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03/10/2003

The President has issued an Executive Order "Blocking Property of Persons Undermining Democratic Processes or Institutions in Zimbabwe." The text follows:

"By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code,

I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, have determined that the actions and policies of certain members of the Government of Zimbabwe and other persons to undermine Zimbabwe's democratic processes or institutions, contributing to the deliberate breakdown in the rule of law in Zimbabwe, to politically motivated violence and intimidation in that country, and to political and economic instability in the southern African region, constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign policy of the United States, and I hereby declare a national emergency to deal with that threat.

I hereby order:

Section 1. Except to the extent provided in section 203(b) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)), and in regulations, orders, directives, or licenses that may be issued pursuant to this order, and notwithstanding any contract entered into or any license or permit granted prior to the effective date of this order, all property and interests in property of the following persons that are in the United States, that hereafter come within the United States, or that are or hereafter come within the possession or control of United States persons, including their overseas branches, are blocked and may not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in:

(a) the persons listed in the Annex to this order; and

(b) any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to be owned or controlled by, or acting or purporting to act directly or indirectly for or on behalf of, any of the persons listed in the Annex to this order.

Sec. 2. (a) Any transaction or dealing by a United States person or within the United States in property or interests in property blocked pursuant to this order is prohibited, including but not limited to the making or receiving of any contribution of funds, goods, or services to or for the benefit of any person listed in the Annex to this order or who is the subject of a determination under subsection 1(b) of this order.

(b) Any transaction by a United States person or within the United States that evades or avoids, has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate any of the prohibitions set forth in this order is prohibited.

(c) Any conspiracy formed to violate the prohibitions set forth in this order is prohibited.

Sec. 3. For the purposes of this order:

(a) The term "person" means an individual or entity;

(b) The term "entity" means a partnership, association, trust, joint venture, corporation, group, subgroup, or other organization; and

(c) The term "United States person" means any United States citizen, permanent resident alien, entity organized under the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction within the United States (including foreign branches), or any person in the United States.

Sec. 4. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, is hereby authorized to take such actions, including the promulgation of rules and regulations, and to employ all powers granted to me by IEEPA, as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this order. The Secretary of the Treasury may re-delegate any of these functions to other officers and agencies of the United States Government. All agencies of the United States Government are hereby directed to take all appropriate measures within their authority to carry out the provisions of this order.

Sec. 5. This order is not intended to create, nor does it create, any right, benefit, or privilege, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law by a party against the United States, its agencies, officers, employees, or any other person.

Sec. 6. (a) This order is effective at 12:01 eastern standard time on March 7, 2003; and

(b) This order shall be transmitted to the Congress and published in the Federal Register."

Attached to the Order is an Annex containing 77 designations. The names and descriptor information appear below in OFAC's usual format. All of OFAC's SDN material has been updated accordingly. A brochure on Zimbabwe and appropriate updates to OFAC's industry overviews for the financial community, exporters & importers, the securities industry, and the insurance industry have also been posted.

MUGABE, Robert Gabriel, President of Zimbabwe; DOB 21 Feb 1924 (individual) [ZIMB]

BUKA, Flora, Minister of State for Land Reform of Zimbabwe; DOB 25 Feb 1968 (individual) [ZIMB]

CHARAMBA, George, Permanent Secretary, Zimbabwean Ministry of Information; DOB 4 Apr 1963 (individual) [ZIMB]

CHARUMBIRA, Fortune, Deputy Minister for Local Government, Public Works, and National Housing of Zimbabwe; DOB 10 Jun 1962 (individual) [ZIMB]

CHIGWEDERE, Aeneas, Minister of Education, Sports and Culture of Zimbabwe; DOB 25 Nov 1939 (individual) [ZIMB]

CHIHURI, Augustine, Zimbabwean Police Commissioner; DOB 10 Mar 1953 (individual) [ZIMB]

CHIKOWORE, Enos, Politburo Secretary for Land and Resettlement of Zimbabwe; DOB 17 July 1942 (individual) [ZIMB]

CHINAMASA, Patrick, Minister of Justice of Zimbabwe; DOB 25 Jan 1947 (individual) [ZIMB]

CHINDORI-CHININGA, Edward, Minister of Mines of Zimbabwe; DOB 14 Mar 1955 (individual) [ZIMB]

CHIWENGA, Constantine, Lt. General, Commander of the Zimbabwean Army; DOB 25 Aug 1956 (individual) [ZIMB]

CHIWEWE, Willard, Senior Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Zimbabwe; DOB 19 Mar 1949 (individual) [ZIMB]

CHOMBO, Ignatius, Minister of Local Government of Zimbabwe; DOB 1 Aug 1952 (individual) [ZIMB]

DABENGWA, Dumiso, Politburo Senior Committee Member of Zimbabwe; DOB 6 Dec 1939 (individual) [ZIMB]

