Harare , Zimbabwe ( CNN ) -- Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe announced Tuesday a 26-member Cabinet mainly composed of allies from his previous appointments . It retains a ministry for enacting the policy of seizing the majority stake of foreign-owned firms . `` I am glad we now have a government of Zimbabwe following the harmonized elections , '' Misheck Sibanda , chief secretary to the president and Cabinet , told journalists at the State House . `` The Cabinet has been reduced from 33 under the government of national unity to 26 ministers . '' Zimbabwe has had no functioning Cabinet since the July 31 elections when Mugabe was re-elected . Prior to that , Mugabe 's Zanu PF party and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai 's MDC party shared power . The new Cabinet retains the Ministry of Indigenisation , the policy of seizing the majority stake of foreign owned firms and giving them to black Zimbabweans . Critics of the policy have said it mainly benefits a few elites . In the list released , Jonathan Moyo bounces back as media , information and broadcasting services minister . He was the minister who drafted tough media laws in 2002 that have resulted in the deportation of foreign journalists and the closing of some media organizations . Mugabe tossed him out of Zanu PF after Moyo stood as an independent in the 2008 elections . Former Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa is now the finance minister , taking over from Tendai Biti , who was from the MDC party under the 2009-2013 coalition government . The 89-year-old Mugabe and Zanu PF got more than a two-thirds majority in parliament in the July 31 elections .
Mugabe 's Cabinet is mainly composed of his colleagues from his previous government . It retains a mandate to pursue the objective of seizing the majority stake of foreign - owned companies . There are no appointments from the President .