1. Perrance Shiri was the commander of the Air Force of Zimbabwe and member of the Joint Operations Command which exerts day-by-day control over Zimbabwe's government.
13 Facts About Perrance Shiri
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Perrance Shiri was a cousin of former President Robert Mugabe.
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On 30 November 2017, Shiri was appointed Minister of Agriculture by President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
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From 1983 to 1984, the Zimbabwean Fifth Brigade, under Perrance Shiri's command, was responsible for a reign of terror in Matabeleland.
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In 1992, Perrance Shiri was appointed the commander of the Air Force of Zimbabwe, taking over from Air Chief Marshal Josiah Tungamirai.
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Perrance Shiri was in command of the Zimbabwean troops at the start of the Second Congo War.
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In 2008 some Zimbabwean lawyers and opposition politicians from Mutare claimed that Perrance Shiri managed military assaults on illegal diggers in the diamond mines in the east of Zimbabwe.
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In 2002 the European Union barred then Air Marshal Shiri from entering the EU and on 6 March 2003, George W Bush ordered the blocking of any of Shiri's property in the United States.
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Perrance Shiri was ambushed on 13 December 2008 while driving to his farm.
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Perrance Shiri was influential in orchestrating the 2017 Zimbabwean coup d'etat which removed Mugabe from power.
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On 30 November 2017, Perrance Shiri was appointed Minister of Agriculture by President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
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Perrance Shiri died on 29 July 2020, after being hospitalized the day before.
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Perrance Shiri was 65; local news sources say his death was due to complications from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Zimbabwe.