Elton Steers Mangoma is a

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an politician, and a former Minister of Economic Planning and Investment Promotion. Following the 2018 Zimbabwean General Election he is no longer a member of the

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. He currently serves as the president of the Coalition of Democrats.

Political career

Mangoma was a senior official in

Morgan Tsvangirai Morgan Richard Tsvangirai (; ; 10 March 1952 – 14 February 2018) was a Zimbabwean politician who was Prime Minister of Zimbabwe from 2009 to 2013. He was President of the Movement for Democratic Change, and later the Movement for Democratic ...

Movement for Democratic Change Movement for Democratic Change or MDC may refer to: * Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai (MDC–T), the former main opposition party in Zimbabwe ** Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai Congress 2006, the second MDC–T congres ...

(MDC-T), and was one of the party's founding members in 1999. Before launching his political career, he was manager of several companies including

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and

Delta Corporation The Delta Corporation is a beer and soft drink company of Zimbabwe. The company is headquartered in Harare and is listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange and its stock index, the Zimbabwe Industrial Index. Operations Delta's brand names include: ...

Election to Parliament

In 2008, Mangoma became the Movement for Democratic Change candidate for the Makoni North constituency. He was subsequently elected on 29 March in the 2008 General Election.

Minister of Economic Planning and Investment Promotion

Following the 2008-2009 political negotiations, a power sharing agreement was made between ZANU-PF led by then President

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 ...

and the MDC-T led by Tsvangirai. This was due to the former losing their majority in the

. Under the agreement Tsvangirai became

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and members of his party were included in Mugabe's cabinet. As a result, Mangoma was appointed to lead the Ministry of Economic Planning and Investment Promotion.

Renewal Democrats of Zimbabwe

In 2015, Mangoma left the MDC-T and became the president of the Renewal Democrats of Zimbabwe (RDZ).

2018 general election

In 2017, a group of political parties (including the RDZ) formed an electoral bloc under the name Coalition of Democrats (CODE). The group subsequently elected Mangoma as their president on October 20 that year. As president of the bloc, Mangoma ran as their presidential candidate during the 2018 General Election campaign. As he was running for the presidency, Mangoma could not run for re-election to the House of Assembly for his constituency.

Other Roles

Prior to his political career, Mangoma was an accountant and has held positions within various corporations including: * Deputy General Manager for Deloitte & Touche (1978–1982) * Deputy General Manager of Agricultural Finance Corporation (1982–1983) * Financial Manager for Colgate Palmolive (1982–1987) * Financial Manager of Delta Corporation (1987) * Group Finance Director for Delta Corporation (1987–1992) * Financial Manager of Chibuku Breweries (1989–1991) * President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Zimbabwe (1990) * General Manager of Chibuku Breweries (1991–1992) * Management Consultant of Hunyani Holdings Ltd (1992–1994) * National Reconstruction and Development Board chairman (1995) * Partner of Management Consultancy, Kudenga & Co (1995–1999) * Managing Director of Corporate Excellence (2000–present)

References

External links

Elton Steer Mangoma Profile, ''Africa Confidential''
Members of the National Assembly of Zimbabwe Living people Government ministers of Zimbabwe Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai politicians Accountants 1955 births {{Zimbabwe-politician-stub