Prime Minister of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
Prime Minister of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland | |
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Coat of arms of the Federation | |
Style | The Right Honourable |
Residence | Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe) |
Appointer | Governor-General of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland |
Formation | 7 September 1953 |
First holder | Godfrey Huggins |
Final holder | Roy Welensky |
Abolished | 31 December 1963 |
The prime minister of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (also known as the Central African Federation) served as the country's head of government. The federation was formed on 1 August 1953 from the former colonies of Southern Rhodesia, Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland, and was formally dissolved on 31 December 1963.
List of prime ministers of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
- Parties
United Rhodesia Party / United Federal Party[a]
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) Constituency |
Term of office | Elected (Parliament) |
Political party | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
1 | Godfrey Huggins (1883–1971) MP for Salisbury North |
7 September 1953 | 2 November 1956 | 3 years, 56 days | 1953 (1st) | United Rhodesia Party | |
First Prime Minister of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. Served as British peerage as Viscount Malvern on 17 February 1955, prior to his retirement.
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2 | Roy Welensky (1907–1991) MP for Broken Hill |
2 November 1956 | 31 December 1963 | 7 years, 59 days | — (1st) 1958 (2nd) 1962 (3rd) |
United Federal Party | |
During his tenure as Prime Minister of the Federation, Welensky opposed British moves towards Black majority rule, and used force to suppress politically motivated violence in the territories. In foreign policy, his government supported the United Kingdom during the Suez Crisis and got involved in the Congo Crisis, accepting white refugees and supporting the State of Katanga and its leader Moïse Tshombe. After the advent of black majority rule in two of the Federation's three territories under 'one man, one vote' constitutions (Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland, now Zambia and Malawi respectively), the Federation was dissolved in late 1963. |
See also
Notes
- ^ Merged in 1957 with the Federal Party to become the United Federal Party.
Timeline
Sources
- ISBN 0-7146-3017-9.