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President, who ruled for 37 years until he was ousted by his own army in November 2017, died in a Singapore hospital a week ago aged 95. Robert Mugabe led Zimbabwe beginning in 1980, first as prime minister and then as president since 1987. One of the most controversial presidents in African world, he was re-elected to presidency multiple times. Let's take a look at the life of the former Zimbabwean leader.   Mugabe was born on February 21, 1924, in Kutama Village of Southern Rhodesia, which is now Zimbabwe. The country was a British crown colony then and  the laws were oppressive to the natives, causing limited opportunities for jobs and education. He was the third if six children, He helped his mother earn a livelihood for the family. His father, was a carpenter, left to work in a Jesuit mission in South Africa and never returned. Father O'Hea, the director of the local Jesuit mission school that Mugabe attached as a boy influence his life. It was a the school