15 Facts About Obert Mpofu

Obert Moses Mpofu is a Zimbabwean politician, who served as Minister of Home Affairs from 2017 to September 2018.

Obert Mpofu was reappointed as Minister of Home Affairs in Mnangagwa's first cabinet on 30 November 2017.

Obert Mpofu was placed on the United States sanctions list in 2003.

At the beginning of 2014, Obert Mpofu was reported to be seeking nomination from ZANU-PF's Matabeleland North provincial leadership for the position of party Chairman.

Obert Mpofu masterminded the freeze of basic commodities in Zimbabwe in mid-2007.

Obert Mpofu was appointed by Robert Mugabe to lead the price monitoring regime that was created following the price-freeze.

Obert Mpofu withdrew operating licenses from abattoirs across the country during the price freeze, a situation that resulted in beef becoming scarce in shops across the country.

Obert Mpofu was nominated again as the ZANU-PF candidate for the House of Assembly seat from Umguza constituency in the March 2008 parliamentary election.

Obert Mpofu was initially endorsed as unopposed, but Mark Mbayiwa challenged this in court and was successful in getting Obert Mpofu's unopposed endorsement overturned.

Obert Mpofu won the seat, receiving 7,065 votes and defeating two candidates of the two Movement for Democratic Change factions, Cornelius Mbayiwa and Edmund Masuku, who respectively received 2,846 and 2,120 votes.

Obert Mpofu defeated Mark Mbayiwa, who ran as an independent and received 555 votes.

Obert Mpofu was appointed as Minister of Transport and Infrastructure in February 2014 and served until 2015.

Obert Mpofu was Minister of Macro-Economic Planning and Investment Promotion from 2015 until 2017.

However, Obert Mpofu was appointed as Minister of Home Affairs and Culture in the new cabinet.

Obert Mpofu was later removed from the Mnangagwa Cabinet in September 2018.