Michael Rueben Nyambuya (born 23 July 1955) is a

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an politician and military officer who has served as Governor of

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and as Minister of Energy and Power Development.

Military career

Mike Nyambuya served in the Zimbabwean armed forces during the

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, and was in command of Zimbabwean forces defending N'Djili Airfield during

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Political career

Nyambuya is a former army general. He served as Governor of Manicaland before being appointed as Minister of Energy and Power Development in mid-April 2005, following the March 2005 parliamentary election. He was placed on the

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list in 2005. He was nominated as ZANU-PF's candidate for the

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seat from Mutasa North, a constituency in

, in the March 2008 parliamentary election. He was defeated in this election by David Anthony Chimhini, the candidate of the

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, receiving 4882 against 9396 for Chimhini. ''The Herald'' reported on 3 January 2009 that Nyambuya had been dismissed from the Cabinet earlier in the week, along with 11 other ministers, because he no longer held any seat in Parliament."Losing Ministers Axed"
''The Herald'' (allAfrica.com), January 3, 2009.

References

Living people Government ministers of Zimbabwe 1955 births {{Zimbabwe-politician-stub