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Hove, Byron Reuben Mtonhodzi (1940–1999), Zimbabwean politician
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Description area
Dates of existence
1940-1999
History
Zimbabwean politician who served as justice minister in Zimbabwe Rhodesia and subsequently in the post-independence Parliament of Zimbabwe.
He supported and participated in Prime Minister Ian Smith's Internal Settlement.
He later served as ZANU-PF MP for Gokwe until April 1986 when he lost his position for misdemeanors.
On 18 April 1978 he was dismissed after he criticised the government for excluding blacks from high-level jobs.
In 1980 he was thrown out of Parliament after he openly criticized the Mugabe administration for corruption.