Robert Mugabe resigned as Zimbabwe’s president on Tuesday, reported Reuters news agency.   

The 93-year-old had clung on for a week after an army takeover and expulsion from his own ruling ZANU-PF party, but resigned shortly after parliament began an impeachment process to force him out.

Wild celebrations broke out at a joint sitting of parliament when Speaker Jacob Mudenda announced Mugabe’s resignation and suspended the impeachment procedure.

People danced and car horns blared on the streets of capital city Harare at news that the era of Mugabe—who has led Zimbabwe since independence in 1980—was finally over.