Rugare Gumbo

Elder Rugare Gumbo

Founding Elder
In office January 2015 – current
Personal details
Born	(1940-02-08) 8 February 1940 Rhodesia and Nyasaland
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

↑ Page at Zimbabwean Parliament website at the Wayback Machine (archived 29 September 2006).
↑ "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.

Ministers of the Zimbabwean Government of Robert Mugabe

June 2000 - February 2009

Robert Mugabe (President)
Joice Mujuru (Vice President)
Aeneas Chigwedere (Education, Sports and Culture)
Patrick Chinamasa (Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs)
Amos Midzi (2002-04) / Mike Nyambuya (2005-present) (Energy and Power Development)
S Mombeshora / C Mushohwe (Transport and Communications)
J Moyo (2000-05) / T Jokonya (2005-07) / S Ndlovu (2007-09) / P Mangwana (acting since 2009) (Information)
Gideon Gono (RBZ Governor)
S Makoni (2000-02) / H Murerwa (2002-07) / S C Mumbengegwi (since 2007) (Finance)
Rugare Gumbo (Agriculture)
Joseph Made (Agriculture Mechanization)
Simbarashe Mumbengegwi (Foreign Affairs)
Sydney Sekeramayi (Defence)
Ambrose Mutinhiri (Youth Development and Medium Enterprises Development)

Kembo Mohadi (Home Affairs)
Obert Mpofu (Industry and International Trade)
Olivia Muchena (Science and Technology Development)
David Parirenyatwa (Health and Child Welfare)
Nicholas Goche (Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare)
Ignatious Chombo (Local Government, Public Works and Urban Development)
John Nkomo (Special Affairs)
J Tungamirai (2004-05) / S C Mumbengegwi (2005-07) / P Mangwana (since 2007) (Indigenisation and Empowerment)
Emmerson Mnangagwa (Rural Housing and Social Amenities)
Opa Muchinguri (Women Affairs, Gender and Community Development)
Sithembiso Nyoni (Small and Medium Enterprises Development)
Webster Shamu (Policy Implementation)
Didymus Mutasa (State Security)

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