Godfrey Chidyausiku was a Zimbabwean judge and politician who served as Chief Justice of Zimbabwe from July 2001 until his retirement in March 2017. He studied law at the University of Rhodesia in the early 1970s and later sat in the Rhodesian and then Zimbabwean House of Assembly as a ZANU-PF representative, serving as a deputy minister from 1980 and as Attorney-General from 1982 to 1989. In 1999 he chaired Zimbabwe's Constitutional Convention, drafting a document critics said had been shaped to guarantee an executive presidency, which Zimbabwean voters rejected in a February 2000 referendum; he died in May 2017 and was buried at the National Heroes' Acre in Harare.
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He was involved in politics during Rhodesia's unilaterally declared independence, being a member of the Rhodesian House of Assembly.
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After Zimbabwean independence in 1980, he was elected as a Zimbabwe African National Union (Patriotic Front) member to the Zimbabwean House of Assembly, and served in the government as Attorney-General. After becoming a Judge he headed the Constitutional Convention in 1999, and was appointed Chief Justice in 2001. He retired on 31 March 2017 after reaching the 70-year mandatory retirement age of Zimbabwean judges.
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Godfrey Guwa Chidyausiku (23 February 1947 - 3 May 2017) was a Zimbabwean judge and politician.
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Wikidata Q5576402, P569 date of birth claim (year)
P569 (date of birth): 1947
Wikidata Q5576402, P569 date of birth claim (full date)
P569 (date of birth): 1947-02-23
Wikidata Q5576402, P570 date of death claim (year)
P570 (date of death): 2017
Wikidata Q5576402, P570 date of death claim (full date)
P570 (date of death): 2017-05-03
Wikidata Q5576402, P19 place of birth claim
P19 (place of birth): Domboshawa
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