Patrick Chinamasa
Patrick Chinamasa MP | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Finance and Economic Planning | |
| In office 27 November 2017 – 9 September 2018 Acting: 27 November 2017 – 30 November 2017 | |
| President | Emmerson Mnangagwa |
| Deputy | Terence Mukupe |
| Preceded by | Ignatius Chombo |
| Succeeded by | Mthuli Ncube |
| In office 10 September 2013 – 9 October 2017 Minister of Finance and Economic Development | |
| President | Robert Mugabe |
| Preceded by | Tendai Biti |
| Succeeded by | Ignatius Chombo |
| In office 7 January 2009 – 13 February 2009 Minister of Finance Acting | |
| President | Robert Mugabe |
| Preceded by | Samuel Mumbengegwi |
| Succeeded by | Tendai Biti |
| Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs | |
| In office July 2000 – September 2013 | |
| President | Robert Mugabe |
| Deputy | Jessie Majome |
| Succeeded by | Emmerson Mnangagwa |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 January 1947 Southern Rhodesia |
| Political party | ZANU–PF |
| Spouse | Monica Chinamasa |
| Children | 2 (1 deceased) |
Patrick Antony Chinamasa (born 25 January 1947) is a Zimbabwean politician who served in the government of Zimbabwe as the minister of various cabinet ministries. Previously he served as the Minister of Finance and Investment Promotion and the Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs.
On 9 October 2017, he was appointed as Minister of the newly created Ministry of Cyber Security, Threat Detection and Mitigation. On 27 November 2017, Emmerson Mnangagwa, who succeeded Robert Mugabe as President of Zimbabwe following the 2017 Zimbabwean coup d'état, appointed Chinamasa as the nation's acting Finance Minister. He was substantively returned to his portfolio as Minister of Finance and Economic Development in Mnangagwa's first cabinet on 30 November 2017.