Tongai Mafidi Mnangagwa (born 10 February 1978) is a

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an politician who currently serves as the Member of Parliament for the Hunyani constituency. He is the nephew of President

Emmerson Mnangagwa Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa ( , ; born 15 September 1942) is a Zimbabwean politician who has served as the president of Zimbabwe since 2017. A member of ZANU–PF and a longtime ally of former president Robert Mugabe, he held a series of cabin ...

Early life and education

Mnangagwa was born on 10 February 1978 in

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. He moved to

as a young child, attending Haig Park Primary School in

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. He did his

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, a

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, before completing his

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, a

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in Harare. He then attended

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, where he earned a

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. He is currently pursuing a Bachelor of science honors in development studies at the

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Political career

Mnangagwa joined

ZANU–PF The Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU–PF) is a political organisation which has been the ruling party of Zimbabwe since independence in 1980. The party was led for many years by Robert Mugabe, first as prime minister wi ...

at age 18, and became the youth chairperson for the party's Tangwena District at age 20. Later, he moved to Harare South and joined the party's Leopold Takawira District as a committee member, later rising to become the political commissar of the main board. In 2018, Mnangagwa was ZANU–PF's candidate for the House of Assembly in the 2018, running against over a dozen other candidates. On election day, Mnangagwa won with a 39%

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, defeating the two

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candidates,

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Shadreck Mashayamombe, and Tichaona Saurombe, who received 24% and 12%, respectively, as well as the MDC–T candidate, Desmond Jambaya, who earned 6% of the vote. He was sworn into Parliament on 5 September 2018. In the 2023 general election, he was elected to the newly established constituency of Hunyani.

Personal life

Mnangagwa is married and lives in the

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suburb of Harare. He has six children with his wife, Gwendolyn Mnangagwa.

Electoral history

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mnangagwa, Tongai 1978 births Living people 20th-century Zimbabwean politicians Harare Polytechnic alumni Members of the National Assembly of Zimbabwe Politicians from Harare Zambian emigrants to Zimbabwe ZANU–PF politicians Zimbabwean businesspeople Members of the 10th Parliament of Zimbabwe Members of the 9th Parliament of Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa

Early life and education

Political career

Personal life

Electoral history

See also

References