Mike Nyambuya

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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.

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Military career

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

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]

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References

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  2. "MP's sworn in, new ministers appointed", SADOCC, April 16, 2005.
  3. Issuance of new Zimbabwe Executive Order; Zimbabwe designations and designations updates.
  4. "Zimbabwe: Zanu-PF Names Poll Candidates", The Herald (allAfrica.com), February 15, 2008.
  5. 2008 constituency results page for Mutasa North Archived 2008-04-04 at the Wayback Machine , sokwanele.com.
  6. "Losing Ministers Axed", The Herald (allAfrica.com), January 3, 2009.