2018 in Zimbabwe
# 2018 in Zimbabwe

The following lists events from the year 2018 in Zimbabwe.

## Incumbents

* President: Emmerson Mnangagwa
* First Vice President: Constantino Chiwenga
* Second Vice President: Kembo Mohadi
* Chief Justice of Zimbabwe: Luke Malaba

## Events

### January

18 - President Mnagagwa announces that observer missions from the Commonwealth of Nations, the European Union, and the United Nations have been invited to monitor the 2018 general elections.

### April

Sibusiso Moyo will be attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2018 as an observer, as Zimbabwe has an intention of reengaging with the international community - including a possible return of Zimbabwe to the Commonwealth of Nations during 2018.

### July

* 29 July – On the eve of Zimbabwe's election, Mugabe made a surprise press conference where he stated his wish not to vote for President Mnangagwa and ZANU-PF, the party he founded

Instead, he expressed his wish to vote his long time rival party, the MDC of Nelson Chamisa .

* Zimbabwean general election, 2018 - to elect members of the House of Assembly of Zimbabwe and the Senate of Zimbabwe as well as the President of Zimbabwe.

## Date unknown

President Mnangagwa has announced that Zimbabwe will seek a return to the Commonwealth, of which it was a full member from April 1980 to December 2003.

## Deaths

* 14 February - Morgan Tsvangirai, 65, Zimbabwean politician and former Prime Minister of Zimbabwe.
