| The Right Honourable Ignatious Chombo MP |
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| Minister of Local Government and Urban Development of Zimbabwe | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office July 2000 |
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| President | Robert Mugabe |
| Prime Minister | Morgan Tsvangirai |
| Deputy | Sesel Zvidzai |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 August 1952 Southern Rhodesia |
| Political party | Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front |
Ignatious Morgan Chombo (born August 1, 1952[1]) is a Zimbabwean politician, serving as the Minister of Local Government, Public Works and Urban Development.[2]
Chombo was nominated as ZANU-PF's candidate for the House of Assembly seat from Zvimba North, in Mashonaland West, in the March 2008 parliamentary election.[3] He won the seat with 6,784 votes in the initial count, defeating two candidates of the Movement for Democratic Change: Ernest Mudimu (MDC-T), who received 1,701 votes, and Magama Shelton (MDC-M), who received 944 votes.[4] The MDC challenged this result, and a recount in April showed Chombo with an improved margin of victory: he gained 155 votes in the recount, Mudimu gained 13 votes, and Magama lost 28 votes.[5]
When the ZANU-PF–MDC national unity government was sworn in on February 13, 2009, Chombo was retained as Minister of Local Government.[6]
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