Constantino Chiwenga | |
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.jpg) Chiwenga in 2024 | |
| First Vice-President of Zimbabwe | |
| Assumed office 28 December 2017 | |
| President | Emmerson Mnangagwa |
| Preceded by | Emmerson Mnangagwa |
| Minister of Health and Child Care | |
| In office 4 August 2020 – 11 September 2023 | |
| President | Emmerson Mnangagwa |
| Preceded by | Obadiah Moyo |
| Succeeded by | Douglas Mombeshora |
| Minister of Defence and War Veterans | |
| In office 29 December 2017 – 11 September 2018 | |
| President | Emmerson Mnangagwa |
| Preceded by | Kembo Mohadi |
| Succeeded by | Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri |
| Vice-President and Second Secretary of ZANU-PF | |
| Assumed office 23 December 2017 Serving with Kembo Mohadi | |
| President | Emmerson Mnangagwa |
| Preceded by | Emmerson Mnangagwa |
| Commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces | |
| In office December 2003 – 19 December 2017 | |
| President | Robert Mugabe Emmerson Mnangagwa |
| Preceded by | Vitalis Zvinavashe |
| Succeeded by | Philip Valerio Sibanda |
| Commander of the Zimbabwe National Army | |
| In office 1994 – December 2003 | |
| President | Robert Mugabe |
| Succeeded by | Philip Valerio Sibanda |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Constantine Guveya Dominic Nyikadzino Chiwenga 25 August 1956 Wedza, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (now Hwedza, Zimbabwe) |
| Political party | ZANU–PF |
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| Education | Political science |
| Nickname | Dominic Chinenge |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Zimbabwe Defence Forces |
| Branch/service | Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (1973–1980)  Zimbabwe National Army (1981–2017) |
| Years of service | 1973–2017 |
| Rank | General |
| Battles/wars | Rhodesian Bush War |
Constantino Guveya Dominic Nyikadzino Chiwenga (born Constantine Chiwenga; 25 August 1956), is a Zimbabwean politician and former army general currently serving, since 2017, as the First Vice-President of Zimbabwe under President Emmerson Mnangagwa. In August 2020, he added the Health Ministry to his portfolio.
Since 2017, he has also been the Vice President and Second Secretary of the ruling Zimbabwean African National Union–Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) jointly serving with Kembo Mohadi. In 2017, he was the most prominent military leader involved in successfully toppling Zimbabwe's President of 37 years Robert Mugabe in a bloodless coup.[1][2]
- ^ "Zimbabwe army chief warns military could 'step in' over party purge". The Guardian. Agence France-Presse. 13 November 2017. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
- ^ Dzirutwe, MacDonald; Brock, Joe; Cropley, Ed (26 November 2018). ""Treacherous shenanigans" - The inside story of Mugabe's downfall". Reuters. Retrieved 14 November 2022.