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Edward Takaruza Chindori-Chininga (March 14, 1955 – June 19, 2013) was a Zimbabwean politician. He was MP for Guruve South, and the Minister of Mines and Mining Development (2000–2004). Chindori-Chininga was born and raised in South Guruve in the north of Zimbabwe. Chindori-Chininga was of Shona descent. He was the first in the Chininga family to receive the prefix 'Chindori' and his wife and children are the only other individuals who legally bare the full name 'Chindori-Chininga.' He showed signs of great intelligence from an early age prompting his father to make family sacrifices to fund his son's education. At 19 he received a full scholarship to study business in France where he learnt to speak French fluently. This developed into a career in tourism and politics sending him to the U

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  • Edward Takaruza Chindori-Chininga (March 14, 1955 – June 19, 2013) was a Zimbabwean politician. He was MP for Guruve South, and the Minister of Mines and Mining Development (2000–2004). Chindori-Chininga was born and raised in South Guruve in the north of Zimbabwe. Chindori-Chininga was of Shona descent. He was the first in the Chininga family to receive the prefix 'Chindori' and his wife and children are the only other individuals who legally bare the full name 'Chindori-Chininga.' He showed signs of great intelligence from an early age prompting his father to make family sacrifices to fund his son's education. At 19 he received a full scholarship to study business in France where he learnt to speak French fluently. This developed into a career in tourism and politics sending him to the U (en)
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  • Edward Takaruza Chindori-Chininga (March 14, 1955 – June 19, 2013) was a Zimbabwean politician. He was MP for Guruve South, and the Minister of Mines and Mining Development (2000–2004). Chindori-Chininga was born and raised in South Guruve in the north of Zimbabwe. Chindori-Chininga was of Shona descent. He was the first in the Chininga family to receive the prefix 'Chindori' and his wife and children are the only other individuals who legally bare the full name 'Chindori-Chininga.' He showed signs of great intelligence from an early age prompting his father to make family sacrifices to fund his son's education. At 19 he received a full scholarship to study business in France where he learnt to speak French fluently. This developed into a career in tourism and politics sending him to the United States where he met his wife, Linda Lewis. He had a thriving political career acquiring the position of President of Alliance Francaise, Harare, Zimbabwe and the Deputy Minister of Tourism during his late 30s and early 40s. From 2003 until shortly before his death, he was placed on the United States sanctions list. Throughout 2004 and 2005 he advocated repairing relations with the United Kingdom. He described himself as "an Anglophile" but "also an African nationalist." In early 2005 he said he believed Zimbabwe and the United Kingdom should "go back to being friends and partners." Chindori-Chininga added that his favorite sport was cricket and his favorite poet was Alfred, Lord Tennyson. In 2005 he ran against to be the MP representing . In that election Chindori-Chininga won 16,801 votes to Chigonero's 3,375 votes. (en)
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