# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edgar-tekere
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:58:57.374Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edgar-tekere"
name: "Edgar Tekere"
slug: "edgar-tekere"
description: "Edgar Zivanai Tekere, nicknamed \"2 Boy\", was a Zimbabwean politician. He was the second and last Secretary General of the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) who organised the party during the Lancaster House talks and served in government before his popularity as a potential rival to Robert Mugabe caused their estrangement."
tagline: "Zimbabwean politician (1937-2011)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edgar_Tekere.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1937-04-01"
deathDate: "2011-06-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.52
  momentum:             1.058823529411764
  historical:           6.158929333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Tekere"
    title: "Edgar Tekere"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%AA%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%89"
    title: "ادجار تكيرى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Tekere"
    title: "Edgar Tekere"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Tekere"
    title: "Edgar Tekere"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Tekere"
    title: "Edgar Tekere"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%89%E3%82%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%86%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AC"
    title: "エドガー・テケレ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Tekere"
    title: "Edgar Tekere"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q983219"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump