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Prime Minister of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland information


Prime Minister of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
Coat of arms of the Federation
Last in office
Roy Welensky

2 November 1956 – 31 December 1963
StyleThe Right Honourable
ResidenceSalisbury, Southern Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe)
AppointerGovernor-General of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
Formation7 September 1953
First holderGodfrey Huggins
Final holderRoy Welensky
Abolished31 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.

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