Frederick Shava

{{Short description|Zimbabwean politician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| image = El Ministro de Asuntos Exteriores y Comercio Internacional de Zimbabue, Frederick Shava en Minsk en 2023 (cropped).png

| name = Frederick Shava

| office = Council Chairperson of SADC

| office1 = Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology

| predecessor1 = Amon Murwira

| president1 = Emmerson Mnangagwa

| termstart1 = 15 October 2024

| office2 = Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade

| office3 = Member of the Senate
for Midlands Province

| office4 = Permanent Representative of Zimbabwe to the United Nations

| predecessor2 = Sibusiso Moyo

| successor2 = Amon Murwira

| predecessor3 = Sibusiso Moyo

| predecessor4 = Chitsaka Chipaziwa

| successor3 = Stuart Comberbach

| president = Emmerson Mnangagwa

| president2 = Emmerson Mnangagwa

| vicepresident2 = *Constantino Chiwenga

• Kembo Mohadi

| president4 = Robert Mugabe
Emmerson Mnangagwa

| termstart = 17 August 2024

| termstart2 = 2 March 2021

| termstart3 = 17 March 2021

| termstart4 = 19 September 2014

| termend2 = 15 October 2024

| termend3 = 2021

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|03|20|df=y}}

| birth_place = Chivi, Cheteni Village, Southern Rhodesia

| party = ZANU–PF

| alma_mater = Royal Holloway College
Imperial College London

| spouse = Beatrice Foya Shava

}}

Frederick Musiiwa Makamure Shava (born 20 March 1949) is a Zimbabwean politician who was appointed Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology on 15 October 2024.{{Cite news|title=ED swaps Murwira, Shava portfolios |date=16 October 2024 |newspaper=Zimbabwe Independent |url=https://www.newsday.co.zw/theindependent/local-news/article/200033653/ed-swaps-murwira-shava-portfolios |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250401235411/https://www.newsday.co.zw/theindependent/local-news/article/200033653/ed-swaps-murwira-shava-portfolios |archive-date=1 April 2025 |url-status=live }}{{Cite news|title=Ministers Shava, Murwira reassigned |date=16 October 2024 |newspaper=The Herald |location= Harare, Zimbabwe |url=https://www.herald.co.zw/ministers-shava-murwira-reassigned/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/1twGV?https://www.herald.co.zw/ministers-shava-murwira-reassigned/ |archive-date=1 April 2025 |url-status=live }} He was formerly the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade from 2 March 2021{{Cite web |last=Machivenyika |first=Farirai |date=8 February 2021 |title=JUST IN: President makes Ministerial appointments |url=https://www.herald.co.zw/just-in-president-makes-ministerial-appointments/ |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2021-02-08 |website=The Herald |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |date=2021-03-02 |title=Frederick Shava sworn in as Minister of Foreign Affairs |url=https://www.thezimbabwemail.com/zimbabwe/frederick-shava-sworn-in-as-minister-of-foreign-affairs/ |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=The Zimbabwe Mail}} to 15 October 2024. He also serves as a member of the Senate representing Midlands Province, having been sworn in on 17 March 2021.{{Cite web |date=20 March 2021 |title=Zanu PF replaces dead legislators |url=https://www.thezimbabwemail.com/parliament-parliament/zanu-pf-replaces-dead-legislators/ |access-date=2022-12-23 |website=The Zimbabwe Mail}} He replaced the late Sibusiso Moyo in both the Senate and as foreign minister.

Prior to his cabinet appointments, Shava served as Zimbabwe's representative to the United Nations, where he was the President of the UN Economic and Social Affairs Council.{{Cite web |title=Biography for the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Honourable Ambassador Frederick Makamure Shava |date=16 March 2016 |publisher=Embassy of Paraguay |location=South Africa |url=https://www.paraguayembassy.co.za/wp-content/uploads/formidable/52/Nota-2021075-DGG.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224183417/https://www.paraguayembassy.co.za/wp-content/uploads/formidable/52/Nota-2021075-DGG.pdf |archive-date=24 December 2022 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web|last=Mabasa|first=Sasa|date=20 September 2016 |title=Zimbabwe chosen to lead UN economic, social council |newspaper=The Chronicle |language=en-GB |url=https://www.chronicle.co.zw/zimbabwe-chosen-to-lead-un-economic-social-council-2/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920184521/https://www.chronicle.co.zw/zimbabwe-chosen-to-lead-un-economic-social-council-2/ |archive-date=20 September 2016 |url-status=live }} Shava also served in Robert Mugabe's government as the Minister of Labour, Manpower Planning and Development from 1981 to 1986 and Minister of State for Political Affairs in 1987.{{Cite news|agency=Reuters|date=14 June 1981 |title=Zimbabwe Exodus is Greater Now than in War |language=en-US |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/06/14/world/zimbabwe-exodus-is-greater-now-than-in-war.html |access-date=2 April 2025 |issn=0362-4331 }} While a cabinet minister in the Mugabe government, Shava was convicted for perjury in the Willowgate motor scandal, a matter for which he later received a presidential pardon.{{Cite book|last=Maguchu|first=Prosper|title=Transitional Justice and Socio-Economic Rights in Zimbabwe|publisher=T.M.C. Asser Press|year=2019|isbn=9789462653238|location=The Hague|pages=87–88}} He also served as Zimbabwe's ambassador to China from 2007 to 2014. He became Council Chairperson of the Southern African Development Community in August 2024.{{Cite web |title=Zim takes over Sadc Council of Ministers reins |date=14 August 2024 |newspaper=The Herald |location=Harare, Zimbabwe |url=https://www.herald.co.zw/zim-takes-over-sadc-council-of-ministers-reins/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/2GC86?https://www.herald.co.zw/zim-takes-over-sadc-council-of-ministers-reins/ |archive-date=2 April 2025 |url-status=live }}