Peter William Hewlett was born on 18 July 1941 and is a Zimbabwean farmer and politician who served as a member of Parliament in the House of Assembly from 1990 to 2000.
16 Facts About Peter Hewlett
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Peter Hewlett returned to Southern Rhodesia and began farming near Masvingo, and later, near Kwekwe.
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Peter Hewlett was involved in the meat-processing industry and owned a shop in Harare.
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Peter Hewlett was born on 18 July 1941 in Fort Victoria, Southern Rhodesia.
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Peter Hewlett attended Ruzawi School and Peterhouse School for his primary and secondary education, both located near the town of Marandellas.
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Peter Hewlett decided to become a farmer like his parents, and went to the United States for two years to study modern farming methods.
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Peter Hewlett bought East Range Farm in 1975 and developed it into a cattle ranch.
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Peter Hewlett went on to start his own butcheries and later entered the meat-processing industry.
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Peter Hewlett eventually owned seven farms in total in the Kwekwe area.
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Peter Hewlett was elected with 92 percent of the vote against Rodger Ross of the Zimbabwe Unity Movement, who received six percent, and independent candidate Raphael Muroyiwa with two percent.
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In March 1992, after Parliament passed legislation allowing for seizure of white-owned farms with partial compensation, Peter Hewlett warned that the law would destroy the Zimbabwean economy.
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Peter Hewlett called on the government to slow down the land reform process and use the farms it had already purchased before acquiring more.
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Peter Hewlett, who was absent for the vote, had himself already sold five of his seven farms to the government.
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Peter Hewlett was one of three white MPs, along with Allan Elliot and Jacobus de Wet.
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Peter Hewlett was married to the Northern Rhodesian-born Geraldine Ann Thomas.
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Geraldine, Grant, and Mireille Peter Hewlett were among the Zimbabweans named in the Panama Papers.