Mike Nyambuya | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Political 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.
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]
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]