Zimbabwe
1000-1690 Great Zimbabwe
1838 amaNdebele Kingdom founded
11 Feb 1888 - 24 Jan 1901 British protectorate of Zambesia
24 Jan 1901 - 24 Oct 1964 Southern Rhodesia
21 Sep 1923 - 11 Nov 1965 British colony of Southern Rhodesia
01 Aug 1953 - 31 Dec 1963 Part of Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
11 Nov 1965 Independence declared (not recognised)
11 Nov 1965 - 31 May 1979 Rhodesia (see below)
01 Jun - 12 Dec 1979 Zimbabwe-Rhodesia (interim state)
12 Dec 1979 - 17 Apr 1980 Return to colonial status
17 Apr 1980 Indepencence from Britain (Zimbabwe)
17 Apr 1991 - Republic of Zimbabwe
Rhodesia
Head of State
17 Nov 1965 - 02 Mar 1970 Clifford Walter Dupont ................ 1965-1978
(Representing the non-consenting Queen
Elizabeth of the United Kingdom
Presidents
02 Mar 1970 - 31 Dec 1975 Clifford Walter Dupont ................ s.a
(acting to 16 Apr 1970)
01 Jan - 14 Jan 1976 Henry Brendon Everard 1st Time) ....... 1897-1980
(acting)
14 Jan 1976 - 22 Aug 1978 John James Wrathall ................... 1913-1978
22 Aug - 01 Nov 1978 Henry Brendon Everard (2nd Time)
(acting)
01 Nov 1978 - 05 Mar 1979 Jack William Pithey ................... 1903-1987
05 Mar - 31 May 1979 Henry Brendon Everard (3rd Time)
(acting)
President of Zimbabwe-Rhodesia
01 Jun - 12 Dec 1979 Josiah Zion Gumede .................... 1919-1989
Governor
12 Dec 1979 - 17 Apr 1980 Christopher John Soames,
Baron Soames ......................... 1920-1987
Prime Ministers
01 Oct 1923 - 28 Aug 1927 Sir Charles Patrick John Goghlan ...... 1863-1927
28 Aug 1927 - 05 Jul 1933 Howard Unwin Moffat ................... 1869-1951
05 Jul - 12 Sep 1933 George Mitchell ....................... 1867-1937
12 Sep 1933 - 07 Sep 1953 Godfrey Martin Huggins ................ 1883-1971
07 Sep 1953 - 17 Feb 1958 R.S Garfield Todd ..................... 1908-2002
17 Feb 1958 - 17 Dec 1962 Sir Edgar Cuthbert Fremantle Whitehead 1905-1971
17 Dec 1962 - 13 Apr 1964 Sir Winston Joseph Field .............. 1904-1969
13 Apr 1964 - 31 May 1979 Ian Douglas Smith ..................... 1919-2007
01 Jun - 11 Dec 1979 Abel Tendekayi Muzorewa ............... 1925-2010
(for Zimbabwe-Rhodesia)
Zimbabwe
Presidents
18 Apr 1980 - 22 Dec 1987 Canaam Sodindo Banana ................. 1936-2003
22 Dec 1987 - 21 Nov 2017 Robert Gabriel Mugabe ................. 1924-2019
21 Nov - 24 Nov 2017 Phelekezela Mphoko .................... 1940-
(acting)
24 Nov 2017 - Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa ........... 1942-
Prime Ministers
18 Apr 1980 - 31 Dec 1987 Robert Gabriel Mugabe ................. s.a
01 Jan 1988 - 11 Feb 2009 Post Abolished
11 Feb 2009 - 11 Sep 2013 Morgan Richard Tsvangirai ............. 1952-2018
11 Sep 2013 - Post Abolished
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