Jacob Mudenda

Jacob Mudenda
Mudenda in 2022
Speaker of the National Assembly
Assumed office
3 September 2013
President
DeputyTsitsi Gezi
Preceded byLovemore Moyo
Personal details
BornSouthern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe
Political partyZANU–PF
Residence(s)Harare, Zimbabwe
Alma materUniversity of South Africa (BA)
University of Zimbabwe (LLB)
ProfessionLawyer, politician

Jacob Francis Nzwidamilimo Mudenda is the current Speaker of the National Assembly of Zimbabwe[1] and a member of the Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF).[2] A longtime schoolteacher and lawyer, Mudenda joined the Zimbabwe political scene after it gained independence from the British in 1980.[3] Mudenda is well known for his relationship with former Zimbabwe president, Robert Mugabe, along with the rise and fall of his political career after the Willowgate scandal.

  1. ^ "Jacob Mudenda". Pindula. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Jacob Mudenda". Pindula. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  3. ^ eDuzeNet. "Jacob Mudenda's political rise-fall-and-rise tale". Bulawayo24 News. Retrieved 12 October 2018.