Happyton Bonyongwe

Happton Mabhuya Bonyongwe
Director-General Central Intelligence Organisation
Incumbent
Assumed office
1990
Deputy Menard Muzariri
Preceded by Ken Flower
Brigadier General Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA)
In office
1980s – 1990s
President Robert Mugabe
Commander ZANIA
Personal details
Born 11 January 1960 (1960-01-11) (age 52)
Chikomba (District),  Rhodesia and Nyasaland
Nationality Zimbabwean
Political party ZANU-PF

Happyton Bonyongwe is the director general of the Zimbabwean government spy agency, the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO).[1] He is a retired Brigadier in the Zimbabwe National Army. Under his leadership, the CIO has become more potent, with countless citizens vanishing or dead at the hands of CIO agents. He reports directly to president Robert Mugabe, bypassing the Minister for Security Didymus Mutasa.[1]

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References

  1. ^ a b Zimbabwe: Purge Among Military. Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series 44 (8), 17207A–17208C