Amos Midzi

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The Hon. Amos Midzi MP
Amos Midzi
Minister of Mines and Mining Development
Incumbent
Assumed office 
April 2005
President Robert Mugabe
Died 4 July 1952 (1952-07-04) (age 55)
Flag of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Rhodesia and Nyasaland
Nationality Flag of Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Zimbabwean
Political party ZANU-PF
Occupation Cabinet Minister
Profession Politician
Religion Catholic
Zimbabwe

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Amos Bernard Midzi (born July 4, 1952) is a Zimbabwean politician, currently serving as Minister of Mines and Mining Development.[1]

Midzi was appointed as Ambassador to the United States in 1993.[2] He ran as the ZANU-PF candidate for Mayor of Harare, the capital, in March 2002, but was defeated by Elias Mudzuri of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). Midzi received 56,796 votes against 262,275 votes for Mudzuri.[3] On August 25, 2002, he was appointed as Minister of Energy and Power Development;[4][5] subsequently he was appointed as Minister of Mines and Mining Development on February 9, 2004.[6] He has also served as ZANU-PF Chairman for Harare.[7]

Midzi was nominated as ZANU-PF's candidate for the House of Assembly seat from Epworth, a suburb of Harare, in the March 2008 parliamentary election.[8] He was defeated by the MDC's Jembere Elias, receiving 4,758 votes against 6,220 votes for Elias.[9]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Parliament of Zimbabwe. Retrieved on 2008-02-06.
  2. ^ List of Zimbabwean ambassadors to the United States, U.S. Department of State website.
  3. ^ "MDC takes Harare and Chitungwiza", SADOCC, March 15, 2002.
  4. ^ "Zimbabwe's cabinet after the shuffle", Sapa-AFP (IOL), August 25, 2002.
  5. ^ "ZIMBABWE: New government without Makoni", SADOCC, August 25, 2002.
  6. ^ "Mugabe rewards loyalists in new Cabinet", New Zimbabwe (zimbabwesituation.com), February 9, 2004.
  7. ^ Cris Chinaka, "'Listen to our problems, Mr Mugabe'", Reuters (IOL), March 13, 2005.
  8. ^ "Zimbabwe: Zanu-PF Names Poll Candidates", The Herald (allAfrica.com), February 15, 2008.
  9. ^ "Zimbabwe election results 2008", Newzimbabwe.com, April 2, 2008.


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