Ministry of Health (Rhodesia)
Department overview | |
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Formed | November 11, 1965 |
Dissolved | June 1, 1979 |
Headquarters | Salisbury, Salisbury Province |
The Ministry of Health was a government ministry of Southern Rhodesia first established in 1948, with the establishment of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland the responsibility for health was a federal responsibility from 1954 to 1963.[1] The ministry returned to Southern Rhodesia from 1963 with the end of the Federation and then Rhodesia from the country's self-proclaimed independence in 1965 to 1979, when the country transitioned from white minority rule to the multiracial democracy of Zimbabwe.
List of Ministers of Health[]
№ | Name | Took office | Left office | Political party | Prime Minister | Title |
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1 | Hugh Beadle | 23 April 1948 | 20 July 1950 | United Rhodesia Party | Sir Godfrey Huggins | Minister of Health and Education |
2 | 20 July 1950 | 8 March 1951 | Minister of Health | |||
2 | 8 March 1951 | 7 September 1953 | ||||
7 September 1953 | 5 February 1954 | United Federal Party | Garfield Todd | |||
Public health responsibility of the Federation, 1954–1963 (see list) | ||||||
3 | John Wrathall | 29 November 1963 | 14 April 1964 | Rhodesian Front | Winston Field | Minister of Health |
4 | 14 April 1964 | 1966 | Ian Smith | |||
5 | Rowan Cronjé | 1966 | 1 June 1979 | |||
− | (co-minister) |
27 December 1978 | 1 June 1979 | Zimbabwe United People's Organisation |
References[]
- ^ 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 1 August 2020.
Categories:
- Health ministries
- Ministries established in 1965
- Ministries disestablished in 1979
- 1965 establishments in Rhodesia
- 1979 disestablishments in Rhodesia
- Government ministries of Rhodesia