harare · Government / Government of Zimbabwe

Mugabe signs the Unity Accord with Joshua Nkomo.

22 December 1987Unity Accord SignedJoshua Nkomo

Harare · Government / Government of Zimbabwe

Nkomo signs the Unity Accord merging ZAPU into ZANU-PF.

22 December 1987ZANU-PF MergerRobert Gabriel Mugabe

Harare · Government / Government of Zimbabwe

The Unity Accord provides for ZAPU's incorporation into ZANU-PF.

30 December 1987Constitutional Transition to PresidencyRobert Gabriel Mugabe

Harare · Government / Government of Zimbabwe

Mugabe's final premiership ends as the executive presidency is established.

30 December 1987Executive Presidency AmendmentRobert Gabriel Mugabe

Harare · Government / Government of Zimbabwe

Constitutional changes abolish the office of Prime Minister and establish executive presidency.

30 December 1987Executive Presidency EstablishedRobert Gabriel Mugabe

Harare · Government / Government of Zimbabwe

Constitutional changes abolish the premiership and create an executive presidency.

31 December 1987Appointment as Vice-PresidentSimon Muzenda

Harare · Government / Government of Zimbabwe

Muzenda becomes Vice-President under the executive presidency.

31 December 1987Appointment as Vice-PresidentSimon Muzenda

Harare · Government / Government of Zimbabwe

Muzenda becomes Vice-President when the executive presidency is established.

31 December 1987Election as Executive PresidentRobert Gabriel Mugabe

Harare · Government / Government of Zimbabwe

Parliament elects Mugabe as Zimbabwe's executive President.

31 December 1987Swearing-In as Executive PresidentRobert Gabriel Mugabe

Harare · Government / Government of Zimbabwe

Mugabe is sworn in as executive President after the constitutional change.

31 December 1987Sworn In as Executive PresidentRobert Gabriel Mugabe

Harare · Government / Government of Zimbabwe

Mugabe assumes the newly strengthened executive presidency.

Other Events

1987Reserved Parliamentary Seats AbolishedRobert Gabriel Mugabe

Harare · Government / Government of Zimbabwe

Constitutional changes remove the seats previously reserved for white voters.

1987ZANURobert Gabriel Mugabe

Politics / ZANU

A Unity Accord is signed between the two parties; PF-ZAPU is merged into ZANU-PF, effectively establishing a one-party state dominated Robert Mugabe and ZANU-PF, Joshua Nkomo becomes one of two vice-presidents

Names involved

Joshua NkomoRobert Gabriel MugabeSimon Muzenda

Places involved

Harare

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.