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Apr 20, 1920 Southern Rhodesia Died on 14 Dec 2000 (aged 80)
Zimbabwean judge
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About Enoch Dumbutshena
- Enoch Dumbutshena (20 April 1920 – 14 December 2000) was a distinguished Zimbabwean judge known for defending the independence of that country's judicial branch.
- He became Zimbabwe's first black judge in 1980 and served as Chief Justice of Zimbabwe from 1984 to 1990.
- Dumbutshena's decisions were often highly critical of President Robert Mugabe and his government.
- A former member of the International Commission of Jurists, he unsuccessfully attempted to launch a political career of his own in 1993 by founding the free-market Forum Party.
- He died in late 2000 of liver cancer.
