2009-2013 you were appointed Minister of Defence and then Minister of Justice, Parliamentary Affairs. 2014, you were appointed Vice President and doubled as a Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs. On Nov 8th 2017 you were expelled from ZANU PF during the internal upheavals in the Party. This was done when you had already left the country. Nov 19th 2017, an extraordinary Session of ZANU(PF) Central Committee readmitted you as First Secretary and President while sacking former President Robert Mugabe at the same time.