Paradzai Zimondi
Rtd. Major General Paradzai Zimondi | |
|---|---|
| Commissioner-General for Prisons and Corrections Services | |
| In office 1 April 1998 – 1 November 2020 | |
| President | Robert Mugabe Emmerson Mnangagwa |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Paradzai Willings Zimondi 4 March 1947 |
| Died | 22 January 2021 (aged 73) |
| Party | ZANU–PF |
| Spouse(s) | Doreen Ruzai Gandari Annie Flora Imagine Chairuka |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Manyika Primary School, Uzumba Umvuma United Primary School, Mvuma Makosa Primary School, Mutoko Nyamuzuwe High School, Mutoko |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | ZANU (1974–1980) Zimbabwe (1980–1997) |
| Branch/service | ZANLA Zimbabwe National Army |
| Years of service | 1974–1997 |
| Rank | Major General |
| Battles/wars | Rhodesian Bush War |
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Paradzai Willings Zimondi (4 March 1947 – 22 January 2021) was a Zimbabwean military officer and security chief. A decorated war hero in Zimbabwe for his service in the Rhodesian Bush War, he later attained the rank of major general in the Zimbabwean army in its post-independent period. After his military retirement in 1997, he served for 22 years as the Prisons and Corrections Services Commissioner-General.
Zimondi was also a senior official of the military junta that staged coups in Zimbabwe in favor of Robert Mugabe. He was part of the Joint Operations Command, a de facto military planning committee in Zimbabwe.