Emmerson Mnangagwa

=== Foreign relations ===
{{see also|List of international presidential trips made by Emmerson Mnangagwa}}
[[File:Ilham Aliyev met with Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa 01.jpg|thumb|Mnangagwa with Azerbaijani President [[Ilham Aliyev]] in January 2019]]
[[File:Mnangagwa and Putin met during sidelines Russia-Africa Summit, 27 July 2023.jpg|thumb|Mnangagwa and Russian President [[Vladimir Putin]] on 27 July 2023]]
On 18 January 2018, Mnangagwa signalled his desire to re-engage with the West by inviting the [[United Nations]], [[European Union]] and the [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] to monitor elections in Zimbabwe in 2018.<ref name="WestRelations">{{Cite news|url=https://www.ft.com/content/05ad2492-fc38-11e7-9b32-d7d59aace167|title=Zimbabwe's president seeks to build bridges with west|access-date=2018-01-19|language=en}}</ref> Additionally, Mnangagwa has signalled his wish to re-establish good [[United Kingdom–Zimbabwe relations|relations]] with the [[United Kingdom]] and additionally rejoin the Commonwealth, a prospect which he said was improved by the [[Brexit|British exit from the European Union]].<ref name="WestRelations" />

On 3 March 2021, newly inaugurated President [[Joe Biden]] of the [[United States]] issued a statement that criticizes Mnangawa for violent repressions of citizens and lack of democratic reforms, authorizing an extension of US sanctions on Zimbabwe through a US national emergency declared in [[s:Executive Order 13288|Executive Order 13288]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-03|title=A Letter on the Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to Zimbabwe|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/03/03/a-letter-on-the-continuation-of-the-national-emergency-with-respect-to-zimbabwe/|access-date=2022-01-25|website=The White House|language=en-US}}</ref> Prior to the US's decision, Mnangawa had claimed the US has "no moral right to levy sanctions" on Zimbabwe.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-01-19|title=US has 'no moral right to levy sanctions' on Zimbabwe, says President Mnangagwa|url=https://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20210119-united-states-has-no-moral-right-to-levy-sanctions-on-zimbabwe-emmerson-mnangagwa-africa-capitol-attack-democracy|access-date=2022-01-25|website=RFI|language=en}}</ref>

In July 2023, Mnangagwa attended the [[2023 Russia–Africa Summit]] in Saint Petersburg and met with Russian President [[Vladimir Putin]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Putin Gives Zimbabwe Leader Mnangagwa a Helicopter, and Grain |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-28/putin-gives-zimbabwe-leader-mnangagwa-a-helicopter-at-russia-africa-summit |work=Bloomberg |date=28 July 2023}}</ref> Mnangagwa voiced support for the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Zimbabwe and Uganda leaders meet with Russian President Putin |url=https://www.africanews.com/2023/07/28/zimbabwe-and-uganda-leaders-meet-with-russian-president-putin/ |work=Africanews |date=28 July 2023}}</ref>


Mnangagwa has set himself apart from historical world leaders being the first documented death row inmate to later become President and then ban the death penalty. <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/zimbabwes-government-backs-a-move-to-abolish-the-death-penalty-having-last-hanged-someone-in-2005/ar-BB1hVBA8 | title=MSN | website=[[MSN]] }}</ref>