2019 in Zimbabwe

Events of 2019 in Zimbabwe.

Incumbents

• President: Emmerson Mnangagwa
• First Vice President: Constantino Chiwenga
• Second Vice President: Kembo Mohadi
• Chief Justice of Zimbabwe: Luke Malaba

Events

• 14-17 January: Nationwide fuel protests in response to a government increase in fuel prices and declining standards of living.
• 18 July – ICC suspended the Zimbabwe Cricket from international cricket, citing the political interventions in the Cricket Board of Zimbabwe.

Deaths

• 23 January – Oliver Mtukudzi, Zimbabwean musician, businessman, and philanthropist (b. 1952)
• 16 February – Charles Mungoshi, Zimbabwean writer (b. 1947)
• 23 February – Dorothy Masuka, Zimbabwean-born South African jazz singer (b. 1935)
• 27 February – Buzwani Mothobi, Zimbabwean diplomat, academic, and civil servant (b. 1939)
• 15 April – Sithembile Gumbo, Zimbabwean politician (b. 1962)
• 23 May – Dumiso Dabengwa, Zimbabwean politician (b. 1939)
• 18 June – Obedingwa Mguni, Zimbabwean politician (b. 1962)
• 22 August – Peter Chingoka, Zimbabwean cricket player and administrator (b. 1954)
• 6 September – Robert Mugabe, Revolutionary and politician, 1st Prime Minister and 2nd President of Zimbabwe (b. 1924)

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