Editing Politics of Zimbabwe (section)

=== Executive ===

Under the present Zimbabwean Constitution, the President's powers can be grouped roughly into the following categories:

*Power over the Legislature, namely the power to summon, adjourn and dissolve Parliament, and the power to appoint members of Parliament.
*Power over the Judiciary, namely the power to appoint judges and other members of the judiciary.
*Power to appoint members of the Executive, namely Cabinet Ministers and administrative officers such as public servants.
*Power to appoint ambassadors and members of constitutional Commissions.
*Power over the security forces, namely the Defence Forces and the Police.
*Legislative power, namely the power to enact legislation.
*Power to declare war and make peace
*Miscellaneous powers, such as the exercise of the prerogative of mercy and the power to confer honours and precedence. The grant of a pardon or respite from execution of sentence or the substitution or suspension of a sentence must be published in the Gazette.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Constitution of The Republic of Zimbabwe Amendment(No.20) 2013|publisher=MOJLPA in partnership with ZBCB|year=2013|location=Zimbabwe|pages=49}}</ref>
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|[[List of Presidents of Zimbabwe|President]]
|[[Emmerson Mnangagwa]]
|[[ZANU-PF]]
|24 November 2017
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|[[Vice-President of Zimbabwe|Vice-President]]
|[[Constantino Chiwenga]]
|[[ZANU-PF]]
|28 December 2017
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Under Zimbabwe's Constitution, the president is the head of state, government and commander-in-chief of the defense forces, elected by popular majority vote. Prior to 2013, the president was elected for a 6-year term with no term limits. The new constitution approved in the [[Zimbabwean constitutional referendum, 2013|2013 constitutional referendum]] limits the president to two 5-year terms, but this does not take effect retrospectively ([[Robert Mugabe]] had held the office from 1987 to 2017).

[[Cabinet of Zimbabwe|The Cabinet]] is appointed by the president and responsible to the House of Assembly.

The '''Minister of State for Presidential Affairs''' is a non-cabinet ministerial position in the government of Zimbabwe. The incumbent is [[Didymus Mutasa]].<ref name=swornin2>{{Cite news|title=New Cabinet appointed|date=13 Feb 2009|publisher=The Herald (Zimbabwe)|url=http://www.herald.co.zw/inside.aspx?sectid=540&cat=1|access-date=2009-02-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090216180622/http://herald.co.zw/inside.aspx?sectid=540&cat=1|archive-date=2009-02-16|url-status=dead}}</ref> The duties of the position have yet to be publicly defined.