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As part of the election, a new Senate was also elected. 60 members - six for each of Zimbabwe's 10 provinces - were elected by proportional representation, 16 traditional Chiefs were elected by the Council of Chiefs, while the President and Deputy President of the Council of Chiefs are automatically Senators. The final two seats in the Senate ...
Additionally the Senate consists of 2 seats for each non-metropolitan provinces of Zimbabwe elected by each provincial assembly of chiefs using SNTV, [7] 1 seat each for the president and deputy president of the National Council of Chiefs and 1 male and 1 female seat for people with disabilities elected on separate ballots using FPTP by an ...
Tandabantu Godwin Matanga (born 5 February 1962) is a Zimbabwean police officer who served as the Commissioner-General of the Zimbabwe Republic Police since 19 December 2017 to 31 December 2024. He took office after the removal of Augustine Chihuri following the November 2017 coup d'état , and was officially appointed as Commissioner-General ...
Eighteen chiefs were elected to serve as senators in the 9th Parliament: the president and deputy president of the Chiefs' Council of Zimbabwe as senators ex officio, and 16 chiefs selected by the provincial chiefs' assemblies (two per province, except the metropolitan provinces Bulawayo and Harare). [17]
Of the remaining 16 Senate seats, six were appointed directly by the President and ten were reserved for chiefs. In the March 2005 election, the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU–PF) won a 78-seat majority of the 120 elected seats, while the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) won 41, a 16-seat decrease from ...
The Parliament of Zimbabwe is the bicameral legislature of Zimbabwe composed of the Senate and the National Assembly. The Senate is the upper house , and consists of 80 members, 60 of whom are elected by proportional representation from ten six-member constituencies corresponding to the country's provinces .
Additionally the Senate consists of 2 seats for each non-metropolitan district of Zimbabwe elected by each provincial assembly of chiefs using SNTV, [11] 1 seat each for the president and deputy president of the National Council of Chiefs and 1 male and 1 female seat for people with disabilities elected on separate ballots using FPTP by an ...
Senate approved and sworn in by the Chief Justice: Term length: Five years elected by the National Assembly at the start of each parliament, and upon a vacancy: Constituting instrument: Constitution of Zimbabwe: Precursor: President of the Senate of Rhodesia: Formation: 1970: First holder