1、 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i Zimbabwes Political Transition: Issues for Congress name redacted Specialist in African Affairs name redacted Fellow in African Affairs November 29, 2017 In mid-November 2017, spurred by an intraparty rivalry within the r
2、uling Zimbabwe National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) party to succeed then-President Robert Mugabe (age 93), the Zimbabwe Defense Forces (ZDF) seized control of key national political and military facilities. The ZDF then reportedly pressed Mugabehead of state since independence in 1980to resign,
3、 reverse his recent dismissal of Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa in favor of Mugabes wife, Grace Mugabe, and halt a ZANU-PF purge of Mnangagwas supporters. (See CRS Insight IN10819, Zimbabwe: A Military-Compelled Transition? and CRS Report R44633, Zimbabwe: Current Issues and U.S. Policy.) ZANU-PF
4、 subsequently removed Mugabe as party leader, appointed Mnangagwa as his interim successor, and expelled Grace Mugabe and several of her allies. Mugabe resigned as president on November 21, preempting impeachment proceedings initiated against him. Zimbabweans initial reactions to the ZDF interventio
