Central Intelligence Organisation

Central Intelligence Organisation
Agency overview
Formed	October 1963
Preceding agency	British South Africa Police Special Branch, various;
Jurisdiction	Zimbabwe
Employees	Restricted
Annual budget	Not subject to audit
Ministers responsible	Owen Ncube;
Agency executives	Isaac Moyo, Director-General; Dr. Gatsha Mazithulela, Deputy Director-General (Special Services); Brig. General (Rtd)Walter Tapfumaneyi, Deputy Director-General (Operations);
Parent agency	Ministry of State Security in the president's office (OPC)

The Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) is the national intelligence agency of Zimbabwe. It was conceived as the external intelligence-gathering arm of the British South Africa Police Special Branch in the early 1960s, under the Southern Rhodesian Prime Minister Winston Field, and later served as one of the secret police organizations for President Robert Mugabe's regime.

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