Rugare Gumbo: Difference between revisions
A few weeks later he was expelled from ZANU PF. Thereafter many more politicians who were said to be aligned to former Vice President Joyce Mujuru were to also be suspended and expelled. Gumbo is a founding member and elder of a political party formed... |
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'''Rugare Eleck Ngidi Gumbo''' (born 8 |
'''Rugare Eleck Ngidi Gumbo''' (born 8 February 1940<ref>{{Wayback |df=yes|date=20060929220330 |url=www.parlzim.gov.zw/Mps_index_six/Gumbo/gumbo.html |title=Page at Zimbabwean Parliament website}}.</ref>) is a [[Zimbabwe]]an politician. He was Minister of Economic Development from 2005 to 2007 and Minister of Agriculture from 2007 to 2009. |
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Gumbo was appointed as Minister of Economic Development in April 2005, following the [[Zimbabwean parliamentary election, 2005|March 2005 parliamentary election]]; this appointment involved splitting a new Ministry of Economic Development from the old Ministry of Finance and Economic Development.<ref>[http://www.sadocc.at/news/2005/2005-101.shtml "MP's sworn in, new ministers appointed"], SADOCC, 16 April 2005.</ref> In this position, Gumbo launched the National Economic Development Priority Programme (NEDPP) on 19 April 2006, in an attempt to revive Zimbabwe's struggling economy within six to nine months.<ref>[http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=2646&art_id=qw1145473563806B252 "Gumbo unveils blueprint for economic revival"], Sapa-AFP (''IOL''), 20 April 2006.</ref> He was appointed as Minister of Agriculture in February 2007.<ref>[http://www.sadocc.at/news/2007/2007-022.shtml "Mugabe reshuffles cabinet / High court tells government to allow opposition rally"], SADOCC, 7 February 2007.</ref> |
Gumbo was appointed as Minister of Economic Development in April 2005, following the [[Zimbabwean parliamentary election, 2005|March 2005 parliamentary election]]; this appointment involved splitting a new Ministry of Economic Development from the old Ministry of Finance and Economic Development.<ref>[http://www.sadocc.at/news/2005/2005-101.shtml "MP's sworn in, new ministers appointed"], SADOCC, 16 April 2005.</ref> In this position, Gumbo launched the National Economic Development Priority Programme (NEDPP) on 19 April 2006, in an attempt to revive Zimbabwe's struggling economy within six to nine months.<ref>[http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=2646&art_id=qw1145473563806B252 "Gumbo unveils blueprint for economic revival"], Sapa-AFP (''IOL''), 20 April 2006.</ref> He was appointed as Minister of Agriculture in February 2007.<ref>[http://www.sadocc.at/news/2007/2007-022.shtml "Mugabe reshuffles cabinet / High court tells government to allow opposition rally"], SADOCC, 7 February 2007.</ref> |
Revision as of 02:47, 18 April 2016
Elder Rugare Gumbo | |
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Born | Rhodesia and Nyasaland | 8 February 1940
Nationality | Zimbabwean |
Political party | ZimPF |
Rugare Eleck Ngidi Gumbo (born 8 February 1940[1]) is a Zimbabwean politician. He was Minister of Economic Development from 2005 to 2007 and Minister of Agriculture from 2007 to 2009.
Gumbo was appointed as Minister of Economic Development in April 2005, following the March 2005 parliamentary election; this appointment involved splitting a new Ministry of Economic Development from the old Ministry of Finance and Economic Development.[2] In this position, Gumbo launched the National Economic Development Priority Programme (NEDPP) on 19 April 2006, in an attempt to revive Zimbabwe's struggling economy within six to nine months.[3] He was appointed as Minister of Agriculture in February 2007.[4]
The Herald reported 3 January 2009, that Gumbo had been dismissed from the Cabinet earlier in the week, along with 11 other ministers, because he no longer held any seat in Parliament.[5]
On 23 August 2012 Rugare Gumbo made history by celebrating and welcoming a recently announced political popularity survey by South African based Freedom House in which it claims that Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's MDC-T party has lost ground to President Mugabe’s ZANU PF party. Gumbo was suspended from ZANU PF for 5 years with immediate effect on Thursday 14 November 2014. A few weeks later he was expelled from ZANU PF. Thereafter many more politicians who were said to be aligned to former Vice President Joyce Mujuru were to also be suspended and expelled. Gumbo is a founding member and elder of a political party formed in 2015, called Zimbabwe People First (ZimPF), which intends to challenge ZANU PF in the next elections.
References
- ^ Archived 2006-09-29 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ "MP's sworn in, new ministers appointed", SADOCC, 16 April 2005.
- ^ "Gumbo unveils blueprint for economic revival", Sapa-AFP (IOL), 20 April 2006.
- ^ "Mugabe reshuffles cabinet / High court tells government to allow opposition rally", SADOCC, 7 February 2007.
- ^ "Losing Ministers Axed", The Herald (allAfrica.com), 3 January 2009.