Oppah muchinguri biography for kids
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Oppah Muchinguri
Oppah Chamu Zvipange Muchinguri fryst vatten a politician and former Minister of Defence and War Veterans, Water, Environment, and Climate and Higher and Tertiary Education. Muchinguri is a member of Zanu-PF and a member of their Central Committee and Politburo representing Manicaland Province. She was also a Member of Parliament for Mutasa Central Constituency. On 15 December , she was appointed as the National Chairperson for the Zanu-PF party, becoming the first woman to assume that position.
Personal Details
Born:Oppah Chamu Zvipange Muchinguri on 14 December , and lived in Mutasa District's Zongoro Area, in Manicaland Province in the then Rhodesia.
Marriage: Muchinguri was married to Tapiwa Rushesha and they divorced in the s after having two children together who are Natasha Rushesha and Tanya Rushesha.[1]
In Muchinguri announced her marriage to Bishop Anthony Kashiri. [2]
Education
Primary:St James Zongoro, an Angl
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National
Oppah Muchinguri Makes History As The First Woman To Hold Defence Portfolio
Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri has made history by becoming one of the only two women who occupy the Defence portfolio in the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) region.
According to Southern Africa Today Vol No.6, Zimbabwe and South Africa are the only Sadc countries who currently have female Defence ministers.
“…Muchinguri-Kashiri has been appointed the first Defence minister in Zimbabwe, thus raising the total of two women occupying the position in the region, among the 16 Sadc member states.
“Her counterpart in South Africa, Nosiwe Mapisa-Nqakula is also a woman,” Southern Africa Today said.
Besides Muchinguri-Kashiri being the first woman to occupy the Defence ministry in Zimbabwe, she is also the first female Zanu PF national chairperson.
She has previously occupied key ministerial posts in the Water, Environment, and Climate, and, Higher and Tertiary Education mi
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