Global InformationTizirai Gwata information
Tizirai Gwata | |
|---|---|
| Mayor of Harare | |
| In office 7 April 1981 – 15 October 1984 | |
| Deputy | Simplisius Chihambakwe Solomon Tawengwa |
| Preceded by | Jack Whiting |
| Succeeded by | Oliver Chidawu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 1943 Southern Rhodesia |
| Political party | ZANU–PF |
| Spouse | Rosemary Gwata |
| Children | 5 |
| Alma mater | University of Rhodesia Makerere University (MMed) |
Tizirai Annas Gwata (born March 1943) is a medical doctor and politician who served as the first black mayor of Harare, from 1981 to 1984. He also served as a Harare city councillor for Ward 31. Gwata also lectured as the first full time black lecturer of medicine at the University of Zimbabwe. He retired from political life at the end of his term as mayor in 1985, choosing to focus full time on his medical practice and farming.