What is Phelekezela Mphoko?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Phelekezela Mphoko | image = Phelekezela Mphoko.jpg | office = [[Vice-President of Zimbabwe]] | predecessor = [[John Nkomo]] | president = [[Robert Mugabe]] | successor =[[Kembo Mohadi]] | term_start = 12 December 2014<ref>https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Zimbabwe_2013.pdf</ref> | term_end = 27 November 2017<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.herald.co.zw/president-dissolves-cabinet/ | title=President dissolves Cabinet }}</ref> | party = [[ZANU–PF]] {{small|(until 2017)}}<br> [[Independent (politician)|Independent]] {{small|(since 2017)}} | birth_date = {{birth date|1940|6|11|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Bubi District|Gwizane]], [[Southern Rhodesia]]<br>{{small|(now [[Zimbabwe]])}} | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2024|12|6|1940|6|11}} | death_place = [[Bulawayo]], Zimbabwe | spouse = Laurinda Mphoko | children = 3 }} '''Report Phelekezela Mphoko''' (11 June 1940 &ndash; 6 December 2024) was a [[Zimbabwe]]an politician, diplomat, businessman and former military commander. He was [[Vice-President of Zimbabwe]] from 2014 until 2017. Legally, Mphoko was the acting [[President of Zimbabwe]] from 21 to 24 November 2017. However, he was not in the country at the time, so official standing on this is unclear.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://bulawayo24.com/index-id-news-sc-national-byo-122706.html|title=Mphoko is the Acting President for now..|last=eDuzeNet|work=Bulawayo24 News|access-date=2018-06-08|language=en-GB|archive-date=2017-12-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201042652/http://bulawayo24.com/index-id-news-sc-national-byo-122706.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.herald.co.zw/experts-clear-the-air-on-succession/|title=Experts clear the air on succession|work=The Herald|access-date=2018-06-08|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.news24.com/Africa/Zimbabwe/zimbabwe-has-phantom-like-acting-president-20171123|title=Zimbabwe has 'phantom-like' acting president|work=News24|access-date=2018-06-08|language=en|archive-da