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Director-General CIO
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| Assumed office 1990 |
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| Deputy | Menard Muzariri |
| Preceded by | Ken Flower |
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| In office 1980s – 1990s |
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| President | Robert Mugabe |
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Commander ZANIA
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| Born | 11 January 1960 Chikomba (District),  Rhodesia and Nyasaland |
| Nationality | Zimbabwean |
| Political party | ZANU-PF |
Happyton Bonyongwe is the director general of the Zimbabwean government spy agency, the Central Intelligence Organisation (or CIO). Ken Flower was of Cornish extraction and worked for HM Customs & Excise before joining the British South African Police in Southern Rhodesia in 1937 Brigadier General is the lowest ranking General Officer in some countries usually sitting between the ranks of Colonel and Major General. The Zimbabwe National Army or ZNA was created in 1980 from elements of the Rhodesian Army integrated to a greater or lesser extent with combatants from the ZANLA Commander is a Military rank which is also sometimes used as a military title depending on the individual customs of a given military service Events 1055 - Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Constitutional origins It was commonly understood that Southern Rhodesia would be the dominant territory in the federation — economically electorally and militarily See also Great Zimbabwe National Monument. For information about the March and June 2008 presidential elections see Zimbabwean presidential election The Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF is a Zimbabwean Political party that was the ruling government in Zimbabwe See also Great Zimbabwe National Monument. For information about the March and June 2008 presidential elections see Zimbabwean presidential election The Central Intelligence Organisation ( CIO) is the national Intelligence agency or " Secret police " of Zimbabwe. [1] He is a retired Brigadier in the Zimbabwe National Army. The Zimbabwe National Army or ZNA was created in 1980 from elements of the Rhodesian Army integrated to a greater or lesser extent with combatants from the ZANLA Under his leadership, the CIO has has become more potent with countless citizens vanishing or dead at the hands of CIO agents. He reports directly to president Robert Mugabe, bypassing the Minister for Security, Dydimus Mutasa. [2]