David Butau

The Hon. David Butau
Member of Parliament
In office 2005–2008
President	Robert Mugabe
Constituency	Guruve North
Personal details
Born	12 January 1957 (1957-01-12) (age 54) Southern Rhodesia
Nationality	Zimbabwean
Political party	ZANU-PF

David Butau is a member of parliament of Zimbabwe representing the district of Guruve North. He was chairman of the parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Budget and Finance.

In late 2007, Butau fled to the United Kingdom to avoid arrest;^[1] he subsequently denied all wrongdoing, stating that he had been motivated by fear of police corruption.^[2] He later spent several months in South Africa,^[3] before returning to stand trial in March 2009.^[3] In May 2009 he was acquitted on all counts after the prosecution dropped the charges.^[4]

See also

• Jonathan Moyo
• Gideon Gono
• Robert Mugabe

References

1. ^ Zimbabwe MP flees to UK over currency probe at Reuters, December 30, 2007
2. ^ David Butau releases a statement at TalkZimbabwe.com, January 17, 2008
3. ^ ^{a b} Fugitive Butau appears in court at the Zimbabwe Times, March 5, 2009
4. ^ Former MP BUTAU acquitted at the Zimbabwe Telegraph, by Mike Makomo, May 15, 2009.

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Name	Butau, David
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Date of birth	January 12, 1957
Place of birth	Southern Rhodesia
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