Mthuli Ncube

Mthuli Ncube
Ncube in 2018
Minister of Finance and Investment Promotion of Zimbabwe
Incumbent
Assumed office
10 September 2018
PresidentEmmerson Mnangagwa
Preceded byPatrick Chinamasa
Personal details
Born (1964-11-30) 30 November 1964 (age 59)
Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia
NationalityZimbabwean
Alma materCambridge University

Mthuli Ncube (born 30 November 1964),[1] is the Finance Minister in the Zimbabwe cabinet appointed by president Emmerson Mnangagwa[2] and past chief economist and Vice President of the African Development Bank.[3][4] He holds a PhD in Mathematical Finance from Cambridge University. On 7 September 2018, President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced Zimbabwe's new cabinet where he named Professor Mthuli Ncube as the Finance Minister.[5]

In the 2023 Zimbabwean general election, Ncube lost the newly created seat of Cowdray Park to Pasho Raphael Sibanda from the Citizens Coalition for Change.[6][7]

  1. ^ The journal Africa Confidential lists his birth date as 30 November 1964 "Mthuli Ncube". Blackwell Publishing. Retrieved 5 March 2020.; although the entry at "Ncube, Mthuli, 1963-". Library of Congress. Retrieved 28 September 2014. uses 1963.
  2. ^ Dzirutwe, MacDonald (7 September 2018). "Zimbabwe's Mnangagwa names ex-banker Mthuli Ncube finance minister". Reuters. Archived from the original on 8 September 2018.
  3. ^ Clark, Meagan (15 January 2014). "Sweden's H&M Sets Sail For Africa". International Business Times. Archived from the original on 22 January 2014.
  4. ^ "Africa's Middle Class Spearheads Economic Growth". International Monetary Fund. 26 December 2013. Archived from the original on 5 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Mnangagwa names #ZimCabinet, appoints African Development Bank Vice President Prof Mthuli Ncube as Finance Minister". Celeb Gossip News. 7 September 2018. Archived from the original on 7 September 2018.
  6. ^ Muzavazi, Shakespeare (24 August 2023). "ZANU PF candidate locks borehole after losing to CCC; as Mthuli Ncube loses in Cowdray Park". Zw News Zimbabwe. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  7. ^ "No, Mthuli Ncube has not won Cowdray Park seat". www.thezimbabwean.co. Retrieved 25 August 2023.