Amos Midzi

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honorific-prefix = The Hon.
name = Amos Midzi
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office = Minister of Mines and Mining Development
term_start = April 2005
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president = Robert Mugabe
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birth_date = birth date and age|1952|07|04|df=yes
birth_place = flag|Rhodesia and Nyasaland
nationality = flag|Zimbabwe Zimbabwean
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occupation = Cabinet Minister
profession = Politician
religion = Catholic


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Amos Bernard Midzi (born July 4 1952) is a Zimbabwean politician, currently serving as Minister of Mines and Mining Development. [ cite web|url=http://www.parlzim.gov.zw/inside.aspx?mpgid=2&spid=8|title=Parliament of Zimbabwe |accessdate=2008-02-06 ]

Midzi was appointed as Ambassador to the United States in 1993. [ [http://www.state.gov/s/cpr/94552.htm List of Zimbabwean ambassadors to the United States] , U.S. Department of State website.] He ran as the ZANU-PF candidate for Mayor of Harare, the capital, in March 2002, but was defeated by Elias Mudzuri of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). Midzi received 56,796 votes against 262,275 votes for Mudzuri. [ [http://www.sadocc.at/news2002/2002-078.shtml "MDC takes Harare and Chitungwiza"] , SADOCC, March 15, 2002.] On August 25 2002, he was appointed as Minister of Energy and Power Development; [ [http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=2657&art_id=qw1030264921978B252 "Zimbabwe's cabinet after the shuffle"] , Sapa-AFP ("IOL"), August 25, 2002.] [ [http://www.sadocc.at/news2002/2002-241.shtml "ZIMBABWE: New government without Makoni"] , SADOCC, August 25, 2002.] subsequently he was appointed as Minister of Mines and Mining Development on February 9 2004. [ [http://www.zimbabwesituation.com/feb10a_2004.html#link6 "Mugabe rewards loyalists in new Cabinet"] , "New Zimbabwe" (zimbabwesituation.com), February 9, 2004.] He has also served as ZANU-PF Chairman for Harare. [Cris Chinaka, [http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=2646&art_id=qw1110699543836B251 "'Listen to our problems, Mr Mugabe'"] , Reuters ("IOL"), March 13, 2005.]

Midzi was nominated as ZANU-PF's candidate for the House of Assembly seat from Epworth, a suburb of Harare, in the March 2008 parliamentary election. [ [http://allafrica.com/stories/200802150006.html "Zimbabwe: Zanu-PF Names Poll Candidates"] , "The Herald" (allAfrica.com), February 15, 2008.] He was defeated by the MDC's Jembere Elias, receiving 4,758 votes against 6,220 votes for Elias. [ [http://www.newzimbabwe.com/pages/electoral203.17984.html "Zimbabwe election results 2008"] , Newzimbabwe.com, April 2, 2008.]

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