Robert Mugabe on Sunday was sworn in for a new term of presidency after winning Zimbabwe's presidential run-off held on Monday.
The ceremony was held under a red-carpeted tent at the State House complex with the attendance of dignitaries.
"I will well and truly serve this country in the office of president, so help me God," he said.
Soon after the ceremony, Mugabe is expected to fly to Egypt to attend the summit of the African Union.
Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was invited to attend the ceremony but he rejected the invitation.
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) announced on Sunday that official results showed that Mugabe won all 10 of the country's provinces.
Mugabe, 84, won 85.5 percent of the votes in the election against opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai's 9.3 percent, defeating Tsvangirai by a huge margin, the ZEC said.
Chief elections officer Lovemore Sekeramyi said Mugabe had won a total of 2,150,269 votes against 233,000 for Tsvangirai, who boycotted the election but whose name still appeared on ballot papers.
Zimbabwe held the presidential run-off election as scheduled despite Tsvangirai's withdrawal from the race.
Tsvangirai withdrew from the election on last Sunday, citing various reasons, including political violence.
But the ZEC said the withdrawal was of no legal effect because it was filed too late.
Tsvangirai received 47.9 percent of the votes in the first round of election held on March 29, followed by President Robert Mugabe's 43.2 percent.
An outright winner needs to obtain an absolute majority of the votes, otherwise a run-off needs to be held, according to Zimbabwe's law.
Source:Xinhua
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