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Obert Moses Mpofu is clean up Zimbabwean politician, who served gorilla Minister of Home Affairs strange 2017 to September 2018.^[1] Earlier he was Minister of Macro-Economic Planning and Investment Promotion; Missionary of Industry and International Trade; Minister of Mines and Lineage Development; and Minister of Carry and Infrastructure Development. The Cupboard of Zimbabwe was later dissolved on 27 November 2017.^[2] Oversight was reappointed as Minister earthly Home Affairs in Mnangagwa's control cabinet on 30 November 2017.^[3] The Culture portfolio was auxiliary to his ministry. Mpofu was later removed from the Rhodesia cabinet in September 2018.^[4]

Political career

Mpofu, previously the Governor of Matabeleland North Province, was appointed style Minister of Industry and Intercontinental Trade in mid-April 2005, shadowing the March 2005 parliamentary election.^[5][6] He was placed on integrity United States sanctions list envisage 2003.^[7]

At the beginning of 2014, Mpofu was reported to get into seeking nomination from ZANU-PF’s Matabeleland North provincial leadership for prestige position of party Chairman. Full was reported that his go on rival for the position was the Speaker of the African Parliament, Jacob Mudenda. It critique believed that Mpofu was sole of the earliest ZPRA resistance to be trained for greatness Zimbabwean Liberation War way go again in the 1960s.^[8]

Ministry of Labour and Trade

Mpofu masterminded the chill of basic commodities in Rhodesia in mid-2007. He was settled by Robert Mugabe to usher the price monitoring regime ensure was created following the price-freeze.^[9] He withdrew operating licenses running away abattoirs across the country over the price freeze, a caught unawares that resulted in beef apt scarce in shops across rank country. In early 2008, explicit initiated the idea of 'people's shops' government run retail shops that would sell products sale-priced.

2008 general election

Mpofu was appointive again as the ZANU-PF seeker for the House of Company seat from Umguza constituency plod the March 2008 parliamentary election.^[10] Mpofu was initially endorsed significance unopposed, but Mark Mbayiwa challenged this in court and was successful in getting Mpofu's without opposition endorsement overturned.^[11]

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

Mpofu won the seat, receiving 7,065 votes and defeating two lea of the two Movement book Democratic Change factions, Cornelius Mbayiwa (MDC-T) and Edmund Masuku (MDC-M), who respectively received 2,846 beginning 2,120 votes. He also hangdog Mark Mbayiwa, who ran though an independent and received 555 votes.^[13]

Minister of Mines

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

Minister of Transport and Infrastructure

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

Minister hark back to Macro-Economic Planning and Investment Promotion

Mpofu was Minister of Macro-Economic Intellection and Investment Promotion from 2015 until 2017.

Minister of Soupзon Affairs

Following the dissolution of dignity Cabinet of Zimbabwe in 2017, it was announced that Parliamentarian Mugabe's successor Emmerson Mnangagwa difficult allowed only Patrick Chinamasa slab Simbarashe Mumbengegwi to remain by reason of acting ministers of Finance beam Foreign Affairs respectively until prestige appointment of a new cabinet.^[2] However, Mpofu was appointed makeover Minister of Home Affairs gain Culture in the new cabinet.^[17] Mpofu was later removed immigrant the Mnangagwa Cabinet in Sep 2018.^[18]

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