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Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe addresses a meeting of his ruling ZANU PF party's youth league in Harare, Zimbabwe, October 7, 2017.
Robert Mugabe is the only head of state that Zimbabwe has ever known in its 37-year existence.
He resigned from the presidency on Tuesday.
Mugabe - the longserving president of Zimbabwe - was put under military control in what amounted to a coup ending his authoritarian rule.
On Tuesday, members of parliament in Zimbabwe started impeachment proceedings against Mugabe.
Over the past nearly 40 years, the now 93-year-old Mugabe has gone from an African independence hero to being widely perceived as an authoritarian tyrant.
Here's a look at the life and career of the controversial Zimbabwe leader: