Cristóvão Artur Chume is a Mozambican military general who was appointed Minister of National Defense in November 2021.

He had previously served as the Commander of the Army Branch of the Mozambique Defence Armed Forces from March to November 2021.

[1] In 2019, he was appointed head of the Marechal Samora Machel Military Academy in Nampula.

On 12 March 2021, Chume was appointed as the Commander of the Army Branch of the Mozambique Defence Armed Forces (MDAF) by president Filipe Nyusi after changes in the structure of the Defense Armed Forces promoted by the Mozambican Head of State.

[2] Major-General Francisco Zacarias Mataruca was appointed to replace him as chief of the Military Academy.