Amon Murwira

Professor Amon Murwira (born 1970) is a Zimbabwean politician and academic. He is currently the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade for Zimbabwe. He was appointed on 15 October 2024 when he swapped positions with the former Foreign Minister, Frederick Shava. Murwira is a member of Zanu-PF and was first appointed to the cabinet in 2017. He is not a member of parliament.

Murwira had been the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology for Zimbabwe, appointed in Emmerson Mnangagwa's first cabinet, and reappointed after each subsequent election.

Early life and education Murwira was born in 1970 in Nzuwa Village, Gutu, Zimbabwe. His father died when he was nine years old. He attended Shumbayarerwa Primary School, Rafemoyo Secondary School and Gutu High School, where he received six distinctions in his O-levels. In 1994 he received his Bachelors degree in Geography from the University of Zimbabwe. He then got his Masters in Environmental Systems Analysis and Monitoring at the International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences (ITC) of the University of Twente in the Netherlands. He received his Ph.D. in Geographic Information Science (GIS and Remote Sensing) from the University of Zimbabwe. He was a contributing author to Human-Wildlife Conflicts in Southern Africa: Riding the Whirlwind in Mozambique and Zimbabwe.

Immediately following the 2017 Zimbabwean coup d'état, Murwira received a surprise appointment as Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development.

Murwira was also, briefly, the acting Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade from 20 January 2021 to 2 March 2021, after the death in office of Sibusiso Moyo.