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Webster Shamu

Politician

Webster Shamu is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Webster Shamu · 웹스터 샤무				[sources]
Other name	Shamu, Webster · Webster Kotiwani Shamu · 웹스터 코티와니 샤무				[sources]
Birth date	1945-06-06				[sources]
Place of birth	Southern Rhodesia				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Zimbabwe				[sources]
Country	Zimbabwe				[sources]
Citizenship	Zimbabwe				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q7978955				[sources]
Position	Governor of Mashonaland West Province (2017-2017) · House of Assembly (member, 2013-) · Member of the National Assembly of Zimbabwe · Minister of Information and Publicity (2009-2014)				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-09-08	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Chegutu East Member of the National Assembly & Minister of Information Communication Technology, Postal and Courier Services.

— Every Politician non-official source, 2021-09-18

Member of the Cabinet of Zimbabwe

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of Information and Publicity	2009-02-13	2014-12-21

Data sources

Every Politician58,326

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MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories376,806

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Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,014

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Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata350,132

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions547,188

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: ca-sema-40-zw-webster-kotiwani-shamu · ca-sema-zimbabwe-n-a-40 · ch-seco-6964 · evpo-349118bc-5fbc-44e0-b5eb-63fcbfcc05d3 · NK-CNFeJxHgiJ4JbdQtvcSwU9 · ofac-9491

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