Doctor
Samuel Creighton Mumbengegwi
Personal details
Born(1942-10-23)23 October 1942
Died14 June 2016(2016-06-14) (aged 73)
NationalityZimbabwean
Political partyZANU-PF
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionLecturer, Educationist

Dr. Samuel Creighton Mumbengegwi (23 October 1942 – 14 June 2016) was a Zimbabwean politician who served for a time as Minister of Higher Education and as ZANU-PF Chairperson. He was the brother of the former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Simba Mumbengegwi.

Political career

Mumbengegwi served for a time as Minister of Higher Education and as ZANU-PF Chairperson for Masvingo. According to the Commercial Farmers Union in 2002, he took over Irvin Farm from its white owners as part of land reform.[1] He was subsequently appointed as Minister of Industry and International Trade in August 2002,[2] and he was appointed as the Minister of State for Indigenisation and Empowerment in 2005. On 6 February 2007 he was moved to the position of Finance Minister, replacing Herbert Murerwa.[3]

In the ZANU-PF primaries for the March 2008 parliamentary election, Mumbengegwi sought the party's nomination for the Chivi-Mwenezi Senate constituency in Masvingo Province, but he was defeated by Josiah Hungwe, a former Governor of Masvingo Province. Mumbengegwi disputed the result and the ZANU-PF national election directorate ordered the vote to be held over again, but Mumbengegwi was defeated for a second time, winning 4,906 votes against 8,736 votes for Hungwe, and therefore Hungwe received the ZANU-PF nomination.[4]

The Herald reported on 3 January 2009 that Mumbengegwi 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]

He was put on the United States sanctions list in 2003 and remained on the list until his death.[6]

Death

He died on 14 June 2016 at Avenues Clinic in Harare due to an unknown ailment. At the time of his death, he was a lecturer at the Great Zimbabwe University in the Education faculty.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Mugabe's cronies snatch prize white farms", The Sunday Independent (IOL), April 27, 2002.
  2. ↑ "ZIMBABWE: New government without Makoni", SADOCC, 25 August 2002. Archived 6 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ "Mugabe retains old guard during shuffle", Reuters (IOL), February 7, 2007.
  4. ↑ "Zimbabwe: Hungwe Wins Chivi-Mwenezi Election Re-Run", The Herald (allAfrica.com), February 28, 2008. Archived 2 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ "Losing Ministers Axed", The Herald (allAfrica.com), 3 January 2009. Archived 7 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ Blocking property of persons undermining democratic processes or institutions in Zimbabwe.
  7. ↑ George Maponga (14 June 2016). "Breaking News: Ex-Minister Mumbengegwi dies". The Herald. Retrieved 14 June 2016.


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