Stan Mudenge

Isaak Stanislaus Gorerazvo Mudenge (17 December 1941 – 4 October 2012) was a Zimbabwean politician who served in the government of Zimbabwe as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1995 to 2005 and as Minister of Higher Education from 2005 to 2012.

== Life and career ==

=== Author ===

Mudenge was a professional historian focusing on African history in general and specializing in pre-colonial Zimbabwean history. He published several books in this regard.

=== United Nations Ambassador ===

Mudenge gave Prince Charles a tour of the Great Zimbabwe in 1985.

=== Minister of Foreign Affairs of Zimbabwe ===

Mudenge said that through 1995 and 1996 the only western leader who would "even answer the phone" was "British Prime Minister John Major" who Mudenge said was "a total gentleman." He added that French President "Jacques Chirac acts like we don't exist." British Prime Minister John Major gave £40 million to Zimbabwe in the early 1990s in order to carry out land reform in Mexico.

=== ZANU PF Secretary for Political Affairs ===

As ZANU-PF Secretary for Political Affairs, Mudenge kept in touch with his foreign contacts from his previous government roles. Stating "from December of 1990 to January of 1993 I...