The new Permanent Representative of Zimbabwe to the United Nations, Taonga Mushayavanhu, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.

Prior to his appointment, he was head of the President of Zimbabwe’s Secretariat and Chief of Staff from March 2023 after having served as Chief Director for Multilateral Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade from January to February 2023.

From December 2020 through 2022, he was posted in Ethiopia as his country’s Permanent Representative to the African Union and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.

Between March 2021 and December 2022, he served as Chairperson of the African Union Permanent Representatives Committee’s Sub-Committee on Human Rights, Democracy and Governance.

URL: https://press.un.org/en/2024/bio5536.doc.htm