“I, Robert Gabriel Mugabe, hereby formally tender my resignation as President,” his letter read.
The parliament had resumed on Tuesday after a hiatus, planning to kick off Mugabe’s impeachment proceedings.
Instead, the session had begun with a reading of Mugabe’s resignation letter.
Crowds around the country took to the streets to celebrate the resignation, dancing and singing.
Mugabe, following a military takeover, had been expected to resign in a speech on Sunday.
Instead, the 93-year-old had said he would be leading the party Zanu-PF into their congress in December, despite being removed as its leader.
His ousted vice-president Emerson Mnangagwa is expected to take over as president.
Watch the moment his resignation was read below:
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