Happyton Mabhuya Bonyongwe is a retired army general who briefly served as Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs in the cabinet of Zimbabwe from October to November 2017.
As Director General of the CIO he reported directly to president Robert Mugabe, bypassing the Minister for Security.
Bonyongwe replaced Emmerson Mnangagwa who previously served as head of the intelligence agency.
Mnangagwa had held both posts of Minister of Justice and First Vice President at the same time.
After the 2017 Zimbabwean coup d'etat, Mnangagwa was sworn in as Zimbabwe's 3rd president but did not retain Bonyongwe as Minister of Justice.