Auxillia Mnangagwa (
née
A birth name is the name of a person given upon birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name, or the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a birth certificate or birth re ...
Kutyauripo; born 25 March 1963) is a Zimbabwean politician and has served as the
First Lady of Zimbabwe
First Lady of Zimbabwe is the title held by the wife of the president of Zimbabwe.
The current office holder is the wife of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Auxillia C. Mnangagwa. Mnangagwa also held the parliamentary seat of Chirumanzu-Zibagwe ...
since November 2017, as the wife of President
Emmerson Mnangagwa
Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa (, US: (); born 15 September 1942) is a Zimbabwean politician who has served as President of Zimbabwe since 24 November 2017. A member of ZANU–PF and a longtime ally of former President Robert Mugabe, he held a ...
.
After spending over ten years at the Ministry of Manpower and Development, she joined the Prime Minister's office in 1992. She was elected as a
ZANU–PF
The Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU–PF) is a political organisation which has been the ruling party of Zimbabwe since independence in 1980. The party was led for many years under Robert Mugabe, first as prime minis ...
Member of Parliament in 2015, serving for the same constituency as her husband after he became Vice-President under
Robert Mugabe
Robert Gabriel Mugabe (; ; 21 February 1924 – 6 September 2019) was a Zimbabwean revolutionary and politician who served as Prime Minister of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 1987 and then as President from 1987 to 2017. He served as Leader of the ...
.
Biography
Born on 25 March 1963 in
Mazowe District in
Mashonaland Central
Mashonaland Central is a province of Zimbabwe. It has an area of 28,347 km² and a population of 1,152,520 (2012 census), representing about 8.5% of the total Zimbabwe population.
Geography
Background
Bindura is the capital of th ...
, Auxillia was the second child in a family of five. She was brought up on a farm
in Chiweshe where she attended primary and secondary school. Her parents divorced when she was in Grade 3.
After completing a secretarial course at
Silveira House
Silveira House is a Jesuit centre for religious training and education located in Chishawasha, on the outskirts of Harare, Zimbabwe. Founded in 1964, it is named after Gonçalo da Silveira, the first Jesuit priest to come to Zimbabwe
Zim ...
,
Chishawasha
Chishawasha is the name of a Roman Catholic Jesuit mission located about 25 km east of Harare, Zimbabwe. The mission was founded by the Jesuit priest Father Francis Richartz in 1892 on a large farm. The mission has 3 schools - Chishawasha Pri ...
, in 1981, she worked for the Ministry of Manpower and Development under
Edgar Tekere
Edgar Zivanai Tekere (1 April 1937 – 7 June 2011), nicknamed "2 Boy", was a Zimbabwean politician. He was the second and last Secretary General of the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) who organised the party during the Lancaster House ta ...
. She entered politics in 1982, eventually rising to the politburo.
[ From 1992, she was assigned to the Prime Minister's office, joining the ]Central Intelligence Organisation
The Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) is the national intelligence agency of Zimbabwe. It was conceived as the external intelligence-gathering arm of the British South Africa Police Special Branch in the early 1960s, under the Southern Rh ...
in 1997.[ Some reports maintain that from 1992, acting as a high-level security officer at the Sheraton Hotel, she provided information to Mugabe on Emmerson Mnangagwa who was then the de facto head of the CIO. She denies these assertions.][
In 1997, she began studying in the Environment and Tourism department at the ]University of Zimbabwe
The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) is a public university in Harare, Zimbabwe. It opened in 1952 as the University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, and was initially affiliated with the University of London. It was later renamed the University ...
. She left for Switzerland two years later, graduating in Hotel and Tourism Administration in 2001. On her return to Zimbabwe, she joined the finance department of ZANU-PF in Kwekwe
Kwekwe ( ), known until 1983 as Que Que, is a city in the Midlands province of central Zimbabwe. The city has a population of 119,863 within the city limits, as of the 2022 census, making it the 7th-largest city in Zimbabwe and the second-most p ...
. Following an unsuccessful attempt to stand for the ZANU-PF in her native Mazowe Central, she joined the party's Central Committee in 2009. On behalf of Zanu-PF, she set up a number of women's banks in at Silobela
Silobela is an agricultural village in Kwekwe District in the Midlands Province of Zimbabwe. It is located about west of Kwekwe town, north-west of Gweru town, and bordering Nkayi on the west.
Background
Most of the inhabitants of Silobela ...
, Zhombe, Kwekwe
Kwekwe ( ), known until 1983 as Que Que, is a city in the Midlands province of central Zimbabwe. The city has a population of 119,863 within the city limits, as of the 2022 census, making it the 7th-largest city in Zimbabwe and the second-most p ...
and Chirumanzu-Zibagwe in Zimbabwe's Midlands Province
Midlands is a province of Zimbabwe. It has an area of and a population of 1,614,941 (2012). It is home to various peoples. Located at a central point in the country, it contains speakers of Shona, Ndebele, Tswana, Sotho and Chewa, as well as ...
.Chirumanzu–Zibagwe Chirumanzu–Zibagwe is a constituency of the House of Assembly of the Parliament of Zimbabwe, located in the Chirumhanzu District in Midlands Province. Mvuma, a small mining town, is one of the largest commercial centers in the constituency. The ...
. After the withdrawal of the two other candidates, she went on to win the parliamentary by-election
A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, a bye-election in Ireland, a bypoll in India, or a Zimni election ( Urdu: ضمنی انتخاب, supplementary election) in Pakistan, is an election used to ...
in 2015.[
]
Personal life
It is believed she married Emmerson Mnangagwa following the death of his previous wife Jayne, the sister of Josiah Tongogara
Josiah Magama Tongogara (4 February 1938 – 26 December 1979) was a commander of the ZANLA guerrilla army in Rhodesia. He was the brother of current Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa's second wife, Jayne. He attended the Lancaster House co ...
, at which point she became his third wife.[ They have three children together: Emmerson Jr., Sean, and Collins.][
]
Electoral history
See also
* First Lady of Zimbabwe
First Lady of Zimbabwe is the title held by the wife of the president of Zimbabwe.
The current office holder is the wife of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Auxillia C. Mnangagwa. Mnangagwa also held the parliamentary seat of Chirumanzu-Zibagwe ...
*Chirumanzu–Zibagwe Chirumanzu–Zibagwe is a constituency of the House of Assembly of the Parliament of Zimbabwe, located in the Chirumhanzu District in Midlands Province. Mvuma, a small mining town, is one of the largest commercial centers in the constituency. The ...
References
External links
*''Telegraph'' photograph o
Auxillia and Emmerson Mnangagwa
arriving at the presidential inauguration on 24 November 2017
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1963 births
Living people
First Ladies of Zimbabwe
Emmerson Mnangagwa
ZANU–PF politicians
21st-century Zimbabwean politicians
Members of the National Assembly of Zimbabwe
University of Zimbabwe alumni
People from Mashonaland Central Province
20th-century Zimbabwean politicians