Jacob Mudenda
Jacob Mudenda | |
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Mudenda in 2022 | |
| Speaker of the National Assembly | |
| Assumed office 3 September 2013 | |
| President |
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| Deputy | Tsitsi Gezi |
| Preceded by | Lovemore Moyo |
| Secretray General of ZANU-PF | |
| Assumed office September 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Obert Mpofu |
| Provincial Governor of Matabeleland North | |
| In office 22 July 1985 – 1 April 1990 | |
| President | Robert Mugabe |
| Preceded by | Daniel Ngwenya |
| Succeeded by | Jevan Maseko |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 May 1946 |
| Party | ZANU–PF |
| Alma mater | University of South Africa (BA) University of Zimbabwe (LLB) |
| Profession | Lawyer, politician |
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Jacob Francis Nzwidamilimo Mudenda is the current Speaker of the National Assembly of Zimbabwe and Secretary General of the Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF). A longtime schoolteacher and lawyer, Mudenda joined the Zimbabwe political scene after it gained independence from the British in 1980. 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.