Name George Chiweshe  
Surname Chiweshe
First Names George Mutandwa
Alternate Name  
Title Justice
Country of Birth Zimbabwe
Positions
From To Organisation Position
2005   Zimbabwe Electoral Commission Chairperson
2004 2005 Delimitation Commission Chairman - Delimitation Commission
1996 2001 Zimbabwe National Army Judge Advicate General - Brigadier General
  1988 University of Zimbabwe Student - Law Degree
1983 1996 Zimbabwe National Army Major
1980 1983 Ministry of Legal & Parliamentary Affairs State Prosecutor in the Ministry of Justice
Date of Birth 5 Jun 1953
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Notes Former combatant in Zimbabwe’s war of liberation rising to the rank of Detachment Commander (1975-1980), Clerk of Court-Prosecutor-Magistrate (1980-1983).
Served with the Ministry of Defence as a Legal Officer; appointed Deputy Director then Director of Legal Services; appointed first Judge-Advocate General of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces in the rank of Brigadier General (1994-2001).
Former Board of Director of the International Society for Military Law and the Law of War, member of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law (1995-2000), International Humanitarian Law activist who served many assignments with the International Committee of the Red Cross (Geneva).
Founder member and former Chairperson of the Frontline States Military Lawyers Association, former Deputy Chairperson Commonwealth Military Lawyers Association, appointed High Court Judge in April 2001 and chaired the 2004 Delimitation Commission.
[ Retrieved on 07 FEB 2008 ]
Record last updated on 31 MAR 2008