Joice Mujuru

Joice Mujuru ( born April 15, 1955 at Mount Darwin District ) is Vice President of Zimbabwe.

Life

Joice Mujuru left with 18 years ahead of the secondary school to take part in the war for the independence of Zimbabwe. During this period, she wore the name Teurai Ropa ( German: Blood spatter ). It belonged to the General Staff of the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army ( ZANLA ). In 1977 she married the officer and politician Solomon Mujuru ( 1949-2011 ), the deputy commander of the ZANLA was. In the same year she became a member of the central cabinet of Zimbabwe African National Union ( ZANU ) and Secretary for Women's Affairs. After the war, she graduated from the school and earned a college degree. In 1980 she was appointed to the Zimbabwean cabinet, first as its youngest member.

From 1980 to 1985 she was Minister of Youth, Sports and Recreation, following Minister of State in the Prime Minister's office and in 1988 Minister for Urban Development, Cooperatives and Women's Affairs. From 1988 to 1996 she was Governor of the province of Mashonaland Central. After that, she was appointed Minister of Information, Posts and Telecommunications. In this function excited their action against the establishment of an independent mobile network through the company Econet sensation, instead they supported Telecel, a company in which her ​​husband was involved. In 1997 she was Minister for Development of Agriculture and Water. Since 2004 she is Vice-President of Zimbabwe and the Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front ( ZANU- PF).