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    BornConstantine Guveya Dominic Nyikadzino Chiwenga · 25 August 1956 · Wedza, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (now Hwedza, Zimbabwe)
    Political partyZANU–PF
    SpousesJocelyn Jacobsen (née Mauchaza) · (m. 1998; div. 2012) · Marry Mubaiwa · (m. 2011; div. 2019) · Colonel Miniyothabo Baloyi · (m. 2022)
    EducationPolitical science
    Personal life

    Chiwenga was born in 1956 in Wedza District of Mashonaland East Province. He was educated up to O Level at St Mary's Mission in Hwedza, together with former students: Perrance Shiri, later Air Marshal, and Shung… See more

    Rhodesian Bush War

    He joined the war in 1973 and was trained in Mozambique as a ZANLA militant. Chiwenga adopted the war name of "Dominic Chinenge". He rose through the ranks to become a Provincial Commander for Masving… See more

    Career in the Zimbabwe military

    In 1981 he was attested to the newly formed Zimbabwe National Army as a brigadier commanding First Brigade in Bulawayo. He was later promoted to the rank of major general and reverted to his original na… See more

    2017 coup d' état in Zimbabwe

    The political crisis in Zimbabwe came to a head on 6 November 2017, when Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa was dismissed by President Robert Mugabe. Mnangagwa fled the country two days later, citing "ince… See more

     
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