First and only prime minister of Zimbabwe Rhodesia (1979-80)
Bishop
Abel Muzorewa
Muzorewa in 1978
Prime Minister of Zimbabwe Rhodesia
In office 1 June 1979 – 18 April 1980
President
Josiah Zion Gumede
Preceded by
Ian Smith (of Rhodesia)
Succeeded by
Robert Mugabe (of Zimbabwe)
Personal details
Born
Abel Tendekayi Muzorewa
(1925-04-14)14 April 1925 Umtali, Manicaland, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)
Died
8 April 2010(2010-04-08) (aged 84) Borrowdale, Harare, Zimbabwe
Political party
United African National Council
Spouse
Maggie Muzorewa
Profession
Clergy
Abel Tendekayi Muzorewa (14 April 1925[1] – 8 April 2010), also commonly referred to as Bishop Muzorewa,[2] was a Zimbabwean bishop and politician who served as the first and only Prime Minister of Zimbabwe Rhodesia from the Internal Settlement to the Lancaster House Agreement in 1979. A United Methodist Church bishop and nationalist leader, he held office for only a few months.[3]
^Cary, Robert; Mitchell, Diana (1977). African nationalist leaders in Rhodesia who's who. Bulawayo: Books of Rhodesia. ISBN 0-86920-152-2.
^"Bishop Abel Muzorewa". The Guardian. 9 April 2010. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
^Lebo Nkatazo (2007). "Zimbabwe: Muzorewa plots political comeback". New Zimbabwe via allAfrica.com. Retrieved 6 December 2007.
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Prime-minister Ian Smith (later the Zimbabwe-Rhodesian government of Bishop AbelMuzorewa) against the guerrilla forces of the African nationalist Liberation...
described as human," he said. Rhodesian black nationalist leaders Bishop AbelMuzorewa and the Reverend Ndabaningi Sithole also condemned the attack. Abbott...
been placed them in "protected villages". Black nationalist leader AbelMuzorewa described the seven heavily-guarded, fenced "villages" as "concentration...
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sanctions on Southern Rhodesia nor recognise the government of Bishop AbelMuzorewa. He was for some years a member of the Conservative Monday Club as well...
period of conflict, the country became known as Zimbabwe Rhodesia, with AbelMuzorewa as its first black prime minister. None of these acts were recognised...
1933. All subsequent predecessor-states continued with the post until AbelMuzorewa who became prime minister of Zimbabwe Rhodesia in 1979 under the Internal...
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