Nicholas Goche

Nicholas Tasunungurwa Goche (born 1 August 1946) is the former Minister of Transport. Previously he was Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare.[1] Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Development. He served during the tenure of Robert Mugabe who replaced him in 2014 with Prisca Mupfumira after he was accused of trying to kill the President as part of a coup.[2]

The Right Honourable

Nicholas Goche

MP
Minister of Transport of Zimbabwe
In office
13 February 2009 – 13 September 2013
Prime MinisterMorgan Tsvangirai
DeputyTichaona Mudzingwa
Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare of Zimbabwe
In office
July 2005 – 13 February 2009
PresidentRobert Mugabe
Succeeded byElphas Mukonoweshuro (Public Service)
Paurine Mpariwa (Labour and Social Welfare)
Minister of State, National Security
In office
15 June 2000 – 15 July 2005
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Zimbabwe
In office
15 June 1995 – 15 June 2000
Personal details
Born (1946-08-01) 1 August 1946
Southern RhodesiaShamva
Political partyZimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front

Biography
  • Secretary-general, Rhodesian Explosive and Chemical Workers Union, 1968–70;
  • Assistant personnel officer, payroll employees and welfare, Zimbabwe Phosphate Industries Ltd, 1970–74;
  • Personnel officer, ZIMPHOS, 1974–77;
  • Exile, 1977–80; Senior administrative officer, Zimbabwean Embassy, Washington, 1980–83;
  • Under-Secretary, Eastern Europe, Asia and the Pacific, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1984;
  • Ambassador, Romania and Bulgaria, 1984–87;
  • Ambassador, People's Republic of China, 1987–90;
  • Deputy Secretary, Political and Economic Affairs, Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1990–91;
  • Assistant, Embassy in New York, 1991–92;
  • Deputy Secretary for Production, ZANU-PF Mashonaland Central, 1994;
  • Deputy Minister, Foreign Affairs, 1995-00;
  • Minister of State, National Security, 2000–05;
  • Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare, 2005–09;
  • Minister of Transport, 2008 to 2013.

Goche was one of the negotiating team behind the unity government and has helped to maintain Mugabe in power. As a former head of the Central Intelligence Organisation, while Minister of State for National Security.

Goche was the ZANU-PF candidate for the House of Assembly seat from Shamva North constituency in the March 2008 parliamentary election. He won by an overwhelming margin, receiving 10,385 votes against two MDC opponents, Chimombe Godfree and Matibiri Anderson, who respectively received 1,354 and 1,173 votes.[3]

Along with Goche, Chinamasa was one of the negotiators sent by ZANU-PF to the talks between political parties that began in Pretoria on 10 July 2008, following the disputed re-election of President Robert Mugabe.[4]

When the ZANU-PF–MDC national unity government was sworn in on 13 February 2009, Goche was moved to the position of Minister of Transport.[5] As a result of a dispute between Nelson Chamisa, the Minister of Information and Communication Technology, and Webster Shamu, the Minister of Information and Publicity, regarding which ministry should deal with telecommunications, The Herald reported on 10 April 2009, that President Mugabe had assigned responsibility for telecommunications to Goche's ministry.[6]

References
  1. "Zimbabwe Police Seize Opposition Leader's Passport" Archived 23 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine, VOA News, 16 June 2007.
  2. Herald, The. "President unveils new ministers". The Herald. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  3. "Zimbabwe election results 2008" Archived 5 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Newzimbabwe.com, 31 March 2008.
  4. Barry Bearak, "Zimbabwe opponents begin talking about talks", International Herald Tribune, 10 July 2008.
  5. "Cabinet sworn in amid chaotic scenes" Archived 14 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine, Newzimbabwe.com, 13 February 2009.
  6. "Mugabe gives ally control of telecoms", Sapa-AFP (IOL), 10 April 2009.
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