Stuart Comberbach

His Excellency Stuart Comberbach
Permanent Representative of Zimbabwe to the United Nations and other international organisations in Geneva, Switzerland
Incumbent
Assumed office April 2021
President	Emmerson Mnangagwa
Special Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of the Republic of Zimbabwe.
In office September 2018 – April 2021
President	Emmerson Mnangagwa
Succeeded by	Grace Tsitsi Mutandiro
Permanent Secretary in the Office of the President and Cabinet of Zimbabwe Head - Corporate Governance, Parastatal Reform and Delivery Unit
In office September 2014 – September 2018
President	Robert Mugabe Emmerson Mnangagwa
Succeeded by	Willard Manungo
Ambassador of Zimbabwe to Japan and South Korea
In office January 2003 – May 2014
President	Robert Mugabe
Minister	Simbarashe Mumbengegwi
Preceded by	Andrew Hama Mtetwa
Succeeded by	Titus Mehliswa Jonathan Abu-Basutu
Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Industry and International Trade
In office September 1999 – December 2002
President	Robert Mugabe
Minister	Nathan Shamuyarira Nkosana Moyo Herbert Murerwa Samuel Mumbengegwi
Ambassador of Zimbabwe to Italy and Permanent Representative of Zimbabwe to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, World Food Programme, and International Fund for Agricultural Development
In office July 1994 – May 1999
President	Robert Mugabe
Minister	Nathan Shamuyarira
Trade Commissioner and Head of Mission, Zimbabwe Trade Mission, later, Zimbabwe Representative Office, Johannesburg, South Africa
In office May 1987 – June 1994
President	Canaan Banana Robert Mugabe
Minister	Witness Mangwende Nathan Shamuyarira
Director, Information and Research Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Headquarters
In office February 1982 – May 1987
President	Canaan Banana
Minister	Witness Mangwende
Head, Rhodesian Liaison Office, Libreville, Gabon
In office October 1975 – November 1979
President	Clifford Dupont John Wrathall Josiah Gumede
Minister	Ian Smith Abel Muzorewa
Personal details
Born	(1952-09-27) 27 September 1952 (age 71) Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia
Spouse	Benedict Ann Comberbach
Alma mater	University of the Witwatersrand

Stuart Harold Comberbach (born 27 September 1952) is a Zimbabwean diplomat and politician. Currently, he serves as Ambassador/Permanent Representative of Zimbabwe to the United Nations and other international organisations in Geneva, Switzerland.

Immediately prior to that, he served as a Special Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Zimbabwe, Lieutenant General (Rtd) Dr Sibusiso B. Moyo.

He served previously as Zimbabwe's Ambassador to Italy from 1994 to 1999, and later Ambassador to Japan and South Korea from 2003 to 2014, in 2014 Comberbach was named a senior advisor in the Office the President and Cabinet under former President Robert Mugabe. Born in Salisbury (today Harare), Comberbach joined the Rhodesian civil service in 1974 and is one of the few white civil servants remaining in Zimbabwe.