Edgar Z. Tekere (born 1937) is a Zimbabweanpolitician. He was Manpower Planning Minister from 1980 in Prime Minister Robert Mugabe's Cabinet. He was charged with murdering a white farmer, Gerald Adams, on August 4, 1980. He went on trial together with 7 bodyguards who were all former guerillas in Salisbury, Zimbabwe (as the area later became Zimbabwe). The court found him guilty of murder, but said that he was preventing terrorism so he was set free. 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... A politician is an individual involved in politics. ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Robert Gabriel Mugabe (born February 21, 1924) has been the head of government in Zimbabwe, first as Prime Minister and later as first executive President, since 1980. ... August 4 is the 216th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (217th in leap years), with 149 days remaining. ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...
After splitting with Mugabe, Tekere ran against him in the 1990 Presidential race as the candidate of the Zimbabwe Unity Movement, offering a broadly free market platform against Mugabe's communist-style economic planning. Mugabe won the election on April 1, 1990 receiving 2,026,976 votes while Tekere only got 413,840 (16% of the vote). April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
'Edgar Zivanai Tekere' (born 1937) is a Zimbabwean politician.
Tekere was an early ally of Robert Mugabe within the Zimbabwe African National Union (of which he was a founder member in 1964) during the fight for independence and against the Rhodesian Front government of Ian Smith.
Tekere was dismissed from the government on January 11, 1981, a decision he was reported to be happy with; he retained the Secretary-Generalship of ZANU.
In some quarters corruption and rigging elections have been stated.
In particular the elections of 1990 were nationally and internationally condemned as being rigged, with the second-placing party, EdgarTekere's Zimbabwe Unity Movement, winning only 20% of the vote.
Presidential elections were last held in 2002 amid allegations of vote-rigging, intimidation, and fraud.
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