Olivia Muchena

The Right Honourable Dr. Olivia Muchena MP
Muchena, June 2006
Minister of Women Affairs, Gender and Community Development
In office 13 February 2009 – 10 September 2013
President	Robert Mugabe
Prime Minister	Morgan Tsvangirai
Deputy	Evelyn Masaiti
Preceded by	Sithembiso Nyoni (Acting)
Minister of Science and Technology Development of Zimbabwe
In office Unknown – 13 February 2009
President	Robert Mugabe
Succeeded by	Henry Dzinotyiweyi
Personal details
Born	18 August 1946 Mutoko, Southern Rhodesia
Political party	Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front
Alma mater	Iowa State University

Olivia Nyembezi Muchena (born 18 August 1946) is a Zimbabwean politician and the former Minister of Higher Education in the Cabinet of Zimbabwe. She has also served as the Minister of Science and Technology Development and as the Minister of Women's Affairs.

She studied for a PhD in Agriculture Extension Education with minors in Technology and Social Change at Iowa State University. During the late 1970s she was a faculty member at the University of Rhodesia [1]. A strong supporter of President Robert Mugabe, she has served in various positions in the Zimbabwe government, including in the Ministry of Agriculture and the Office of the Vice President, where she was involved in Zimbabwe's land reform process.

When the ZANU-PF–MDC national unity government was sworn in on February 13, 2009, Muchena became Minister of Women's Affairs.