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Obert Mpofu

Politician · Sanctioned entity

Obert Mpofu is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Obert Moses Mpofu · Obert Mpfofu · Obert Mpofu · 오버트 음포푸				[sources]
Alias	Obert Moses Mpofu				[sources]
Weak alias	Mpfofu				[sources]
Birth date	1951-10-12				[sources]
Place of birth	Southern Rhodesia				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Zimbabwe				[sources]
Citizenship	Zimbabwe				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Obert Moses				[sources]
Last name	Mpofu				[sources]
Political association	Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q2011278				[sources]
Position	Governor of Matabeleland North Province (2000-2005) · Member of the National Assembly of Zimbabwe · Member of the Senate of Zimbabwe · Minister of Economic Planning and Investment Promotion (2015-2017) · Minister of Home Affairs (2017-2017) · 4 more...				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-20	Last processed	2025-12-20	First seen	2023-04-20

Member of the Cabinet of Zimbabwe

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Canada	Global Affairs Canada		-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of Industry & Commerce	2005-04	2009-02-13
Member of the Senate of Zimbabwe	-

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Sanctions imposed by Canada on specific countries, organizations, or individuals under the Special Economic Measures Act (SEMA) and JVCFOA

Canada · Global Affairs Canada

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: ch-seco-6654 · ca-sema-a74c0ae5cbc2331ba01cfdbdcf2c8e0be80f5bce

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