Nelson Chamisa

Nelson Chamisa
President of the Citizens Coalition For Change
Founder of the Citizens Coalition For Change
In office
22 January 2022 – 25 January 2024
Vice PresidentsWelshman Ncube
Tendai Biti
Lynette Karenyi Kore
Preceded byParty founded
President of the Movement for Democratic Change Alliance
In office
May 2019 – September 2021
Acting: 14 February 2018 - May 2019
Preceded byParty split
Succeeded byDouglas Mwonzora
President of the Movement for Democratic Change - Tsvangirai
In office
15 February 2018 – 22 April 2018
(disputed with Thokozani Khupe)
Preceded byMorgan Tsvangirai
Succeeded byThokozani Khupe
Minister of Information Communication Technology of Zimbabwe
In office
13 February 2009 – 31 July 2013
PresidentRobert Mugabe
Prime MinisterMorgan Richard Tsvangirai
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded bySupa Mandiwanzira
Personal details
Born (1978-02-02) 2 February 1978 (age 46)
Fort Victoria, Rhodesia
(now Masvingo, Zimbabwe)
Political partynone
Other political
affiliations
Citizens Coalition for Change (2022–2024)
Movement for Democratic Change Alliance (2019–2021)
Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai (2005–2018)
Residence(s)Harare, Zimbabwe
Alma materHarare Polytechnic
University of Zimbabwe
Occupation
  • Politician
  • lawyer
  • theologist
  • activist

Nelson Chamisa (born 2 February 1978[1]) is a Zimbabwean politician and the former President of the Citizens Coalition For Change.[2][3][4] He served as Member of the House of Assembly of Zimbabwe for Kuwadzana East, Harare. Chamisa was the MDC Alliance's candidate for president in the 2018 general election, having previously been the leader of the party's youth assembly.[5] He was the Presidential candidate for the Citizens Coalition for Change in the 2023 Zimbabwean Presidential election. He has served as the former chairperson of national youth for the same party as well as the Secretary for Information and Publicity for the opposition party Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). In 2003, at the age of 25, Chamisa became the youngest Member of Parliament. Chamisa was also the youngest cabinet minister in Government of National Unity of Zimbabwe in 2009.

  1. ^ "Nelson Chamisa". Movement for Democratic Change Online. Movement for Democratic Change. Archived from the original on 19 November 2005. Retrieved 1 April 2007.
  2. ^ Moyo, Thandekile (28 February 2022). "NORTHERN EXPOSURE OP-ED: Zimbabwe's new political party, Citizens Coalition for Change, sparks fear and violence from Zanu-PF". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Jubilant Citizens Coalition for Change Supporters". Voice Of America Zimbabwe. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  4. ^ AfricaNews (21 February 2022). "Zimbabwe's opposition attracts thousands to first rally under new banner". Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  5. ^ The Harare Times (30 November 2018). "What next for Nelson Chamisa?". The Harare Times.

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