Joice Mujuru

Joice Runaida Mujuru, also known by her nom-de-guerre Teurai Ropa Nhongo, is a Zimbabwean revolutionary and politician who served as Vice-President of Zimbabwe from 2004 to 2014. Previously she had served as a government minister. She also served as Vice-President of ZANU–PF. She was married to Solomon Mujuru until his death in 2011 and was long considered a potential successor to President Robert Mugabe, but in 2014 she was denounced for allegedly plotting against Mugabe. As a result of the accusations against her, Mujuru lost both her post as Vice-President and her position in the party leadership. She was expelled from the party a few months later, after which she formed the new Zimbabwe People First party.

15 April 1955

Born on the same birth date (15 April 1955): Dodi Fayed

Born on the same birth day (15 April): Andreas Fransson • Angelo DiGeorge • Avital Ronell • Catherine I of Russia • Chris Tillman • Elizabeth Montgomery • Francesco Maria Brancaccio • Georg Kolbe • Godfrey Stafford • Johannes Stark • Karel Kroupa • Martin Pedersen (cyclist) • Pietro Cataldi • Tomas Tranströmer • Veronica Linklater, Baroness Linklater of Butterstone • William Cullen • Émile Durkheim

Born in the same month (April 1955): Barbara Kingsolver • Bernard Longley • Bill Osborne • Christian Gourcuff • David Kitchin, Lord Kitchin • David Wu • Dodi Fayed • Kate Mulgrew • Muwenda Mutebi II of Buganda • Parviz Parastui • Rob Epstein • Takayoshi Yamano • Zev Siegl