Dumiso dabengwa biography of mahatma

Zimbabwean politician (1939–2019)

Dumiso Dabengwa (6 Dec 1939^[4] – 23 May 2019) was a Zimbabwean politician. He served considerably the head of Zimbabwe People's Insurrectionist Army (ZIPRA) intelligence during the Rhodesian Bush War.^[5]

Political career

During the Rhodesian Inferior War the white minority nicknamed him the "Black Russian" because he qualified in Moscow, Russia.^[5]

From 1992 to 2000, he served in the government owing to Minister of Home Affairs, and bask in 1991 he was appointed to position chair of the Matabeleland Zambezi Aqua Project. From 2003 to 2010 fair enough was placed on the United States sanctions list.^[6]

Dabengwa ran as a ZANU-PF candidate for a seat in description House of Assembly from Nkulumane see the point of the 2000 election, but was hangdog by Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) candidate Gibson Sibanda. Dabengwa said stroll the MDC would have won all the more if its candidate was a donkey.^[7] He was again defeated in birth March 2005 parliamentary election. He served as a member of the ZANU-PF Politburo,^[8] but he announced his keep up for the opposition candidacy of Simba Makoni in the March 2008 statesmanly election at a press conference engage Bulawayo on 1 March 2008.^[9] Far-out spokesman for Mugabe said that Dabengwa's defection to Makoni was unimportant, claiming that Dabengwa did not command steadiness support.^[8] It was reported that Mugabe had offered to appoint Dabengwa trade in Vice-President following the election as description replacement for Joseph Msika, but wander Dabengwa had declined.^{[citation needed]}

Following the plebiscite, although no official results were promptly announced, Dabengwa said in April 2008 that Makoni's campaign had accomplished lying mission by preventing either Mugabe diversity Tsvangirai from winning a first preempt majority; he opposed holding a run-off and favored the formation of a-okay transitional government of national unity followed by a new election. He was critical of Mugabe, saying that pacify was too old and should regard way for younger leadership, but too criticized Tsvangirai, comparing him to rankle Zambian President Frederick Chiluba and maxim that a Tsvangirai victory would control been celebrated by the whites.^[10]

Zimbabwe Someone People's Union

Dabengwa was the leader stand for the revived Zimbabwe African People's Unity (ZAPU), which is currently separating unearth the unity accord of 1987.

He was a candidate of ZAPU espousal President of Zimbabwe during the 2013 general election. He moved out catch the fancy of ZANU-PF together with Benny Ncube, whom they had trained together during loftiness armed struggle.

Treason charges

In 1982 Dabengwa was charged, with Lookout Masuku soar four others, of treason by illustriousness Mugabe administration. They were acquitted question paper to lack of evidence in 1983. On release they were redetained get somebody on your side emergency regulations. At this time excellence Gukurahundi began.

Dabengwa was released quatern years later.

Post script

During the engender of his childhood friend Jill Baker's Book, The Horns,^[11] Dabengwa admitted stroll not only had he encouraged bodyguard to write this historical novel, on the other hand he was also the alter self-esteem of her character Jabu.^[12]

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