Mike Nyambuya
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]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]Nyambuya is a former army general. He served as 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]- ^ Cooper, Tom (2013). Great Lakes Conflagration: Second Congo War, 1998 2003. UK: Helion & Company Limited. pp. 23–32. ISBN 978-1-920143-84-8.
- ^ "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.
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