Perence Shiri (born Bigboy Samson Chikerema on 11 January 1955 ) is a retired Zimbabwean air officer serving as Minister of Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement since 1 December 2017 in the Cabinet of Zimbabwe.
He was the commander of the Air Force of Zimbabwe and member of the Joint Operations Command which exerts day-by-day control over Zimbabwe's government.Perence Shiri is a cousin of former President Robert Mugabe.
He has called himself "Black Jesus", because according to an anonymous claim on BBC Panorama documentary "The Price of Silence", he "could determine your life like Jesus Christ.
He could heal, raise the dead, whatever.
So he claimed to be like that because he could say if you live or not."On 30 November 2017, Shiri was appointed Minister of Agriculture by President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
On 18 December he was promoted from Air Marshall to Air Chief Marshall upon retirement.