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Zimbabwean politician
Sithembiso Nyoni
Born 20 September 1949 Nationality
Zimbabwean Occupation Politician Known for Minister for Industry and Commerce
Sithembiso Gile Gladys Nyoni (born 20 September 1949) is a
Zimbabwean politician and in 2023 the Industry and Commerce minister. She was a Minister of Small and Medium Enterprises Development
[1] and the minister of Women and Youth Affairs.
[2]
Political career
at
UNCTAD eWeek in Geneva 2023
In the
March 2008 parliamentary election , Nyoni was elected to the
House of Assembly as the
ZANU-PF candidate in Nkayi North. She received 4,634 votes against 4,234 for Moyo Talent of the
Movement for Democratic Change (MDC)-Mutambara faction and 1,075 for Mlilo Thembinkosi of the MDC-Tsvangirai faction.
[3]
The Herald reported on January 3, 2009, that Nyoni had been dismissed from the Cabinet earlier in the week, along with 11 other ministers, because she no longer held any seat in Parliament.
[4]
On 1 December 2017 President
Emmerson Mnangagwa elected a new Cabinet, Cde Sithembiso Nyoni became the new Minister of Women and Youth Affairs.
She was on the
United States sanctions list from 2003 until 2014.
[5]
[6]
In October 2023 she, as Industry and Commerce minister, was warning foreigners that they need a license to operate retail businesses.
[7]
References
First Vice-President
Second Vice-President
Minister of Defence and War Veterans
Minister of Energy and Power Development
Minister of Environment, Climate, Tourism and Hospitality Industry
Minister of Finance and Economic Development
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
Minister of Health and Child Care
Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development
Minister of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage
Minister of Industry and Commerce
Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services
Minister of Information Communication Technology and Courier Services
Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs
Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement
Minister of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing
Minister of Mines and Mining Development
Minister of National Housing and Social Amenities
Minister of Primary and Secondary Education
Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare
Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development
Minister of Women's Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprises Development
Minister of Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation
Minister without Portfolio
Majority party
Opposition party
Opposition party
Other members
June 2000 – February 2009
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