Emmanuel Chiroto

Emmanuel Chiroto

Infobox_Politician


name = Emmanuel Chiroto
caption =
birth_date =
birth_place =Harare, Zimbabwe
office = 4th Mayor of Harare
term_start =June 15, 2008
term_end = June, 2008
predecessor = Emmanuel Chiroto
successor = Muchadeyi Masunda
party = N/A
religion =
constituency = Harare
majority =

Emmanuel Chiroto is the mayor-elect of Harare, Zimbabwe. He is also a member of the Harare City Council.

In the March 2008 election, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) won 45 of the 46 local council seats in Harare, and Chiroto, who is a member of the MDC, was elected as Mayor of Harare by the councillors on June 15. Ignatius Chombo, the Minister of Local Government, had not sworn in the new local administrations, and because the elected Harare councillors were not allowed to meet at Harare's Town House, they met elsewhere to elect Chiroto. On the night of June 16, Chiroto's house in the suburb of Hatcliffe was attacked and destroyed by ZANU-PF supporters; Chiroto believed that petrol bombs were used. Chiroto's wife, Abigail, and his four-year-old son were taken away by the attackers, although his son was delivered to a police station on June 16.Peta Thornycroft, [http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=84&art_id=vn20080618112047188C166332 "Harare mayor's family abducted"] , "Daily News", South Africa ("IOL"), June 18, 2008, page 3.] Chiroto himself was not present when the attack occurred.Tererai Karimakwenda, [http://allafrica.com/stories/200806251024.html "Zimbabwe: Wife of Harare Mayor Buried, Without Family"] , SW Radio Africa (allAfrica.com), June 25, 2008.] His wife was later found murdered on June 18 at a farm in outlying Borrowdale.Fact|date=June 2008 Chiroto went into hiding following this incident.

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