Professor Arthur Guseni Oliver Mutambara (born October 25, 1966) is a Zimbabwean politician who was elected President of the Movement for Democratic Change in February 2006 by a a small break away faction of the party dominated by Gibson Sibanda and Welshman Ncube. The main wing is led by Morgan Tsvangirai. October 25 is the 298th day of the year (299th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) was founded in 1999 as the official opposition party to the Zanu-PF party led by Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe. ... Gibson Jama Sibanda (born 1944) is a Zimbabwean politician. ... Professor Welshman Ncube (born July 7, 1961) is a Zimbabwean politician and a leading member of the smaller faction of the Movement for Democratic Change. ... Morgan Tsvangirai - Wikipedia /**/ @import /w/skins-1. ...

Mutambara was a noted leader of the student movement within Zimbabwe in 1988 and 1989, leading anti-government protests at the University of Zimbabwe which led to his arrest and imprisonment. He was later educated on a Rhodes Scholarship at Merton College, Oxford in the United Kingdom where he obtained a PhD in Robotics and Mechatronics, and in the United States where he held several professorships in the same field, including at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He also worked as a Professor of Business Strategy and as a consultant for McKinsey & Company. The University of Zimbabwe (UZ), is the first, largest and most complete university in Zimbabwe. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... College name The House of Scholars of Merton Named after Walter de Merton Established 1264 Sister College Peterhouse Warden Prof. ... The University of Oxford (usually abbreviated as Oxon. ... PhD usually refers to the academic title Doctor of Philosophy PhD can also refer to the manga Phantasy Degree This is a disambiguation page — a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with robot. ... The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private, coeducational research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ... McKinsey & Company is a privately owned management consulting firm that focuses on solving issues of concern to senior management in large corporations and organizations. ...

During the division in the MDC over participation in the elections to the Senate of Zimbabwe in late 2005, Mutambara supported those who thought the MDC should boycott the elections. However, when the party split he joined the faction which had supported participation, critical of the way Tsvangirai sought to impose his wishes on the party. The choice of Mutambara as leader was said to have been inspired by the fact that he is a Shona whereas Sibanda and Ncube are both Ndebele, but realised that only a Shona candidate could win an election across the whole of Zimbabwe. Mutambara is not a member of the House of Assembly and is therefore untainted by struggles within it. The Senate of Zimbabwe is the upper chamber of the countrys bicameral Parliament. ... Shona (IPA: ) is the name collectively given to several groups of people in Zimbabwe and western Mozambique. ... This article relates to the Ndebele people of Zimbabwe. ...

The faction led by Tsvangirai described Mutambara's election as a nullity. Mutambara has opposed calls by some members of the MDC for economic sanctions on Zimbabwe, and in his acceptance speech stated that the MDC should not allow white farmers and the West to decide what happens in Zimbabwe. However, David Karimanzira, a leading member of ZANU - PF, alleged that Mutambara was promoted by the West after Western governments decided not to continue backing Morgan Tsvangirai because the Zimbabwean people had allegedly rejected his party manifesto. Typical white Rhodesian farmhouse, Beit Bridge, circa 1965. ... The Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) has been the ruling political party in Zimbabwe since independence in 1980, led by Robert Mugabe, first as Prime Minister with the party simply known as ZANU, and then as President from 1988 after taking over ZAPU and renaming the party...

Mutambara was arrested by the Zimbabwe police on May 19, 2006 while leading a march in support of his faction's candidate on the eve of the Budiriro byelection. May 19 is the 139th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (140th in leap years). ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

External links

• Zimbabwe's 'outsider' faction leader (BBC News online profile)