Stuart Comberbach | |
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| Permanent Representative of Zimbabwe to the United Nations and other international organisations in Geneva, Switzerland | |
| Assumed office April 2021 | |
| President | Emmerson Mnangagwa |
| Special Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of the Republic of Zimbabwe. | |
| In office September 2018 – April 2021 | |
| President | Emmerson Mnangagwa |
| Succeeded by | Grace Tsitsi Mutandiro |
| Permanent Secretary in the Office of the President and Cabinet of Zimbabwe Head - Corporate Governance, Parastatal Reform and Delivery Unit | |
| In office September 2014 – September 2018 | |
| President | Robert Mugabe Emmerson Mnangagwa |
| Succeeded by | Willard Manungo |
| Ambassador of Zimbabwe to Japan and South Korea | |
| In office January 2003 – May 2014 | |
| President | Robert Mugabe |
| Minister | Simbarashe Mumbengegwi |
| Preceded by | Andrew Hama Mtetwa |
| Succeeded by | Titus Mehliswa Jonathan Abu-Basutu |
| Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Industry and International Trade | |
| In office September 1999 – December 2002 | |
| President | Robert Mugabe |
| Minister | Nathan Shamuyarira Nkosana Moyo Herbert Murerwa Samuel Mumbengegwi |
| Ambassador of Zimbabwe to Italy and Permanent Representative of Zimbabwe to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, World Food Programme, and International Fund for Agricultural Development | |
| In office July 1994 – May 1999 | |
| President | Robert Mugabe |
| Minister | Nathan Shamuyarira |
| Trade Commissioner and Head of Mission, Zimbabwe Trade Mission, later, Zimbabwe Representative Office, Johannesburg, South Africa | |
| In office May 1987 – June 1994 | |
| President | Canaan Banana Robert Mugabe |
| Minister | Witness Mangwende Nathan Shamuyarira |
| Director, Information and Research Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Headquarters | |
| In office February 1982 – May 1987 | |
| President | Canaan Banana |
| Minister | Witness Mangwende |
| Head, Rhodesian Liaison Office, Libreville, Gabon | |
| In office October 1975 – November 1979 | |
| President | Clifford Dupont John Wrathall Josiah Gumede |
| Minister | Ian Smith Abel Muzorewa |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 September 1952 Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia |
| Spouse | Benedict Ann Comberbach |
| Alma mater | University of the Witwatersrand |
Stuart Harold Comberbach (born 27 September 1952) is a Zimbabwean diplomat and politician. Currently, he serves as Ambassador/Permanent Representative of Zimbabwe to the United Nations and other international organisations in Geneva, Switzerland.
Immediately prior to that, he served as a Special Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Zimbabwe, Lieutenant General (Rtd) Dr Sibusiso B. Moyo.
He served previously as Zimbabwe's Ambassador to Italy from 1994 to 1999, and later Ambassador to Japan and South Korea from 2003 to 2014, in 2014 Comberbach was named a senior advisor in the Office the President and Cabinet under former President Robert Mugabe. Born in Salisbury (today Harare), Comberbach joined the Rhodesian civil service in 1974 and is one of the few white civil servants remaining in Zimbabwe.