Permanent year factsheet

Zimbabwe in 2017

Historical records for Zimbabwe in 2017, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

5Records

4Events

4Named people

1Places

1Categories

Historical records

November

14 November 2017Military InterventionConstantino Guveya Dominic Chiwenga

Harare · Government / Government of Zimbabwe

Chiwenga's forces take control of key institutions during the leadership crisis.

21 November 2017Resignation from PresidencyRobert Gabriel Mugabe

Harare · Government / Government of Zimbabwe

Mugabe resigns after military intervention and the beginning of parliamentary impeachment proceedings.

24 November 2017Sworn In as PresidentEmmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa

Harare · Government / Government of Zimbabwe

Mnangagwa is sworn in after returning from exile.

December

28 December 2017Appointment as Vice-PresidentConstantino Guveya Dominic Chiwenga

Harare · Government / Government of Zimbabwe

Chiwenga becomes Vice-President after retiring from military command.

28 December 2017Appointment as Vice-PresidentKembo Campbell Dugish Mohadi

Harare · Government / Government of Zimbabwe

Mohadi is appointed as one of Zimbabwe's two Vice-Presidents.

Names involved

Constantino Guveya Dominic ChiwengaEmmerson Dambudzo MnangagwaKembo Campbell Dugish MohadiRobert Gabriel Mugabe

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varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.