The Vice President of MDC Alliance Welshman Ncube celebrates his 60th birthday today.

The Zimbabwean lawyer, politician was born on July 7, 1961 in Gweru.

He was elected as MDC Alliance’s vice president at the party’s congress held from 23 to 25 May 2019.

Ncube joined MDC at its formation in 1999 becoming its first secretary general in the same year.

In 2011 he was elected unopposed as the MDC president after the expiry of the term of Arthur Mutambara.

His major success in politics however came in 2009 when he was appointed the Industry and Commerce minister during the Government of National Unity (GNU).