Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Zimbabwe)

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Zimbabwe is a cabinet ministry of Zimbabwe, responsible for conducting foreign relations of the country.

Republic of Zimbabwe
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Agency overview
FormedApril 18, 1980 (1980-04-18)
JurisdictionRepublic of Zimbabwe
Headquarters4240 Munhumutapa Building Samora Machel Avenue / Sam Nujoma Street, Harare
Agency executives
  • Sibusiso Moyo, Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • James Manzou, Secretary
WebsiteOfficial Ministry website
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The current Minister of Foreign Affairs is Sibusiso Moyo, retired major general of the Zimbabwe National Army. He was appointed by President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, on 30 November 2017.[1][2]

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Political parties
Other factions

List of ministers

The following is a list of Foreign Ministers of Zimbabwe and its historical antecedents since 1956:[3]

No. Name
(Birth–Death)		 Portrait Tenure
Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1956–1963)
1 Sir Roy Welensky
(1907–1991)		 1956–1963
Southern Rhodesia (1964–1965)
1 Winston Field
(1904–1969)		 1964[4]
2 Ian Smith
(1919–2007)		 1964[4]
3 Clifford Dupont
(1905–1978)		 1964–1965[4]
Rhodesia (UDI period, 1965–1979)
1 Ian Smith
(1919–2007)		 1965–1966
2 The 7th Duke of Montrose
(1907–1992)		 1966–1968
3 Jack Howman
(1919–2000)		 1968–1974
4 P. K. van der Byl
(1923–1999)		 1974–1979
Zimbabwe Rhodesia (Internal Settlement period, 1979)
1 David Mukome 1979
Zimbabwe (1980–present)
1 Simon Muzenda
(1922–2003)		 1980–1981
2 Witness Mangwende
(1946–2005)		 1981–1988
3 Nathan Shamuyarira
(1928–2014)		 1988–1995
4 Stan Mudenge
(1941–2012)		 1995–2005
5 Simbarashe Mumbengegwi
(b. 1945)		 2005–2017
6 Walter Mzembi
(b. 1964)		 2017
— Simbarashe Mumbengegwi
(b. 1945)
Acting		 2017
7 Sibusiso Moyo
(b. 1960)		 2017–present

References
  1. "Mnangagwa announces new Cabinet". Zimbabwe Mail. 30 November 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  2. "Zimbabwe's Mnangagwa gives key cabinet jobs to military figures". BBC News. 1 December 2017.
  3. "Foreign ministers S–Z". rulers.org. B. Schemmel. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  4. http://ir.uz.ac.zw/jspui/bitstream/10646/3684/1/Willson_Holders_of_Administrative_and_Ministerial_office_1894_1964.pdf


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