Elton Mangoma

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The Right Honourable
Elton Mangoma
MP
Minister of Energy and Power Development
Incumbent
Assumed office
13 February 2009
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai
Personal details
Political party Movement for Democratic Change-Tsvangirai

Elton Steers Mangoma is the Zimbabwe Minister of Economic Planning and Investment Promotion.[1] He is the Member of House of Assembly for Makoni North (MDC-T).

Career

A senior official in Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change party, Mangoma was the party's founding member in 1999. He was one of the country's first few black Chartered Accountants. Before launching his political career, he established himself as an astitute manager with a lot of companies including Deloitte& Touche and Delta Corporation.

Arrest

On March 10, 2011 Mangoma was arrested on charges of corruption, which party leader Tsvangirai concluded were politically motivated. The arrest was said to be in connection with a fuel deal Mangoma made in December with a little-known South African company.

However it is widely felt that the arrest was a farce and another intimidation ploy from the Mugabe regime.

References

Zimbabwe Energy Minister Elton Mangoma arrested http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12703119 Retrieved March 11, 2011 Elton Steer Mangoma Profile Africa Confidential http://www.africa-confidential.com/whos-who-profile/id/3049/ Retrieved March 11, 2011

  1. ^ "Cabinet sworn in amid chaotic scenes". NewZimbabwe.com. 13 Feb 2009. http://www.newzimbabwe.com/pages/minister20.19389.html. Retrieved 2009-02-13.


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