Zimbabwe's ex-army chief named ruling party VP – Official

Retired Zimbabwe Army General Constantino Chiwenga. He led a coup that ended Robert Mugabe's 37-year rule. PHOTO | JEKESAI NJIKIZANA | AFP 

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Zimbabwe's new President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Saturday named the former army chief who led a coup that ended Robert Mugabe's 37-year rule, as one of his two deputies in the ruling party, the presidency said.

Presidential press secretary George Charamba said in a statement, retired general Constantino Chiwenga and long-serving state security minister Kembo Mohadi were appointed as Mnangagwa's deputies in the Zanu-PF party "with immediate effect."

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