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Constitution
History of Zimbabwe
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| | 1979 | Smith, Ian Douglas | |
| British-brokered all-party talks at Lancaster House in London lead to a peace agreement and new constitution, which guarantees minority rights |
| 1980 | Mugabe, Robert Gabriel | |
| 27th Jan Salisbury Returns to Salisbury after a 5 yrs to take part in elections for majority rule |
| 1987 | Mugabe, Robert Gabriel | |
| A merger is agreed between ZANU & ZAPU creating a 1 party state under ZANU-PF |
| The presidency becomes an executive post, is elected for 6 yrs |
| The president appoints the Cabinet & can veto parliamentary bils |
| 30th Dec Mugabe changes the constitution & becomes executive president |
| 1990 | Mugabe, Robert Gabriel | |
| 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 |
| 1999 | Mugabe, Robert Gabriel | |
| The Commonwealth adopts the Harare Declaration at its summit in Zimbabwe, reaffirming its aims of fostering international peace and security, democracy, freedom of the individual and equal rights for all |
| 2000 | Mugabe, Robert Gabriel | |
| President Mugabe suffers defeat in referendum on draft constitution |
| Zanu-PF narrowly fights off a challenge from the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) led by Morgan Tsvangirai, but loses its power to change the constitution |
| 2000 | Tsvangirai, Morgan | |
| Zanu-PF narrowly fights off a challenge from the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) led by Morgan Tsvangirai, but loses its power to change the constitution |
| 2005 | Mugabe, Robert Gabriel | |
| Nov The ruling Zanu-PF party wins an overwhelming majority of seats in a newly-created upper house of parliament, the Senate, the opposition MDC splits over its leader's decision to boycott the poll |
| 2006 | Mugabe, Robert Gabriel | |
| Dec The ruling ZANU-PF party approves a plan to move presidential polls from 2008 to 2010, effectively extending Mr Mugabe's rule by two years |
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