(AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi). Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe attempts to make Dali Thando Phekezela Mphoko, the grandson of his Deputy President, Phekezela Mphoko, chant the party's slogan after the swearing in ceremony at State House in Harar...
(AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi). Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe sits after a swearing in ceremony at State House in Harare, Friday, Dec, 12, 2014. A new look cabinet was sworn in following a cabinet reshuffle that saw former deputy President Joic...
(AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi). Emmerson Mnangagwa, left, Vice President of Zimbabwe chats with Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe after the swearing in ceremony at State House in Harare, Friday, Dec, 12, 2014. Mnangagwa was sworn in following a cabi...
(AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi). Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, centre, poses for a photo with his two Vice Presidents, Emmerson Mnanangagwa, left, and Phelekezela Mphoko, right, after they were sworn in at State House in Harare, Friday, Dec, 12,...
(AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi). Emmerson Mnangagwa, left, Vice President of Zimbabwe stands next to Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe after the swearing in ceremony at State House in Harare, Friday, Dec, 12, 2014. Mnangagwa was sworn in following a...
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has sworn in two new vice presidents.
Justice Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa, was appointed Friday as the senior of the two during a televised ceremony. They replace Joice Mujuru, who was fired earlier this week after she was booted from the ruling ZANU-PF party. Mugabe accused Mujuru and her allies, who were also fired, of plotting his assassination.
Mnangagwa kneeled before the 90-year-old Mugabe and his wife, Grace Mugabe, in a show of gratitude when his appointment was announced on Wednesday.
A lawyer by profession, Mnangagwa will retain his position as head of the justice ministry.
The second vice president, Phelekezela Mphoko, was previously a diplomat.
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