GOCHE, Nicholas, Minister of State for National Security of Zimbabwe; DOB 1 Aug 1946 (individual) [ZIMB]

GUMBO, Rugare, Deputy Minister for Home Affairs of Zimbabwe; DOB 8 Mar 1940 (individual) [ZIMB]

HOVE, Richard, Politburo Secretary for Economic Affairs of Zimbabwe; DOB 23 Sep 1939 (individual) [ZIMB]

KARIMANZIRA, David, Politburo Secretary for Finance of Zimbabwe; DOB 25 May 1947 (individual) [ZIMB]

KASUKUWERE, Saviour, Deputy Secretary for Youth Affairs of Zimbabwe; DOB 23 Oct 1970 (individual) [ZIMB]

KURUNERI, Christopher, Deputy Minister, Finance and Economic Development of Zimbabwe; DOB 4 Apr 1949 (individual) [ZIMB]

LESABE, Thenjiwe, Politburo Secretary for Women's Affairs of Zimbabwe; DOB 5 Jan 1933 (individual) [ZIMB]

MACHAYA, Jaison, Deputy Minister for Mines and Mining Development of Zimbabwe; DOB 13 Jun 1952 (individual) [ZIMB]

MADE, Joseph, Minister of Agriculture of Zimbabwe; DOB 21 Nov 1954 (individual) [ZIMB]

MADZONGWE, Edna, Deputy-Secretary for Production and Labor of Zimbabwe; DOB 11 Jul 1943 (individual) [ZIMB]

MAHOFA, Shuvai, Deputy Minister for Youth Development, Gender and Employment Creation of Zimbabwe; DOB 4 Apr 1941 (individual) [ZIMB]

MALINGA, Joshua, Deputy Secretary for Disabled and Disadvantaged of Zimbabwe; DOB 28 Apr 1944 (individual) [ZIMB]

MANGWANA, Paul, Minister of State for State Enterprises and Parastatals of Zimbabwe; DOB 10 Aug 1961 (individual) [ZIMB]

MANGWENDE, Witness, Minister of Transport and Communications of Zimbabwe; DOB 15 Aug 1946 (individual) [ZIMB]

MANYIKA, Elliot, Minister of Youth Development of Zimbabwe; DOB 30 Jul 1955 (individual) [ZIMB]

MANYONDA, Kenneth, Deputy Minister for Industry and International Trade of Zimbabwe; DOB 10 Aug 1934 (individual) [ZIMB]

MARUMAHOKO, Reuben, Deputy Minister for Energy and Power Development of Zimbabwe; DOB 4 Apr 1948 (individual) [ZIMB]

MASUKU, Angeline, Politburo Secretary for Disabled and Disadvantaged Persons Welfare of Zimbabwe; DOB 14 Oct 1936 (individual) [ZIMB]

MATHUTHU, Sithokozile, Deputy-Secretary for Transport and Social Welfare of Zimbabwe (individual) [ZIMB]

MIDZI, Amos Bernard Muvenga, Minister for Energy and Development of Zimbabwe; DOB 4 July 1952 (individual) [ZIMB]

MNANGAGWA, Emmerson, Parliamentary Speaker of Zimbabwe; DOB 15 Sep 1946 (individual) [ZIMB]

MOHADI, Kembo, Minister of Home Affairs of Zimbabwe; DOB 15 Nov 1949 (individual) [ZIMB]

MOMBESHORA, Swithun, Minister of Higher Education of Zimbabwe; DOB 20 Aug 1945 (individual) [ZIMB]

MOYO, Jonathan, Minister of Information of Zimbabwe; DOB 12 Jan 1957 (individual) [ZIMB]

MOYO, July, Minister of Public Service, Labor and Social Welfare of Zimbabwe; DOB 7 May 1950 (individual) [ZIMB]

MOYO, Simon Khaya, Deputy-Secretary for Legal Affairs of Zimbabwe; DOB 1945 (individual) [ZIMB]

MPOFU, Obert, Deputy-Secretary for National Security of Zimbabwe; DOB 12 Oct 1951 (individual) [ZIMB]

MSIKA, Joseph, Vice President of Zimbabwe; DOB 6 Dec 1923 (individual) [ZIMB]

MUCHENA, Olivia, Minister of State for Science and Technology Development of Zimbabwe; DOB 18 Aug 1946 (individual) [ZIMB]

MUCHINGURI, Opah, Politburo Secretary for Gender and Culture of Zimbabwe; DOB 14 Dec 1958 (individual) [ZIMB]

MUDENGE, Stan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Zimbabwe; DOB 17 Dec 1948 (individual) [ZIMB]

MUGABE, Grace, President of Zimbabwe's "First Lady;" DOB 23 Jul 1965 (individual) [ZIMB]

MUGABE, Sabina, Politburo Senior Committee Member of Zimbabwe; DOB 14 Oct 1934 (individual) [ZIMB]

