Christopher Chindeti "Chris" Mushohwe is a Zimbabwe

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...

an politician. He was the ZANU-PF candidate for Mutare West

Mutare West

Mutare West is a constituency of Zimbabwe. It belongs to Manicaland. Mutare West includes Marange.The candidate of the Zanu PF was declared the winner in the March 2005 parliamentary election, despite irregularities...

 constituency in the March 2008 parliamentary election

Zimbabwean parliamentary election, 2008

A parliamentary election was held in Zimbabwe on March 29, 2008 to elect members to both the House of Assembly and the Senate of the Zimbabwean parliament...

, but was very narrowly defeated according to official results. He received 7,577 votes, 20 less than the total received by Movement for Democratic Change

Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai

The Movement for Democratic Change Zimbabwe is a political party and the largest party in the House of Assembly of Zimbabwe. It is the main formation formed from the split of the original Movement for Democratic Change in 2005.-Foundation:...

 candidate Shuah Mudiwa. Mushohwe was subsequently appointed as Resident Minister and Governor of Manicaland Province by President Robert Mugabe

Robert Mugabe

Robert Gabriel Mugabe is the President of Zimbabwe. As one of the leaders of the liberation movement against white-minority rule, he was elected into power in 1980...

on August 25, 2008; in this capacity, he also serves as a Senator.