Welcome message
It is an honour to welcome you to the website for the Embassy of the Republic of Zimbabwe to the Kingdom of Sweden, Nordic and Baltic Countries. This website is a valuable and educational portal, and I hope it will serve you as a useful resource, as well as a virtual connection to our homeland.
The Embassy’s website is an extension of the Zimbabwean values and heritage, a portal into our rich culture, trade and investment opportunities and tourist attractions. I would like to take this opportunity, on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Zimbabwe and fellow citizens, to extend to you our historic and beautiful Zimbabwe. We thank you for taking the time to visit our online home.
— H.E. Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga
Biography
H.E. Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga has served Zimbabwe for more than two decades, as a campaigner for women's rights, a Member of Parliament for 21 years, a Cabinet minister and, since 2021, Ambassador.
- Today
Ambassador in Stockholm
Ambassador of the Republic of Zimbabwe to Sweden, also accredited to Norway, Denmark, Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
- January 2024
Received by the President of Latvia
President Edgars Rinkēvičs received the Ambassador in Riga on 31 January 2024.
- 2022
Credentials presented in Estonia, Lithuania and Finland
Estonia, June 2022Lithuania, August 2022Finland, September 2022
- September 2021
Appointed Ambassador to Sweden
Appointed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, she left Parliament after 21 years.
- 2018 – 2021
Member of Parliament, proportional representation
She chaired the Portfolio Committee on Women and Youth Affairs and, later, the Committee on Primary and Secondary Education, and served on the Justice and Foreign Affairs committees.
- 2009 – 2013
Minister of Regional Integration and International Co-operation
She led the one-stop border post between Zimbabwe and Zambia, sponsored Zimbabwe's first aid and development framework with the World Bank, the African Development Bank and UNDP, and worked to protect women's rights in the 2013 Constitution.
- 2008 – 2009
Negotiator for the inclusive government
The only woman among the chief negotiators in the talks that formed Zimbabwe's inclusive government in 2009.
- 2003 – 2008
First woman to chair the Public Accounts Committee
- 2000
Elected Member of Parliament for Glen Norah, Harare
One of seven opposition women elected to Parliament that year. In Parliament she helped found the Women's Caucus, which brings women together across party lines.
- 1999
Executive Director of the Women and AIDS Support Network
A long-standing campaigner for gender equality, she was a founder member of the National Constitutional Assembly and of the Women in Politics Support Unit.