MUJURU, Joyce, Minister of Rural Resources and Water of Zimbabwe; DOB 15 Apr 1955 (individual) [ZIMB]

MUJURU, Solomon, Politburo Senior Committee Member of Zimbabwe; DOB 1 May 1949 (individual) [ZIMB]

MUMBENGEGWI, Samuel, Minister of Industry and International Trade of Zimbabwe; DOB 20 July 1945 (individual) [ZIMB]

MURERWA, Herbert, Minister of Finance of Zimbabwe; DOB 31 July 1941 (individual) [ZIMB]

MUSHOHWE, Christopher, Deputy Minister, Transport and Communications of Zimbabwe; DOB 6 Feb 1954 (individual) [ZIMB]

MUTASA, Didymus, Politburo Secretary for External Relations of Zimbabwe; DOB 27 July 1935 (individual) [ZIMB]

MUTIWEKUZIVA, Kenneth, Deputy Minister for Small and Medium Enterprise Development of Zimbabwe; DOB 27 May 1948 (individual) [ZIMB]

MUZENDA, Simon Vengesai, Vice President of Zimbabwe; DOB 28 Oct 1922 (individual) [ZIMB]

MUZENDA, Tsitsi, Politburo Senior Committee Member of Zimbabwe; DOB 28 Aug 1922 (individual) [ZIMB]

MUZONZINI, Elisha, Director of the Central Intelligence Organization of Zimbabwe, DOB 24 Jun 1957 (individual) [ZIMB]

NCUBE, Abedinico, Deputy Minister, Foreign Affairs of Zimbabwe; DOB 13 Mar 1954 (individual) [ZIMB]

NDLOVU, Naison, Politburo Secretary for Production and Labor of Zimbabwe; DOB 22 Oct 1930 (individual) [ZIMB]

NDLOVU, Sikhanyiso, Deputy-Secretary for Commissariat of Zimbabwe; DOB 20 Sept 1949 (individual) [ZIMB]

NHEMA, Francis, Minister of Environment and Tourism of Zimbabwe; DOB 17 Apr 1959 (individual) [ZIMB]

NKOMO, John, Minister of State for Special Affairs of Zimbabwe; DOB 22 Aug 1934 (individual) [ZIMB]

NKOMO, Stephen, Politburo Senior Committee Member of Zimbabwe; DOB 3 Oct 1926 (individual) [ZIMB]

NYONI, Sithembiso, Minister of Small and Medium Enterprises Development of Zimbabwe; DOB 20 Sept 1949 (individual) [ZIMB]

PARIRENYATWA, David, Minister of Health and Child Welfare of Zimbabwe; DOB 2 Aug 1950 (individual) [ZIMB]

POTE, Selina, Deputy-Secretary for Gender and Culture of Zimbabwe (individual) [ZIMB]

RUSERE, Tinos, Deputy Minister for Rural Resources and Water Development of Zimbabwe; DOB 10 May 1945 (individual) [ZIMB]

SAKUPWANYA, Stanley, Deputy-Secretary for Health and Child Welfare of Zimbabwe (individual) [ZIMB]

SEKERAMAYI, Sidney, Minister of Defense of Zimbabwe; DOB 30 Mar 1944 (individual) [ZIMB]

SHAMUYARIRA, Nathan, Politburo Secretary for Information and Publicity of Zimbabwe; DOB 29 Sept 1928 (individual) [ZIMB]

SHIRI, Perence, Zimbabwean Air Marshal (Air Force); DOB 11 Jan 1955 (individual) [ZIMB]

SHUMBA, Isaiah, Deputy Minister, Education, Sports and Culture of Zimbabwe; DOB 3 Jan 1949 (individual) [ZIMB]

SIKOSANA, Absolom, Politburo Secretary for Youth Affairs of Zimbabwe (individual) [ZIMB]

TAWENGWA, Solomon, Deputy-Secretary for Finance of Zimbabwe; DOB 15 Jun 1940 (individual) [ZIMB]

TUNGAMIRAI, Josiah, Politburo Secretary for Empowerment and Indigenization of Zimbabwe; DOB 8 Oct 1948 (individual) [ZIMB]

UTETE, Charles, Cabinet Secretary of Zimbabwe; DOB 30 Oct 1938 (individual) [ZIMB]

ZIMONDI, Paradzai, Zimbabwean Prisons chief; DOB 4 Mar 1947 (individual) [ZIMB]

ZVINAVASHE, Vitalis, General, Commander of Zimbabwe Defense Forces; DOB 27 Sep 1943 (individual) [ZIMB]

The Executive Order also states "with respect to each person listed in this Annex reflects information currently available and is provided solely to facilitate compliance with this order. Each individual listed in this Annex remains subject to the prohibitions of this order notwithstanding any change in title, position, or affiliation."

Last Updated 03/25/2003 communications@fdic.gov

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