Nelson Chamisa

The Right Honourable Nelson Chamisa MP
Minister of Information Communication Technology of Zimbabwe
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 February 2009
Prime Minister	Morgan Tsvangirai
Member of the Zimbabwean Parliament for Kuwadzana Central
Personal details
Born	28 February 1978 (1978-02-28) (age 33) Gutu, Zimbabwe
Political party	Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai
Residence	Harare, Zimbabwe
Alma mater	Harare Polytechnic University of Zimbabwe
Religion	Christianity

Nelson Chamisa (born February 28, 1978^[1]) is a Zimbabwean politician and member of the House of Assembly of Zimbabwe for Kuwadzana, Harare. His charismatic speeches and eloquence saw him rise to become the Secretary for Information and Publicity for the opposition party Movement for Democratic Change (MDC),^[2] and former national youth chairperson for that party.^[1]

Hon Chamisa is an articulate orator in his own right. Hon Chamisa is a former chairperson of the MDC Youth Assembly. He was elected MDC spokesman at the party Congress in June 2006.In April 2011 at the Party's congress in Bulawayo, he was elected as the Party's Organising secretary, a post which previously belonged to Elias Mudzuri. In Parliament, he is a member of the portfolio committees of Defence and Home Affairs, Public Accounts, Gender and Youth and Transport and Communications. He is also a member of the Local Government, Public Works & Urban Development and the African Caribbean and Pacific Parliament. He is a former secretary-general of the Zimbabwe National Students Union.

In 1998 he was dismissed from the Harare Polytechnic over trumped charges for inciting disorder in Chegutu, a town a few kilometres from Harare. Together with Josiah Patsanza, Munyaradzi Chindanya, Siyakha Mthunzi, they were reinstated after an appeal through the High Court.

In March 2007 he was attacked at Harare International Airport as he attempted to leave the country for Belgium; he was admitted to a hospital with a broken skull. On the current situation in Zimbabwe, he said, "There is no security. There is no protection. All of us are at risk."^[2]

On 10 February 2009, Morgan Tsvangirai designated Chamisa for the position of Minister of Information, Communication, and Technology as part of the national unity government.^[3] After taking office, he fell into a dispute with Webster Shamu, the Minister of Information and Publicity, regarding which ministry should deal with telecommunications. The Herald reported on April 10, 2009, that President Robert Mugabe had assigned responsibility for telecommunications to the Ministry of Transport, headed by Nicholas Goche.^[4] Chamisa and Tsvangirai objected to this decision, saying that Mugabe had no power to unilaterally assign telecommunications to another ministry under the terms of the power-sharing agreement.^[5]

See also

• 2007 Zimbabwean political crisis

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Nelson Chamisa". Movement for Democratic Change Online. Movement for Democratic Change. http://www.mdczimbabwe.org/Profiles/Secretariesandministers/nelsonchamisaprofile.htm. Retrieved 2007-04-01. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Zimbabwe stops activists leaving". BBC Online. 2007-03-18. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6463653.stm. Retrieved 2007-04-01. 
3. ^ "Zimbabwe: Full Tsvangirai MDC Cabinet List", SW Radio Africa (allAfrica.com), 10 February 2009.
4. ^ "Mugabe gives ally control of telecoms", Sapa-AFP (IOL), April 10, 2009.
5. ^ Lance Guma, "Zimbabwe: Chamisa Says Mugabe Has No Power to Trim His Ministry", SW Radio Africa (allAfrica.com), 14 April 2009.

External links

• The Zimbabwe Situation
• The battle to ban Mugabe's men, Daily Mail
• Nelson Chamisa attacked

Persondata
Name	Chamisa, Nelson
Alternative names
Short description	Member of the Cabinet of Zimbabwe
Date of birth	February 28, 1978
Place of birth	Gutu, Zimbabwe
Date of death
Place of death