No. |
Name |
Tenure |
Title |
Southern Rhodesia (1923–1954) |
1 |
Robert James Hudson |
1 October 1923 – 5 July 1933 |
Minister of Defence |
5 July 1933 – 12 September 1933 |
Minister of Justice and Defence |
2 |
Stephen Martin Lanigan O'Keeffe |
12 September 1933 – 14 November 1934 |
Minister of Defence |
3 |
Vernon Arthur Lewis |
14 November 1934 – 6 October 1936 |
Minister of Justice and Defence |
4 |
Robert Clarkson Tredgold |
6 October 1936 – 12 January 1940 |
Minister of Defence |
12 January 1940 – 28 March 1940 |
Minister of Justice, Defence and Air |
28 March 1940 – 1 March 1943 |
Minister of Justice and Defence |
5 |
Sir Godfrey Huggins |
1 March 1943 – 2 February 1944 |
Minister of Defence |
6 |
Frank Ernest Harris |
2 February 1944 – 1 July 1945 |
7 |
William Henry Ralston |
1 July 1945 – 7 June 1946 |
8 |
Sir Ernest Lucas Guest |
7 June 1946 – 15 September 1948 |
Minister of Defence and Air |
– |
Sir Godfrey Huggins |
19 November 1948 – 7 September 1953 |
Minister of Defence |
9 |
George Arthur Davenport |
7 September 1953 – 1 July 1954 |
Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1953–1963) |
1 |
Sir Godfrey Huggins |
7 September 1953 – 18 December 1953 |
Minister of External Affairs and Defence |
18 December 1953 – 2 November 1956 |
Minister of Defence |
2 |
Sir Roy Welensky |
2 November 1956 – 12 June 1959 |
3 |
John Moore Caldicott |
12 June 1959 – 7 May 1962 |
4 |
Sir Malcolm Palliser Barrow |
7 May 1962 – 31 December 1963 |
Southern Rhodesia (1964–1965) |
10 |
Winston Field |
1 January 1964 – 14 April 1964 |
Minister of External Affairs and Defence |
11 |
Ian Smith |
14 April 1964 – 8 May 1964 |
8 May 1964 – 28 August 1964 |
Minister of Defence |
12 |
Clifford Dupont |
28 August 1964 – 17 November 1965 |
Rhodesia (UDI period, 1965–1979) |
– |
Ian Smith |
17 November 1965 – 1966 |
Minister of Defence |
13 |
The Duke of Montrose |
1966 – 1968 |
14 |
Jack Howman |
1968 – 1974 |
15 |
P. K. van der Byl |
1974 – 1976 |
16 |
Reginald Cowper |
1976 – 1977 |
17 |
Mark Partridge |
1977 – 1977 |
18 |
Roger Hawkins |
1977 – 11 December 1979 |
19 |
John Kadzviti |
1978 – 11 December 1979 |
Zimbabwe Rhodesia (Internal Settlement period, 1979) |
1 |
Abel Muzorewa |
1 June 1979 – 11 December 1979 |
Minister of Defence |
Zimbabwe (since 1980) |
1 |
Robert Mugabe |
1980 – 1985 |
Minister of Defence |
2 |
Enos Nkala |
1985 – 1990 |
3 |
Richard Hove |
1990 – 1992 |
4 |
Moven Mahachi |
1992 – 26 May 2001 |
5 |
Sydney Sekeramayi |
2001 – 13 February 2009 |
6 |
Emmerson Mnangagwa |
13 February 2009 – 11 September 2013 |
– |
Sydney Sekeramayi |
11 September 2013 – 27 November 2017 |
7 |
Kembo Mohadi |
30 November 2017 – 29 December 2017 |
Minister of Defence, Security and War Veterans |
8 |
Constantino Chiwenga |
29 December 2017 – 11 September 2018 |
Minister of Defence and War Veterans |
9 |
Oppah Muchinguri |
11 September 2018 – 4 September 2023 |
12 September 2023 – present |
Minister of Defence |