Isaac Matongo, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Isaac Matongo

Zimbabwean politician

Date of Birth: 12-Mar-1947

Date of Death: 02-May-2007

Profession: politician

Nationality: Zimbabwe

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Isaac Matongo

  • Isaac Matongo (12 March 1947 – 2 May 2007) was a Zimbabwean politician and labor activist, born in Fort Victoria, Southern Rhodesia. Matongo was elected vice-president of the National Engineering Workers' Union in 1988, eventually serving in the same position with the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions.
  • He was the founding chairman of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), which is now the main opposition to the ZANU-PF party led by Robert Mugabe.
  • He was critical of Mugabe for ruining the country's agriculture. He died on 2 May 2007 of suspected heart failure.
  • He was survived by his wife and fellow MDC colleague Evelyn Masaiti, the MP for Mutasa from 2000 to 2005, and their eight children.

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