See iconic throwback photos of Zimbabwe’s former president as he dies aged 95

The former president passed on at the age of 95 on September 6, 2019, after an illness and he is said to have died in Singapore.

Mugabe was the first post-independence president in Zimbabwe and he ruled for three decades before he was ousted in a military coup in November 2017.

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To honour the late former president, Legit.ng has gathered some interesting throwback photos of Robert Mugabe.

1. Robert Mugabe meeting with Margaret Thatcher in 1980

Iconic throwback photos of Zimbabwe’s ex-president Robert Mugabe as he dies at 95 Source: Getty Images

2. Mugabe in England in 1979

Iconic throwback photos of Zimbabwe’s ex-president Robert Mugabe as he dies at 95 Source: Getty Images

3. Mugabe as the leader of Zimbabwean African National Union (ZANU) in 1976

Iconic throwback photos of Zimbabwe’s ex-president Robert Mugabe as he dies at 95 Source: Getty Images

National Union (ZANU) in 1976

4. Mr and Mrs Mugabe in Salisbury, Zimbabwe, in 1980

5. Mugabe as the Prime Minister of Zimbabwe at the Organisation of African Unity Summit

6. Prime Minister of the newly independent Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, presenting the Prince of Wales with an Independence Medal.

7. Mugabe, Joshua Nkomo and Dr David Owens meeting in London about the situation of the then Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe

8. Robert Mugabe and Joshua Nkomo at a meeting

RIP to the former leader.

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