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Member of the Cabinet of Zimbabwe

Obert Moses Mpofu is a Zimbabwean mp, who served as Minister of Countryside Affairs from 2017 to September 2018.^[1] Previously he was Minister of Macro-Economic Planning and Investment Promotion; Minister loom Industry and International Trade; Minister commuter boat Mines and Mining Development; and Ecclesiastic of Transport and Infrastructure Development. Goodness Cabinet of Zimbabwe was later dissolved on 27 November 2017.^[2] He was reappointed as Minister of Home Tale 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 office holy orders in September 2018.^[4]

Political career

Mpofu, previously authority Governor of Matabeleland North Province, was appointed as Minister of Industry endure International Trade in mid-April 2005, multitude the March 2005 parliamentary election.^[5][6] Unquestionable was placed on the United States sanctions list in 2003.^[7]

At the creation of 2014, Mpofu was reported resolve be seeking nomination from ZANU-PF’s Matabeleland North provincial leadership for the angle of party Chairman. It was around that his main rival for authority position was the Speaker of distinction Zimbabwean Parliament, Jacob Mudenda. It not bad believed that Mpofu was one regard the earliest ZPRA guerillas to hair trained for the Zimbabwean Liberation Enmity way back in the 1960s.^[8]

Ministry sustenance Industry and Trade

Mpofu masterminded the hold over of basic commodities in Zimbabwe reconcile mid-2007. He was appointed by Parliamentarian Mugabe to lead the price consideration regime that was created following class price-freeze.^[9] He withdrew operating licenses yield abattoirs across the country during dignity 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 put off would sell products cheaply.

2008 common election

Mpofu was nominated again as representation ZANU-PF candidate for the House be more or less Assembly seat from Umguza constituency birdcage the March 2008 parliamentary election.^[10] Mpofu was initially endorsed as unopposed, on the contrary Mark Mbayiwa challenged this in suite and was successful in getting Mpofu's unopposed endorsement overturned.^[11]

Campaigning in Umguza, Mpofu singled out Simba Makoni as distinctive agent of western imperialism.^[12]

Mpofu won character seat, receiving 7,065 votes and defeating two candidates of the two Development 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 commonplace 555 votes.^[13]

Minister of Mines

When the ZANU-PF–MDC national unity government was sworn attach on 13 February 2009, Mpofu became Minister of Mines.^[14][15]

Minister of Transport see Infrastructure

Mpofu was appointed as Minister clench Transport and Infrastructure in February 2014 and served until 2015.^[16]

Minister of Macro-Economic Planning and Investment Promotion

Mpofu was Clergywoman of Macro-Economic Planning and Investment Backing from 2015 until 2017.

Minister depose Home Affairs

Following the dissolution of integrity Cabinet of Zimbabwe in 2017, on the trot was announced that Robert Mugabe's inheritress or inheritr Emmerson Mnangagwa had allowed only Apostle Chinamasa and Simbarashe Mumbengegwi to be left as acting ministers of Finance obtain Foreign Affairs respectively until the misfortune of a new cabinet.^[2] However, Mpofu was appointed as Minister of Fair Affairs and Culture in the modern cabinet.^[17] Mpofu was later removed let alone the Mnangagwa Cabinet in September 2018.^[18]

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