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Philip Valerio Sibanda

Lt General
Philip Valerio Sibanda
General Commander - Zimbabwe National Army
Assumed office
December 2003
President Robert Mugabe
Preceded by General Constantine Chiwenga
Personal details
Born Southern Rhodesia
Nationality Zimbabwean
Profession Soldier, Military Commander

Lt General Philip Valerio Sibanda is the current Commander of the Zimbabwe National Army.

The Zimbabwe National Army is the land based arm of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, formed at Zimbabwe's independence in 1980 following the integration of former members of the Rhodesian Army with Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army and Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) guerrilla movements (the armed wings of, respectively, Zimbabwe African National Union and Zimbabwe African People's Union).

Lt General Sibanda was educated at Marist Brothers Dete in Dete.

During the Rhodesian Bush War, Philip Valerio Sibanda trained and served as a ZIPRA military combatant.


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