Tobaiwa Mudede Explained

Tobaiwa Mudede
Office:Registrar-General of Zimbabwe
Term Start:1980
President:Canaan Banana
Primeminister:Robert Mugabe
President2:Robert Mugabe
Birth Date:11 January 1944
Birth Place:Zvimba,
Nationality:Zimbabwean
Party:ZANU-PF
Spouse:Sarah

Tobaiwa Mudede is the Registrar-General of Zimbabwe for Robert Mugabe's government. Mudede has been accused by international human rights organizations of falsifying voting records to ensure Mugabe remains in power.[1] Mudede gained a reputation from foreign journalists as a key player in press censorship and a culpable member of the Mugabe regime for human rights violations.[2]

Elections

Tobaiwa Mudede has been in charge of all elections held in Zimbabwe since 1980. His critics charge him with manipulating the elections to favor President Mugabe and ZANU-PF, a charge he denies.[3]

Family

Tobaiwa Mudede is related to writer and filmmaker Charles Mudede.[4]

References

  1. http://www.genocidewatch.org/ZimbabwenewsbriefsApril2002.htm News Briefs From Zimbabwe
  2. http://www.rsf.org/article.php3 Reporters sans frontières
  3. Mugabe's gang men http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/?menuID=2&subID=1693&p=5(accessed 02/10/2008)
  4. http://www.thestranger.com/slog/2016/10/17/24625484/unlike-donald-trump-the-most-famous-mudede-knows-all-about-rigging-an-election Unlike Donald Trump, the Most Famous Mudede Knows All ABout Rigging an Election