Deputy Prime Minister of Rhodesia

The Deputy Prime Minister of Rhodesia was the deputy head of government of Rhodesia (Southern Rhodesia until 1964), serving under the Prime Minister of Rhodesia. Rhodesia, which became a self-governing colony of the United Kingdom in 1923, unilaterally declared independence on 11 November 1965, and was thereafter an unrecognized state until 1979. In December 1979, the country came under temporary British control, and in April 1980 the country gained recognized independence as Zimbabwe.

List of deputy prime ministers[]

Name	Took office	Left office		Prime Minister
Ian Smith	17 December 1962	April 1964	Rhodesian Front	Winston Field
Clifford Dupont	21 August 1964^[1]	November 1965^[2]	Rhodesian Front	Ian Smith
John Wrathall	7 September 1966^[2]^[3]	January 1976^[4]	Rhodesian Front
David Smith	20 August 1976	1 June 1979	Rhodesian Front

^ F. M. G. Willson and G. C. Passmore. "Holders of Administrative and Ministerial Office 1894-1964" (PDF). University of Zimbabwe Library. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-08-01.
^ ^a ^b Africa Report. African-American Institute. 1966. p. 34.
^ Who's who in Africa: The Political, Military and Business Leaders of Africa. African Development. 1973. p. 386. ISBN 978-0-9502755-0-5.
^ "Rhodesia Names a Member Of Cabinet as President". The New York Times. 1975-12-12. Retrieved 2018-03-04.