Didymus Noel Edwin Mutasa

ZANU-PF's National Secretary for Administration

Date of Birth: 27/07/1935
Place of Birth: Rusape

Education: Goromonzi Govrnment Secondary School, 1950-56; BA, Social Sciences, Birmingham University, United Kingdom.

Career: Member, African National Congress, 1957; Member, ZANU, 1963; imprisoned, 1970-72; Deputy Secretary for Finance, ZANU, 1976; Speaker of the House of Assembly, 1980; MP, Makoni North, 2000; Minister of State for Anti-Corruption and the Anti-Monopolies Programme, 2004-05; Minister of State for National Security, Lands, Land Reform and Resettlement in the President's Office, 2005-08; Minister of State for Presidential Affairs, 2008 to date. 

Commentary: A controversial figure Mutasa was imprisoned for two years between 1970 and 1972 the spent a further four years in exile in the UK. As one of Mugabe's oldest and most stalwart supporters, he has implied that Mugabe should be made President-for-life officially, though this would only confirm what people have suspected for some time.
Some think Didymus Mutasa's star has faded since he lost in the Praesidium election at the ZANU-PF party congress in December 2010 and Mohadi couldn't be bothered to lend a hand. Theresa Makone's support for Mutasa outraged some MDC .