List of ambassadors and high commissioners of Zimbabwe to the United Kingdom
Ambassador of Zimbabwe to the United Kingdom | |
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Incumbent Colonel Christian Katsande since 18 June 2018 | |
Style | His Excellency |
Appointer | Emmerson Mnangagwa |
Inaugural holder | Sir Francis James Newton |
Formation | 1924 (Southern Rhodesia) |
Website | Embassy of Zimbabwe to the United Kingdom and Ireland |
The ambassador of Zimbabwe to the United Kingdom is an officer of the Zimbabwean Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the head of the Embassy of the Republic of Zimbabwe to the United Kingdom in London. The position has the rank and status of an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary and also serves as Zimbabwe's non-resident accredited Ambassador to Ireland.
The ambassador is currently Colonel Christian Katsande. Having been a High Commission since Zimbabwe's formal independence in 1980, on Zimbabwe's departure from the Commonwealth of Nations in 2003, the High Commission became an Embassy. Based in Zimbabwe House on the Strand, London, the embassy dates back to the establishment of the High Commission of Southern Rhodesia in 1924 after that colony was granted a limited form of self-government in 1923. The office later became the High Commission of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland from 1954 to 1963, the Southern Rhodesia High Commission from 1963 to 1965, and the Rhodesian Representative Office from 1965 to 1969. Between 2016 and 2018 the office was vacant, as the UK Government had rejected President Robert Mugabe's nominee, Ray Ndhlukula, for his role in the Mugabe government's land seizure program.[1]
Office-holders[edit]
High commissioners from Southern Rhodesia, 1924–53[edit]
Incumbent | Start of term | End of term | Notes |
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Sir Francis James Newton | 1924 | 1930 | |
John Wallace Downie | 1930 | 1935 | [2] |
Stephen Martin Lanigan O'Keeffe | 1935 | 1946 | [3][4] |
Kenneth MacKenzie Goodenough | 1946 | 1953 | [5][6] |
High commissioners from the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, 1954–63[edit]
Incumbent | Start of term | End of term | Notes |
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Sir Gilbert Rennie | May 1954 | 1961 | [7][8] |
Sir Albert Robinson | 1961 | 1963 | [9] |
High commissioners from Southern Rhodesia, 1963–1965[edit]
Incumbent | Start of term | End of term | Notes |
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Evan Campbell | 1963 | 1965 | |
Andrew Skeen | 22 July 1965 | 12 November 1965 |
Representative from Rhodesia, 1965–1969[edit]
Incumbent | Start of term | End of term | Notes |
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Sydney Frederick Brice | 12 November 1965 | 15 July 1969 | [10][11][12] |
High commissioners from Zimbabwe, 1980–2003[edit]
Incumbent | Start of term | End of term | Notes |
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Robert Tatira Zwinoira | 1980 | 1984 | |
Herbert Murerwa | 1 March 1984 | 1990 | |
Stephen Chiketa | 1991 | 1993 | [13] |
Dr Ngoni Togarepi Chideya | 1993 | 1999 | [14] |
Simbarashe Mumbengegwi | 1999 | 7 December 2003 |
Ambassadors from Zimbabwe, 2003–date[edit]
Incumbent | Start of term | End of term | Notes |
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Simbarashe Mumbengegwi | 7 December 2003 | 2005 | |
Gabriel Machinga | 2005 | 2016 | |
Vacant | 2016 | 2018 | [1] |
Christian Katsande | 18 June 2018 | date | [15][16] |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Thornycroft, Peta; Blair, David (6 April 2016). "Britain 'rejects' Robert Mugabe's choice for new Zimbabwe ambassador in London". The Daily Telegraph (London). Retrieved 18 March 2021.
- ^ "PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS". The Herald. Victoria, Australia. 27 November 1936. p. 7. Retrieved 19 March 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Stephen Martin Lanigan O'Keeffe". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
- ^ "No. 34166". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 3 June 1935. p. 3597.
- ^ "No. 38628". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 3 June 1949. p. 2796.
- ^ "No. 13322". The Edinburgh Gazette. 18 September 1918. p. 3390.
- ^ "NEW HIGH COMMISSIONER IN LONDON". Cootamundra Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 18 May 1954. p. 1. Retrieved 18 March 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Sir Gilbert Rennie". The Times. 13 November 1981. p. 12.
- ^ "Sir Albert Robinson". The Daily Telegraph (London). 12 March 2009. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
- ^ "No. 43207". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 1 January 1964. p. 52.
- ^ "UK severs diplomatic links with Rhodesia". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 25 June 1969. p. 1. Retrieved 19 March 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Rhodesia quits mission". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 16 July 1969. p. 7. Retrieved 19 March 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Mawonde, Abigail (5 August 2016). "Ambassador Chiketa dies". The Herald (Zimbabwe). Retrieved 18 March 2021.
- ^ "Ambassador Chideya laid to rest". The Herald. 21 December 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
- ^ Chidza, Richard (29 March 2018). "Former soldier to represent Zim in UK". Zimbabwe Situation. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
- ^ Chikwati, Elita (16 April 2018). "Katsande appointed Zim ambassador to UK". Zimbabwe Situation. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
External links[edit]
- Ambassadors of Zimbabwe to the United Kingdom
- Lists of ambassadors of Zimbabwe
- Lists of ambassadors to the United Kingdom
- Zimbabwe and the Commonwealth of Nations
- United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Nations
- High Commissioners of Zimbabwe to the United Kingdom
- High Commissioners of Rhodesia to the United Kingdom