Zimbabwe
1000-1690 Great Zimbabwe
1838 amaNdebele Kingdom founded
11 Feb 1888 - 24 Jan 1901 British protectorate of Zambesia
24 Jan 1901 Mashonaland and Matabeleland united as Southern Rhodesia
27 Oct 1922 Referendum rejects union with South Africa
21 Sep 1923 British colony of Southern Rhodesia (with self-government)
01 Aug 1953 - 31 Dec 1963 Part of Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
24 Oct 1964 Renamed Rhodesia (not recognised by U.K).
11 Nov 1965 Independence declared unilaterally (not recognised by U.K)
02 Mar 1970 Rhodesia a republic
01 Jun - 12 Dec 1979 Zimbabwe-Rhodesia (interim state)
12 Dec 1979 - 17 Apr 1980 Return to colonial status
17 Apr 1980 Independence from U.K (Zimbabwe)
17 Apr 1991 - Republic of Zimbabwe
22 May 2013 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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