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Obert Mpofu

Politician · Sanctioned entity

Obert Mpofu is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Mpofu Obert Moses · Obert Moses Mpofu · Obert Mpfofu · Obert Mpofu · 오버트 음포푸				[sources]
Other name	Mpfofu · Obert Moses Mpofu				[sources]
Birth date	1951-10-12				[sources]
Place of birth	Southern Rhodesia				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Zimbabwe				[sources]
Country	Zimbabwe				[sources]
Citizenship	Zimbabwe				[sources]
First name	Obert · Obert Moses				[sources]
ID Number	`08-186074F79`				[sources]
Keywords	National government				[sources]
Last name	Mpofu · Mpofu				[sources]
Passport number	`ZD001549`				[sources]
Second name	Moses				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q2011278				[sources]
Position	Governor of Matabeleland North Province (2000-2005) · Member of the National Assembly of Zimbabwe · Member of the Senate of Zimbabwe · Minister of Economic Planning and Investment Promotion (2015-2017) · Minister of Home Affairs (2017-2017) · 4 more...				[sources]
Last change	2024-10-11	Last processed	2024-10-29	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

ZANU-PF Member of Government. In March 2008 incited ZANU-PF supports to drive MDC opponents out of their homes to stop them voting.

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2023-04-20

Minister for Mines and Mining Development. Former Minister for Industry and International Trade (former Provincial Governor: Matabeleland North). (ZANU-PF Politburo Deputy Secretary for National Security).

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2023-04-20

Member of the Cabinet of Zimbabwe

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Identifications
Document number	Country	Type	Start date	End date
`08-186074F79`	Zimbabwe	id-card	-	-
`ZD001549`	Zimbabwe	passport	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of Mines and Mining Development	2009-02-13	2013-09-10
Minister of Home Affairs	2017-11-30	2018-09-11
Minister of Industry and Commerce	2005-04-01	2009-02-13
Minister of Mines and Mining Development	2009-02-13	2013-09-10
Minister of Home Affairs	2017-11-30	2018-09-11
Member of the Senate of Zimbabwe	2018-08-01	2023-08-22
Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development	2013-09-10	2015-09-11
Minister of Economic Planning and Investment Promotion	2015-09-11	2017-10-09
Minister of Industry and Commerce	2005-04	2009-02-13
Member of the National Assembly of Zimbabwe	-	-
Minister of Home Affairs	2017-10-09	2017-11-27
Minister of Economic Planning and Investment Promotion	2015-09-11	2017-10-09
Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development	2013-09-10	2015-09-11
Minister of Home Affairs	2017-10-09	2017-11-27
Member of the Senate of Zimbabwe	-	-

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Global Affairs Canada	Zimbabwe	-	-
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs	Ordinance of 19 March 2002 on measures against Zimbabwe (SR 946.209.2), annex 2	-	2013-04-19

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons248,649

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Wikidata · non-official source

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,449

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Switzerland · SECO

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories425,625

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

Canadian Consolidated Autonomous Sanctions List4,410

Sanctions imposed by Canada on specific countries, organizations, or individuals under the Special Economic Measures Act (SEMA) and JVCFOA

Canada · Global Affairs Canada

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Wikidata377,203

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: NK-hk2uDKe8wPkEvMo28wFwf9 · ch-seco-6654 · ofac-7519 · ca-sema-zimbabwe-n-a-22 · ca-sema-22-zw-obert-moses-mpofu · ca-sema-a74c0ae5cbc2331ba01cfdbdcf2c8e0be80f5bce

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Identifications
Document number	Country	Type	Start date	End date
`08-186074F79`	Zimbabwe	id-card	-	-
`ZD001549`	Zimbabwe	passport	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of Mines and Mining Development	2009-02-13	2013-09-10
Minister of Home Affairs	2017-11-30	2018-09-11
Minister of Industry and Commerce	2005-04-01	2009-02-13
Minister of Mines and Mining Development	2009-02-13	2013-09-10
Minister of Home Affairs	2017-11-30	2018-09-11
Member of the Senate of Zimbabwe	2018-08-01	2023-08-22
Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development	2013-09-10	2015-09-11
Minister of Economic Planning and Investment Promotion	2015-09-11	2017-10-09
Minister of Industry and Commerce	2005-04	2009-02-13
Member of the National Assembly of Zimbabwe	-	-
Minister of Home Affairs	2017-10-09	2017-11-27
Minister of Economic Planning and Investment Promotion	2015-09-11	2017-10-09
Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development	2013-09-10	2015-09-11
Minister of Home Affairs	2017-10-09	2017-11-27
Member of the Senate of Zimbabwe	-	-

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Global Affairs Canada	Zimbabwe	-	-
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs	Ordinance of 19 March 2002 on measures against Zimbabwe (SR 946.209.2), annex 2	-	2013-04-19