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Sydney Tigere Sekeramayi (born 30 March 1944〔.〕) is a Zimbabwean politician who has served in the government of Zimbabwe as Minister of Defence since 2013. He has been a minister in the Cabinet since independence in 1980, serving as Minister of Defence from 2001 to 2009 and Minister of State Security from 2009 to 2013. During the Rhodesian Bush War, Sekeramayi was the Zimbabwe African National Union's representative in Sweden. After the war he served as the Minister of National Security, Deputy Secretary of Health Minister for National Security, and Minister for Transport and Welfare.〔(Zimbabwe: Reports of failed coup in Zimbabwe ), 11 June 2007. AllAfrica〕〔Sellström, Tor. ''Liberation in Southern Africa: Regional and Swedish voices: Interviews from Angola, Mozambique...'', 2002. Nordiska Afrikainstitutet. Page 226-230.〕〔Dashwood, Hevina Smith. ''Zimbabwe: The Political Economy of Transformation'', 2000. Page 105.〕〔Hill, Geoff. ''The Battle for Zimbabwe: The Final Countdown,'' 2003. Page 293.〕〔Great Britain Foreign and Commonwealth Office. ''A Year Book of the Commonwealth,'' 1986. Page 426.〕 ==Life and career== In Rhodesia his school expelled him. He moved to Czechoslovakia to study on an NDP scholarship with help from Rupiah Banda, the International Secretary of the Zambia Students Union. Banda established contact between Sekeramayi and the NIB. In June 1964 he moved from Czechoslovakia to Lund, Sweden, on an NIB scholarship. He studied genetics at the University of Lund, became ZANU's representative in Sweden, and then attended medical school.〔 In Lund he studied with Alexander Chikwanda of the United National Independence Party of Zambia.〔Sellstr̀eom, Tor. ''Sweden and National Liberation in Southern Africa'', 2002. Page 323.〕 In 1969 Sekeramayi requested assistance from SIDA in his function as Secretary-General of the Zimbabwe Students' Union in Europe. He coordinated Herbert Chitepo and Richard Grove's visits to Sweden.〔 In 1976 he moved to Mozambique.〔 In the 1980s he participated in the Gukurahundi massacres.〔Patrick Burnett and Firoze Madatally Manji. ''African Voices on Development and Social Justice: Editorials from Pambazuka News 2004'', 2005. Page 227.〕 In 2001 Defense Minister Moven Mahachi died in a car crash and Sekeramayi became the new Defense Minister.〔 In 2005 William Mervin Gumede mentioned Sekeramayi as one of several leading politicians who may succeed Mugabe as President of Zimbabwe because of their support among the military.〔Gumede, William Mervin. ''Thabo Mbeki and the Battle for the Soul of the ANC,'' 2005. Page 193.〕 He is considered a close ally of Emmerson Mnangagwa, formerly the Speaker of Parliament,〔 and Joyce Mujuru.〔(Situation Report: Future power plays in Zimbabwe ) Institute for Security Studies〕 Sekeramayi won the House of Assembly seat from Marondera East constituency, in Mashonaland East Province, as the ZANU-PF candidate in the March 2005 parliamentary election. According to official results he defeated Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) candidate Iain Kay with 19,912 votes against Kay's 10,066 votes; this victory was questioned on the grounds that the total number of votes was said to exceed voter turnout.〔David Blair, ("Mugabe 'conjures up' winning votes" ), ''Daily Telegraph'' (United Kingdom), 8 April 2005.〕 In the ZANU-PF primaries for the March 2008 parliamentary election, Sekeramayi again sought the party's nomination as its candidate for the House of Assembly seat from Marondera East, but was defeated.〔Spiwe Ncube, ("Zanu (PF) heavyweights lose primary polls" ), zimdaily.com, 6 February 2008.〕〔Lebo Nkatazo, ("Makoni humiliated as Zanu PF rejects his bid for MP" ), newzimbabwe.com, 5 February 2008.〕 He was instead nominated as ZANU-PF's candidate for the Senate from Marondera-Hwedza in Mashonaland East.〔("Zimbabwe: Zanu-PF Names Poll Candidates" ), ''The Herald'' (allAfrica.com), 15 February 2008.〕 Sekeramayi won this seat according to official results, receiving 24,571 votes against 17,370 for Jane Chifamba of the MDC-Tsvangirai faction and 6,994 for Molai Penelope of the MDC-Mutambara faction.〔("Zimbabwe senate election results" ), newzimbabwe.com.〕 On 7 January 2009, ''The Herald'' reported that Sekeramayi had been appointed as Acting Minister of Mines and Mining Development following the dismissal of Amos Midzi, who failed to win a seat in the 2008 election.〔("Mugabe appoints acting ministers: report" ), Sapa-AFP (''IOL''), 7 January 2009.〕 When the national unity government was sworn in on 13 February 2009, Sekeramayi became Minister of State Security.〔("Cabinet sworn in amid chaotic scenes" ), Newzimbabwe.com, 13 February 2009.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sydney Sekeramayi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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