Auxillia Mnangagwa | |
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First Lady of Zimbabwe | |
Current | |
Assumed role 24 November 2017 | |
President | Emmerson Mnangagwa |
Preceded by | Grace Mugabe |
Second Lady of Zimbabwe | |
In office 12 December 2014 – 6 November 2017 | |
Vice President | Emmerson Mnangagwa |
Preceded by | Solomon Mujuru (as Second Gentleman, 2011) |
Succeeded by | Marry Mubaiwa |
Member of the Parliament of Zimbabwe for Chirumanzu–Zibagwe | |
In office 28 March 2015 – 30 July 2018 | |
Preceded by | Emmerson Mnangagwa |
Succeeded by | Prosper Machando |
Personal details | |
Born | Auxillia Kutyauripo 25 March 1963[1] Mazowe, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) |
Political party | ZANU–PF |
Spouse | Emmerson Mnangagwa |
Children | 3 |
Auxillia Mnangagwa (née Kutyauripo; born 21 March 1963) is a Zimbabwean politician and has served as the First Lady of Zimbabwe since November 2017, as the wife of President Emmerson Mnangagwa.[2][3] After spending over ten years at the Ministry of Manpower and Development, she joined the Prime Minister's office in 1992. She was elected as a ZANU–PF Member of Parliament in 2015, serving for the same constituency as her husband after he became Vice-President under Robert Mugabe.[4][5]