Mike Nyambuya
Mike Nyambuya | |
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| Deputy President of the Senate of Zimbabwe | |
| Assumed office 11 September 2018 | |
| President | Emmerson Mnangagwa |
| Senate President | Mabel Chinomona |
| Senator for Manicaland | |
| Assumed office 22 August 2013 | |
| President | |
| Member of Parliament for Mutasa North | |
| In office 31 March 2005 – 28 March 2008 | |
| President | Robert Mugabe |
| Preceded by | New constituency |
| Succeeded by | David Antony Chinihini |
| Provincial Governor of Manicaland | |
| In office 1 December 2003 – 12 April 2005 | |
| President | Robert Mugabe |
| Preceded by | Oppah Muchinguri |
| Succeeded by | Tinaye Chigudu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 July 1955 |
| Party | ZANU-PF |
Michael Rueben Nyambuya (born 23 July 1955) is a Zimbabwean politician and military officer who has served as Governor of Manicaland and as Minister of Energy and Power Development.
Military career
[edit | edit source]Mike Nyambuya served in the Zimbabwean armed forces during the Second Congo War, and was in command of Zimbabwean forces defending N'Djili Airfield during Operation Kitona.[1]
Political career
[edit | edit source]Nyambuya is a former army general. He served as Provincial Governor of Manicaland before being appointed as Minister of Energy and Power Development in mid-April 2005, following the March 2005 parliamentary election.[2] He was placed on the United States sanctions list in 2005.[3]
He was nominated as ZANU-PF's candidate for the House of Assembly seat from Mutasa North, a constituency in Manicaland, in the March 2008 parliamentary election.[4] He was defeated in this election by David Anthony Chimhini, the candidate of the Movement for Democratic Change-Tsvangirai, receiving 4882 against 9396 for Chimhini.[5]
The Herald reported on 3 January 2009 that Nyambuya had been dismissed from the Cabinet earlier in the week, along with 11 other ministers, because he no longer held any seat in Parliament.[6]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ "MP's sworn in, new ministers appointed", SADOCC, April 16, 2005.
- ^ Issuance of new Zimbabwe Executive Order; Zimbabwe designations and designations updates.
- ^ "Zimbabwe: Zanu-PF Names Poll Candidates", The Herald (allAfrica.com), February 15, 2008.
- ^ 2008 constituency results page for Mutasa North Archived 2008-04-04 at the Wayback Machine, sokwanele.com.
- ^ "Losing Ministers Axed", The Herald (allAfrica.com), January 3, 2009.
 Ministers of the Zimbabwean Government of Robert Mugabe | |||
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