Tobaiwa Mudede

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Registrar-General The Office of the Registrar-General of Elections
Tobaiwa Mudede

In office 1980 – 2008
President	Canaan Banana
Prime Minister	Robert Mugabe
President	Robert Mugabe

Born	11 January 1944 (1944-01-11) (age 64) Zvimba, Rhodesia and Nyasaland
Nationality	Zimbabwean
Political party	ZANU-PF
Spouse	Sarah

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Tobaiwa Mudede is the Registrar-General of Zimbabwe for Robert Mugabe's government. Mudede has been criticized by international human rights organizations for falsifying voting records to ensure Mugabe can maintain his power^[1]. Mudede gained a reputation from foreign journalists as a key player in press censorship and a culpable member of the Mugabe regime for human rights violations^[2]

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Tobaiwa Mudede has been in charge of all elections held in Zimbabwe since 1980. His critics charge him with manipulating the elections to favor Robert Mugabe and ZANU-PF, a charge he denies.^[3]