Obert Mpofu
The Right Honourable Obert Mpofu MP | |
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| Minister of Home Affairs and Culture | |
In office 30 November 2017 – 11 September 2018 | |
| President | Emmerson Mnangagwa |
| Minister of Home Affairs | |
In office 9 October 2017 – 27 November 2017 | |
| President | Robert Mugabe |
| Preceded by | Ignatius Chombo |
| Minister of Macro-Economic Planning and Investment Promotion | |
In office 11 September 2015 – 9 October 2017 | |
| President | Robert Mugabe |
| Preceded by | Elton Mangoma |
| Succeeded by | Simbarashe Mumbengegwi |
| Minister of Transport, Communication and Infrastructural Development | |
In office 10 September 2013 – 11 September 2015 | |
| President | Robert Mugabe |
| Preceded by | Nicholas Goche |
| Succeeded by | Joram Gumbo |
| Minister of Mines and Mining Development | |
In office 13 February 2009 – 10 September 2013 | |
| President | Robert Mugabe |
| Prime Minister | Morgan Tsvangirai |
| Preceded by | Amos Midzi |
| Succeeded by | Walter Chidhakwa |
| Minister of Industry and International Trade | |
In office April 2005 – 13 February 2009 | |
| President | Robert Mugabe |
| Succeeded by | Welshman Ncube |
| Governor of Matabeleland North | |
In office 2000–2005 | |
| Preceded by | Welshman Mabhena |
| Succeeded by | Sithokozile Mathuthu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1951-10-12) 12 October 1951 Southern Rhodesia |
| Political party | ZANU-PF |
| Children | Bukhosie Mkhokheli |
Obert Moses Mpofu is a Zimbabwean politician, who served as Minister of Home Affairs from 2017 to September 2018[1]. Previously he was Minister of Macro-Economic Planning and Investment Promotion; Minister of Industry and International Trade; Minister of Mines and Mining Development; and Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Development. The Cabinet of Zimbabwe was later dissolved on November 27, 2017.[2] He was reappointed as Minister of Home Affairs in Mnangagwa's first cabinet on 30 November 2017.[3] The Culture portfolio was added to his ministry. Mpofu was later removed from the Zimbabwe cabinet in September 2018.</ref>https://www.theindependent.co.zw/2018/09/14/new-cabinet-an-average-team/</ref>
Contents
1 Political career
2 Ministry of Industry & Trade
2.1 Sino-Zimbabwe trade
3 2008 general election
4 References
Political career
Mpofu, previously the Governor of Matabeleland North Province, was appointed as Minister of Industry and International Trade in mid-April 2005, following the March 2005 parliamentary election.[4][5]
At the beginning of 2014, Mpofu was reported to be seeking nomination from ZANU-PF’s Matabeleland North provincial leadership for the position of party Chairman. It was reported that his main rival for the position was the Speaker of the Zimbabwean Parliament, Jacob Mudenda. It is believed that Mpofu was one of the earliest ZPRA guerillas to be trained for the Zimbabwean Liberation War way back in the 1960s. [6]
Ministry of Industry & Trade
Mpofu masterminded the freeze of basic commodities in Zimbabwe in mid-2007. He was appointed by Robert Mugabe to lead the price monitoring regime that was created following the price-freeze.[7] He withdrew operating licenses from abattoirs across the country during the price freeze, a situation that resulted in beef becoming scarce in shops across the country. In early 2008, he initiated the idea of 'people's shops' government run retail shops that would sell products at cheap prices.
Sino-Zimbabwe trade
Mpofu was at the forefront encouraging trade between Zimbabwe and China, as part of the government's Look-East policy. At one time, Gao Hucheng, Chinese vice-minister for commerce, after meeting with Mpofu claimed: "Chinese goods had been well received by Zimbabweans and that his government would continue to promote trade between the two countries as this had also improved the lives of people."
2008 general election
Obert Mpofu has been nominated again as the ZANU-PF candidate for the House of Assembly seat from Umguza constituency in the March 2008 parliamentary election.[8] Mpofu was initially endorsed as unopposed, but Mark Mbayiwa challenged this in court and was successful in getting Mpofu's unopposed endorsement overturned.[9]
Campaigning in Umguza, Mpofu singled out Simba Makoni as an agent of western imperialism. .[10]
Mpofu won the seat, receiving 7,065 votes and defeating two candidates of the two Movement for Democratic Change factions, Cornelius Mbayiwa (MDC-T) and Edmund Masuku (MDC-M), who respectively received 2,846 and 2,120 votes. He also defeated Mark Mbayiwa, who ran as an independent and received 555 votes.[11]
When the ZANU-PF–MDC national unity government was sworn in on 13 February 2009, Mpofu became Minister of Mines.[12]
Following the dissolution of the Cabinet of Zimbabwe in 2017, it was announced that Robert Mugabe's successor Emmerson Mnangagwa had allowed only Patrick Chinamasa and Simbarashe Mumbengegwi to remain as acting ministers of Finance and Foreign Affairs respectively until the appointment of a new cabinet.[2] Mpofu was later removed from the Mnangagwa Cabinet in September 2018.[13]
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Charles Tawengwa | Treasurer (Dura ReMusangano) ZANU | Next: incumbent |
References
^ "Cabinet reshuffled • 10 ministers reassigned new portfolios • Eight new appointments, 3 dropped". The Herald. 2017-10-10. Retrieved 2017-10-10..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ ab http://www.thezimbabwemail.com/headlines/mnangagwa-dissolves-cabinet-chinamasa-appointed-acting-finance-minister/
^ "Mnangagwa announces new Cabinet". Zimbabwe Mail. November 30, 2017. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
^ "MP's sworn in, new ministers appointed", SADOCC, 16 April 2005.
^ "Zimbabwe: Profile - Obert Mpofu". allAfrica. 16 December 2011.
^ "Zanu PF bigwigs jostle for chairmanship". Zimbabwe Situation. January 3, 2014.
^ ZDU [1](accessed 02/10/2008)
^ "Zimbabwe: Zanu-PF Names Poll Candidates", The Herald (allAfrica.com), 15 February 2008.
^ Kholwani Nyathi, "High Court blocks Mpofu re-election", The Standard (Zimbabwe), accessed 10 February 2008.
^ Thousands urged to vote ZANU-PF [2](accessed 26 February 2008)
^ "Zimbabwe election results 2008" Archived 5 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine., Newzimbabwe.com, 2 April 2008.
^ "Cabinet sworn in amid chaotic scenes" Archived 14 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine., Newzimbabwe.com, 13 February 2009.
^ https://bulawayo24.com/index-id-news-sc-national-byo-145380.html
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