George Charamba is the Deputy Chief Secretary-Presidential Communications in the Office of the

President of Zimbabwe The president of Zimbabwe is the head of state of Zimbabwe and head of the executive branch of the government of Zimbabwe. The president chairs the national cabinet and is the chief commanding authority of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces. The in ...

and former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information of

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. His position makes him the official spokesperson for President

Emmerson Mnangagwa Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa (, American English, US: (); born 15 September 1942) is a Zimbabwean politician who has served as President of Zimbabwe since 24 November 2017. A member of ZANU–PF and a longtime ally of former President Robert Muga ...

Background

Charamba was appointed to

Robert Mugabe Robert Gabriel Mugabe (; ; 21 February 1924 – 6 September 2019) was a Zimbabwean revolutionary and politician who served as Prime Minister of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 1987 and then as President from 1987 to 2017. He served as Leader of the ...

's government following the elections of 2000. He is among a set of individuals not allowed to travel to the

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because the Department of the Treasury is of the opinion that they are "undermining democratic processes" in

Press Secretary

Following the departure of

Jonathan Moyo Jonathan Nathaniel Mlevu Moyo (born 12 January 1957) is a Zimbabwean politician who served in the government of Zimbabwe as Minister of Higher Education from 2015 to 2017. He was previously Minister of Information and Publicity from 2000 to 2005 ...

from the information ministry, Charamba became the ''de facto'' government spokesperson and Permanent Secretary (Perm Sec) of the Ministry, usurping the powers of

Sikhanyiso Ndlovu Sikhanyiso Ndlovu was a Zimbabwean politician who was Minister of Information and Publicity from 2007 to 2008. He was also a member of the ZANU-PF Politburo. Political career After serving as Deputy Minister of Education, Ndlovu was appointed as ...

. He regularly appears in the government media denouncing the opposition parties, dismissing them as inspired and backed by Western powers. He declared that the "West could go hang a thousand times" in response to Western criticism of Mugabe's re-election. In 2018, newly elected as President,

appointed Nick Mangwana to replace George Charamba as Information and Broadcasting Services Perm Sec.

References

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