Faber Edmond Chidarikire is the Provincial Governor and resident minister of Mashonaland West

Mashonaland West

Mashonaland West is a province of Zimbabwe. It has an area of 57,441 km² and a population of approximately 1.2 million . Chinhoyi is the capital of the province.Mashonaland West is divided into 6 districts:* Chegutu* Hurungwe* Kadoma* Kariba...

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Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...

. He is a member of the ZANU-PF party and an ex officio member of the Senate of Zimbabwe

Senate of Zimbabwe

The Senate of Zimbabwe is the upper chamber of the country's bicameral Parliament. It existed from 1980 to 1989, and was re-introduced in November 2005....

. He had a brother called Phillip Edmond Chidarikire who died in 2003 in a car accident.

Political career

Faber Edmond Chidarikire's political career began in 1994 when he was elected executive mayor of Chinhoyi. He held this office for 4 years before stepping down. His brother Philip Edmond Chidarikire strongly advised him not to go back to active politics but instead to focus on his business empire. Philip Edmond Chidarikire was also a prominent businessman in Mashonaland West province. He died in a horrible car accident near Kutama College in 2003. Philip Edmond Chidarikire was declared a Provincial Hero for his contribution to the development of Mashonaland West business sector.

Faber Chidarikire decided to go back to politics and in 2004 he was elected Member Of Parliament for Chinhoyi. He held this office until 13 February 2009 when he was appointed Governor and Resident Minister of Mashonaland West Province.