Morgan Richard Tsvangirai , born March 10, 1952) is a trade unionist, human rights activist, and President of the Movement for Democratic Change , the majority party in Zimbabwe. Tsvangirai contested the 2008 presidential election; and defeated the incumbent Robert Mugabe, whose party released its own set of results showing an outright win, but official results released after 30 days showed him winning 47.9%, necessitating a run-off vote against Mugabe.