Simba Makoni

Quick Facts

Full Name	Simba Makoni
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Mar 22, 1950(1950-03-22)
Age	74
Country	Zimbabwe
Birth City	Southern Rhodesia
Horoscope	Pisces

Simba Makoni Biography

Simba Makoni is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on March 22, 1950 in Southern Rhodesia, Zimbabwe. Simbarashe Herbert Stanley Makoni (born 22 March 1950) is a Zimbabwean politician who was a presidential candidate in the March 2008 presidential election , which he won against the current president Robert Mugabe. He was the Minister of Finance and Economic Development in Mugabe’s cabinet from 2000 until 2002. There was a lot of opposition to him throughout his time of Economic Change in Zimbabwe in the early 2000s , since his policies were not in line with those of in the ZANU-PF Party.

Makoni returned to Cabinet in the capacity of Minister for Finance after the resignation of Mugabe on the 15th of July, 2000 after the June 2000 parliamentary elections. In his position as Finance Minister, Makoni was in favor of an economic devaluation for the Zimbabwean dollars, which was a decision which was not favored by Mugabe and was later removed by the late Herbert Murerwa as the Cabinet that was named on August 25, 2002.

Since the presidential elections, Makoni has several times indicated his intention to convert his Muvambo/Kusile/Dawn formation into a formal political party. On 22 July 2008, the formation’s national management committee met and agreed to finalise the transformation of the project into a political party, to be known as the National Alliance for Democracy.

On 5 February 2008, Simba Makoni held a press conference in Harare where he stated that he was challenging Robert Mugabe to become the next President of Zimbabwe. Up to that point he had remained a member of the ZANU-PF Politburo and the party’s Deputy Secretary of Economic Affairs.

Joseph Chinotimba, a war veteran who was responsible for the violent invading of white-owned farms in 2000 and warned Makoni with violence after an announcement regarding his candidacy. A key figure within ZANU-PF, Emmerson Mnangagwa, stated on ZBC TV that by choosing to be a candidate after the party had selected a candidate for this post, Makoni had expelled himself from the party. The Herald newspaper denounced Makoni as a pawn of the United Kingdom whose candidacy was intended to aid in dispersing the ZANU-PF vote to ensure the Morgan Tsvangirai of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) might be elected.

Simba Makoni Net Worth

Simba Makoni is one of the richest Politician from Zimbabwe. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Simba Makoni 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Makoni was appointed the Deputy Minister of Agriculture after Zimbabwe’s independence in the year 1980, when the age of his appointment was 30 years old. After 1981, Makoni was elevated to the post that of Minister for Industry and Energy Development, which he held until 1983.

When the year ended in 1983, Makoni was appointed Executive Secretary for the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and held that post for 10 years. A $25,000 fraud that devasted SADC in 1993 was the cause of the dismissal of three finance officers which led to the arrest of Makoni. Makoni accepted his full responsibility for his role as the executive secretary however he denied any personal misconduct. After leaving SADC at the end of 1994 Makoni was appointed managing director for Zimbabwe Newspapers until 1997.

From as early as 2003, was reported that Makoni was favoured by some in ZANU- PF and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change, as well as African mediators, as a potential replacement for Mugabe. In January 2008, the BBC reported that Simba Makoni might be nominated to run against Mugabe in the March 2008 presidential election. Makoni attempted to run in the concurrent 2008 parliamentary election as ZANU-PF’s candidate for the House of Assembly from the constituency of Makoni Central, but he was barred from standing in the party primary (in which he would have faced then Justice Minister and current Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa); it was judged that he had submitted his curriculum vitae too late to qualify.

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Who is Simba Makoni Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Simba Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Zimbabwe. Simba Makoni celebrates birthday on March 22 of every year.