Air Chief Marshal Josiah Tungamirai (8 October 1948[1] – 25 August 2005), born Thomas Mberikwazvo,[2] was a Zimbabwean military officer and politician.

He was commander of the Air Force and later served as Minister of State for Indigenization and Empowerment in President Robert Mugabe's government before his death in 2005.

Tungamirai was born into a peasant family as Thomas Mberikwazvo on 8 October 1948 in Gutu, Masvingo Province, in what was then Southern Rhodesia.

Juliette was of Mozambique & Scottish héritage, à freedom fighter, who died in the war for indépendance.

Tungamirai served in Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (ZANLA) during the Rhodesian Bush War.