Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution for Mashonaland East

Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution for Mashonaland East
Incumbent Itayi Ndudzo since 11 February 2025
Minister of State for Provincial Affairs
Style	The Honourable
Member of	Cabinet of Zimbabwe Parliament of Zimbabwe
Reports to	The President
Seat	New Government Complex, Marondera
Appointer	The President
Term length	Five years, renewable for a second or subsequent term of office
Constituting instrument	Provincial Councils and Administration Act (Chapter 29:11)
Precursor	Provincial Governor of Mashonaland East
Formation	22 August 2013
Deputy	Permanent Secretary for Provincial Affairs and Devolution
Website	testdomain3.gov.zw

The Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution for Mashonaland East is the Provincial Minister of State for Mashonaland East in Zimbabwe. The minister oversees provincial affairs and sits in the Parliament of Zimbabwe. ^[1] The minister is appointed by the President of Zimbabwe and is appointed for a term of five years, which can be renewed for a second or subsequent term. Historically, the minister held the title Governor of Mashonaland East, but the office has since been renamed to align with the 2013 Constitution of Zimbabwe, which does not allow for Provincial Governors. ^[2]

List of Ministers

Parliamentary position:    Elected Member of the House of Assembly    Elected Member of the Senate   Non-Elected Minister

No.	Name Birth–Death			Term in office	Party		Appointed by
Provincial Governors
			Rwizi Ziyenge [a] 25 May 1933 - 11 January 1990 [3] [4]	2 March 1984 – 11 January 1990		ZANU-PF	Robert Mugabe
			Abraham Kabasa 22 December 1932 - 29 April 2023	1 April 1990 – 1 January 1993		ZANU-PF
			Edmund Garwe 1938 - 28 August 1997	1 January 1993 – 9 May 1996 [5]		ZANU-PF
			David Karimanzira 25 May 1947 - 24 March 2011	9 May 1996 – 15 April 2005 [5]		ZANU-PF
			Ray Kaukonde b. 4 March 1963	15 April 2005 – 30 April 2008		ZANU-PF
			Aeneas Chigwedere 25 November 1939 – 22 January 2021	25 August 2008 – 28 June 2013		ZANU-PF
Ministers of State for Provincial Affairs
			Simbaneuta Mudarikwa	25 August 2013 – 9 December 2014		ZANU-PF	Robert Mugabe
			Joel Biggie Matiza 17 August 1960 – 22 January 2021	12 December 2014 – 6 July 2015 [6] [7]		ZANU-PF
			Ambrose Mutinhiri b. 22 February 1944	6 July 2015 – 21 November 2017		ZANU-PF
			David Musabayana	4 December 2017 – 29 July 2018		ZANU-PF	Emmerson Mnangagwa
			Apollonia Munzverengwi b. 3 May 1959	10 September 2018 – 11 February 2025		ZANU-PF
			Itayi Ndudzo	11 February 2025 – present		ZANU-PF

See also

• List of current provincial governors of Zimbabwe

References

1. "Provincial Councils and Administration Amendment Bill H.B. 5, 2021" (PDF). Veritas. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
2. "CCDZ Legal Brief on the Provincial Councils and Administration Amendment Bill" (PDF). Kubatana. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
3. Keesing's Contemporary Archives. Keesing's Limited. 1984.
4. A Guide to the Heroes Acre: Some Basic Facts about Zimbabwe's Heroes and Heroes Acre. Ministry of Information, Post, and Telecommunications, Government of Zimbabwe. 1998. p. 18.
5. "Shuffling". Africa Confidential . 37. 24 May 1996.
6. Share, Felex; Gumbo, Lloyd (7 July 2015). "Cabinet Reshuffled". The Chronicle. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
7. "Zanu-PF supporters query Biggie Matiza's appointment". Bulawayo24 News. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2018.

1. Ziyenge was elected MP to the House of Assembly in 1980. He was a Senator following the 1985 elections. The Senate was abolished in 1987.