Stan Mudenge
{{Short description|Zimbabwean politician}}
{{EngvarB|date=May 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix = The Right Honourable Dr.
|name = Isaak Stanislaus Gorerazvo Mudenge
|honorific-suffix = MP
|image =
|imagesize =
|office = Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education of Zimbabwe
|term_start = 16 April 2005
|term_end = 4 October 2012
|primeminister = Morgan Tsvangirai
|predecessor = Herbert Murerwa
|successor = Olivia Muchena
|office2 = Minister of Foreign Affairs of Zimbabwe
|term_start2 = 15 April 1995
|term_end2 = 14 April 2005
|predecessor2 = Nathan Shamuyarira
|successor2 = Simbarashe Mumbengegwi
|office3 = Minister of Higher Education of Zimbabwe
|term_start3 = 15 April 1992
|term_end3 = 14 April 1995
|predecessor3 =
|successor3 =
|office4 = ZANU PF Secretary for Political Affairs
|term_start4 = 15 April 1990
|term_end4 = 14 April 1992
|predecessor4 =
|successor4 =
|office5 = Zimbabwe Ambassador to the United Nations
|term_start5 = 15 April 1985
|term_end5 = 14 April 1990
|predecessor5 =
|successor5 = Simbarashe Mumbengegwi
|president5 = Robert Mugabe
|birth_date = {{birth date|1941|12|17|df=y}}
|birth_place = Zimuto, Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe
|death_date = {{death date and age|2012|10|4|1941|12|17|df=y}}{{cite news|url=http://nehandaradio.com/2012/10/05/update-2-minister-stan-mudenge-dies/ |title=Update 2: Minister Stan Mudenge dies|work=/nehandaradio.com|date=5 October 2012|accessdate=5 October 2012}}
|alma_mater = University of Zimbabwe
University of York
University of London
|death_place = Masvingo
|party = Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front
}}
Isaak Stanislaus Gorerazvo Mudenge (17 December 1941 – 4 October 2012) was a Zimbabwean politician who served in the government of Zimbabwe as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1995 to 2005 and as Minister of Higher Education from 2005 to 2012.
Life and career
=Author=
Mudenge was a professional historian focusing on African history in general and specializing in pre-colonial Zimbabwean history. He published several books in this regard.
=United Nations Ambassador=
Mudenge gave Prince Charles a tour of the Great Zimbabwe in 1985.The Silence of Great Zimbabwe: Contested Landscapes and the Power of Heritage by Joost Fontein
=Minister of Foreign Affairs of Zimbabwe=
Mudenge said that through 1995 and 1996 the only western leader who would "even answer the phone" was "British Prime Minister John Major" who Mudenge said was "a total gentleman." He added that French President "Jacques Chirac acts like we don't exist."Zimbabwe: Race and Nationalism in a Post-colonial State by Brian RaftopoulosZimbabwe: Facing the Facts : an Economic Dialogue Between Eric Bloch and John Robertson pg. 59, 75, 124 British Prime Minister John Major gave £40 million to Zimbabwe in the early 1990s in order to carry out land reform in Zimbabwe.Mugabe and the Politics of Security in Zimbabwe By Abiodun Alao pg, 177
=ZANU PF Secretary for Political Affairs=
As ZANU-PF Secretary for Political Affairs, Mudenge kept in touch with his foreign contacts from his previous government roles. Stating "from December of 1990 to January of 1993 I was in pretty constant touch with the British Conservative Party leadership, and I always felt we worked well together. Those were a great few years for our cooperation with the United Kingdom."
=Minister of Foreign Affairs of Higher Education=
In a cabinet reshuffle on 16 April 2005, following the March 2005 parliamentary election, he was replaced as Minister of Foreign Affairs by Simbarashe Mumbengegwi and was appointed as Minister of Higher Education instead.Michael Hartnack, {{cite web |url=http://www.dispatch.co.za/2005/04/18/Foreign/demugabe.html |title="Mugabe announces new cabinet" |access-date=2008-02-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050430135442/http://www.dispatch.co.za/2005/04/18/Foreign/demugabe.html |archive-date=30 April 2005 }}, Associated Press (Dispatch, South Africa), 18 April 2005.[http://www.sadocc.at/news/2005/2005-101.shtml "MP's sworn in, new ministers appointed"], SADOCC, 16 April 2005. This was considered a demotion and followed Mudenge's support for Jonathan Moyo in opposition to Joyce Mujuru within ZANU-PF.
Within ZANU-PF, he aligned himself with the Masvingo (Mnangagwa) faction, which was antagonistic to the Mujuru faction due to wrangles concerning ascendancy to the presidency if Mugabe leaves office.{{citation needed|date=March 2007}}
=Member of Parliament=
Mudenge was nominated by ZANU-PF as its candidate for the House of Assembly seat from Masvingo North constituency in the March 2008 parliamentary election.[http://allafrica.com/stories/200802150006.html "Zimbabwe: Zanu-PF Names Poll Candidates"], The Herald, 15 February 2008. According to official results, he received 4,799 votes, defeating the candidate of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), who received 4,450.[http://www.newzimbabwe.com/pages/electoral203.17984.html "Zimbabwe election results 2008"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080405183324/http://www.newzimbabwe.com/pages/electoral203.17984.html |date=5 April 2008 }}, newzimbabwe.com, 1 April 2008.
When the ZANU-PF–MDC national unity government was sworn in on 13 February 2009, Mudenge was retained as Minister of Higher Education.[http://www.newzimbabwe.com/pages/minister20.19389.html "Cabinet sworn in amid chaotic scenes"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214135850/http://newzimbabwe.com/pages/minister20.19389.html |date=14 February 2009 }}, Newzimbabwe.com, 13 February 2009. He remained in that post until he died in October 2012.
He was placed on a European Union sanctions list in 2002 and on the United States sanctions list in 2003. He remained on the lists until his death. Notably he was not sanctioned by the United Kingdom.[https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2003/03/10/03-5848/blocking-property-of-persons-undermining-democratic-processes-or-institutions-in-zimbabwe Blocking property of persons undermining democratic processes or institutions in Zimbabwe.]
References
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Category:Members of the National Assembly of Zimbabwe
Category:Education ministers of Zimbabwe
Category:Foreign ministers of Zimbabwe
Category:University of Zimbabwe alumni
Category:Alumni of the University of York