Roy Bennett | |
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| Member of the Senate of Zimbabwe | |
| President | Robert Mugabe |
| Prime Minister | Morgan Tsvangirai |
| Member of the House of Assembly of Zimbabwe for the seat of Chimanimani | |
| In office 26 June 2000 – 25 September 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Michael Mataure |
| Succeeded by | Samuel Undenge |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Roy Leslie Bennett 16 February 1957 Rusape, Southern Rhodesia |
| Died | 17 January 2018 (aged 60) Colfax County, New Mexico, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Helicopter crash |
| Political party | Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai (Treasurer) |
| Residence | South Africa |
Roy Leslie Bennett (16 February 1957 – 17 January 2018) was a Zimbabwean politician and member of the British South Africa Police. He was also a member of the House of Assembly of Zimbabwe for the seat of Chimanimani, where he was affectionately known as Pachedu (loosely translated as "Amongst Us"). He was the Treasurer of the Movement for Democratic Change party led by Morgan Tsvangirai and a member of the Senate of Zimbabwe. He was set to become the Deputy Minister of Agriculture of Zimbabwe until President Robert Mugabe refused to swear him in.[1]
He was one of three white parliamentarians elected in the 2000 Zimbabwean parliamentary election despite the intimidation against MDC voters by supporters of ZANU-PF. During the election campaign, his wife who was three months pregnant, was physically abused by ZANU activists on their farm and subsequently miscarried her baby boy.[2]
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- ^ Peter Godwin, When a Crocodile Eats the Sun, Picador, 2006, p. 92