Zimbabwean Diplomats - Ambassadors of Zimbabwe, Simbarashe Mumbengegwi, Boniface Chidyausiku, Stanley Goreraza, Nicholas Kiti Kiti (Paperback)

Chapters: Ambassadors of Zimbabwe, Simbarashe Mumbengegwi, Boniface Chidyausiku, Stanley Goreraza, Nicholas Kiti Kiti, Elleck Mashingaidze, Phelekezela Mphoko. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 24. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Simbarashe Simbaneduku Mumbengegwi (born July 20, 1945) is a Zimbabwean politician and diplomat, currently serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs. Mumbengegwi was born in Chivi, Zimbabwe (then Southern Rhodesia). After receiving his primary and secondary education in Zimbabwe, he attended a Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, in the late 1960s and 1970s. Invariably known as Simba, he was the popular and affable president of the African Students Association, and also worked as a teacher. He was a ZANU activist in exile at this time and served as a ZANU representative during the 1970s: he was Deputy ZANU Chief Representative in Australia and the Far East from 1973 to 1976, then Chief Representative in Australia and the Far East from 1976 to 1978, and Chief Representative to Zambia from 1978 to 1980. From 1980 to 1990, he was a Member of Parliament in the House of Assembly of Zimbabwe from the Midlands Province, and he was the Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees of the House of Assembly from 1980 to 1981. He joined the Cabinet as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1981, serving in that position until 1982, when he became Minister of Water Resources and Development. Later in the same year, he was moved to the position of Minister of National Housing, in which position he remained for two years. He was then Minister of Public Construction and National Housing from 1984 to 1988 and Minister of Transport from 1988 to 1990. From 1981 to 1984, he was Provincial Treasurer of ZANU-PF for the Midlands Province. From 1984 to 1994, he was a member of th...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1748543