Joseph Mtakwese Made was a

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an politician who served as Minister of Agriculture.

Political career

He was the

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before being moved to the position of Minister of Agriculture Mechanization, with Rugare Gumbo replacing him as Minister of Agriculture. Made has been accused of overseeing the destruction of the agricultural sector in

when he was minister. Made also generated controversy blocking U.S. food aid to Zimbabwe during drought-induced food shortages citing concerns over genetically modified crops and the need to maintain a multi-million-dollar organic beef export agreement with Russia. Made was nominated as ZANU-PF's candidate for the

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seat from Makoni West, a constituency in Manicaland, in the March 2008 parliamentary election. He was defeated by Webber Chinyadza of the

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, receiving 2,585 votes against 6,187 for Chinyadza. When the

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was sworn in on 13 February 2009, Made became Minister of Agriculture again. He was placed on the

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and

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lists in 2003. In 2009 the Canadian Parliament passed a law sanctioning the Zimbabwe government for corruption practices and restricted Canadian citizens and charities from engaging in economic activities with specific named members of the government, including Joseph Made. It was announced on 27 November 2017 that

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 se ...

, who succeeded Robert Mugabe as President of Zimbabwe following the 2017 Zimbabwean coup d'état, had dissolved the Cabinet of Zimbabwe and allowed only Patrick Chinamasa and Simbarashe Mumbengegwi to remain as acting ministers of Finance and Foreign Affairs respectively until the appointment of a new cabinet.

References

Living people ZANU–PF politicians Government ministers of Zimbabwe 1954 births {{Zimbabwe-politician-stub