Aguy Georgias, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Aguy Georgias

Zimbabwean politician

Date of Birth: 22-Jun-1935

Date of Death: 19-Dec-2015

Profession: politician

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Aguy Georgias

  • Aguy Clement Georgias (born Aguy Zvavahera Ushe; 22 June 1935 – 19 December 2015) was a Zimbabwean businessman and politician.
  • He was the founder of Trinity Engineering and served as Deputy Minister of Public Works as well as the Deputy Minister Economic Development.He was born in Unyetu-Mutomba Village in Chivhu, Zimbabwe in 1935.
  • He was the eldest son of James Ushe Shoniwa, and had ancestry from the Mutekedza Chieftainship of Chikomba District.
  • He was associated with the Mhofu Totem.
  • In his youth, he moved from Chivu to Harare, where he changed his name to Aguy Clement Georgias.
  • After his death, his brother Herbert Ushe suggested the change was intended to conceal his Shona ancestry and present himself as a member of the Coloureds community, possibly for economic reasons.In 2007, Georgias and his company Trinity Engineering were placed on the European Union (EU) sanctions list, under a 2002 EU provision that prohibited "entry into or transit through the territory of the EU" for members of the Zimbabwean Government.
  • Georgias was deported from the United Kingdom as a result.
  • In 2012, he sued the EU for €6 million in damages for the imposition of the sanctions.
  • The EU General Court dismissed the case in 2014.At the time of his death he was a non-constituency Senator (presumably representing the Coloureds community).
  • He died of heart and kidney failure on 19 December 2015 at AMI Hospital in Harare.
  • He was declared a national hero by the government of Robert Mugabe, who stated in his eulogy for Georgias that Georgias had spent "every cent he owned" fighting the EU sanctions on Zimbabwe's government.
  • As a result, he was buried at the National Heroes Acre.
  • Georgias's relatives claimed they were snubbed by the Mugabe government with regards to Georgias' funeral.
  • The family expressed discontent that the Mugabe government recognized Georgias's second wife Jane and Georgias's children with her, rather than his first wife Manana.
  • They also claimed that Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) agents forced them to attend the state funeral, which they had intended to boycott.

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