Yemen - Zambia - Zimbabwe |
16 Jan 1839 British occupation of Aden
Sep 1839 subordinated to Bombay (see provinces of British India)
1873 Aden protectorates acquired
1932 Aden a separate province of British India
1 Apr 1937 British colony and protectorates
11 Feb 1959 Federation of Arab Emirates of the South
- Lahj (from 5 Oct 1959)
- `Aqrabi (from Feb 1960)
- `Awdhali
- Lower `Awlaqi (from Feb 1960)
- Upper `Awlaqi Sheikhdom
- Bayhan
- Dali`
- Fadli
- Lower Yafa`
- Wahidi (from 1 Apr 1962)
4 Apr 1962 Federation of South Arabia
- Aden (from 18 Jan 1963)
- Lahj
- `Alawi (from 1965)
- `Aqrabi
- `Awdhali
- Lower `Awlaqi
- Upper `Awlaqi Sultanate (from Jun 1964)
- Upper `Awlaqi Sheikhdom
- Bayhan
- Dali`
- Fadli
- Hawshabi (from 30 Mar 1963)
- Sha`ib (from 30 Mar 1963)
- Lower Yafa`
- Maflahi (from 1965)
- Wahidi
30 Nov 1967 independence (People's Republic of South Yemen)
30 Nov 1970 People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
Agents
Sep 1839 - Jun 1854 Stafford Bettesworth Haines (b. 1802 - d. 1860)
Jun 1854 - Sep 1854 James Outram (b. 1803 - d. 1863)
Sep 1854 - 1859 William Marcus Coghlan
Residents
1859 - 1863 William Marcus Coghlan
1863 - 1867 William Lockyer Merewether (b. 1825 - d. 1880)
1867 - 1870 Edward Lechmere Russell (b. 1818 - d. 1904)
1870 - 1872 Charles William Tremenheere
1872 - 1878 John William Schneider
1878 - 1882 Francis Adam Ellis Loch
1882 - 1885 James Blair
1885 Frederick Mercer Hunter (acting) (b. 1844 - d. 1898)
1885 - 1890 Adam George Forbes Hogg (b. 1836 - d. 1908)
1890 - 1895 John Jopp (b. 1840 - d. 1923)
1895 - 1898 Charles Alexander Cunningham (b. 1842 - d. 1925)
1898 - 1900 Garratt O'Moore Creagh (1st time) (b. 1848 - d. 1923)
1900 - 1901 H.E. Penton
1901 - 1902 Garratt O'Moore Creagh (2nd time) (s.a.)
1902 - 1904 Pelham James Maitland (b. 1847 - d. 1935)
1904 - 1906 Harry Macan Mason (b. 1850 - d. 1929)
1906 - 1910 Ernest de Brath (b. 1858 - d. 1933)
1910 - Apr 1919 James Alexander Bell (b. 1856 - d. 1926)
1919 - 1921 James Marshall Stewart (b. 1861 - d. 1943)
1921 - 1925 Thomas Edwin Scolt
1925 - 22 Apr 1928 John Henry Keith Stewart (b. 1872 - d. 1955)
22 Apr 1928 - 7 Mar 1931 George Stewart Symes (b. 1882 - d. 1962)
7 Mar 1931 - 1932 Bernard Rawdon Reilly (b. 1882 - d. 1966)
Chief commissioner
1932 - 1 Apr 1937 Bernard Rawdon Reilly (s.a.)
Governors
1 Apr 1937 - 24 Oct 1940 Sir Bernard Rawdon Reilly (s.a.)
24 Oct 1940 - 1 Jan 1945 John Hathorn Hall (from
1941, Sir John Hathorn Hall) (b. 1894 - d. 1979)
1 Jan 1945 - 1950 Reginald Stuart Champion
(from 1946, Sir Reginald
Stuart Champion) (b. 1895 - d. 1982)
1950 - Apr 1951 William Goode (acting) (b. 1907 - d. 1986)
Apr 1951 - 13 Jul 1956 Sir Tom Hickinbotham (b. 1903 - d. 1983)
13 Jul 1956 - 23 Oct 1960 Sir William Luce (b. 1907 - d. 1977)
23 Oct 1960 - 18 Jan 1963 Sir Charles Hepburn Johnston (b. 1912 - d. 1986)
High commissioners
18 Jan 1963 - 17 Jul 1963 Sir Charles Hepburn Johnston (s.a.)
17 Jul 1963 - 21 Dec 1964 Sir Gerald Kennedy Nicholas
Trevaskis (b. 1915 - d. 1990)
21 Dec 1964 - 22 May 1967 Sir Richard Gordon Turnbull (b. 1909 - d. 1998)
22 May 1967 - 30 Nov 1967 Sir Humphrey Trevelyan (b. 1905 - d. 1985)
President
30 Nov 1967 - 22 Jun 1969 Qahtan Muhammad al-Shaabi (b. 1920 - d. 1981)
Chairmen of the Presidential Council
23 Jun 1969 - 26 Jun 1978 Salem Rubayyi Ali (b. 1935 - d. 1978)
26 Jun 1978 - 27 Dec 1978 Ali Nasir Muhammad (b. 1939)
(acting to 1 Jul 1978)
Chairmen of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Council
27 Dec 1978 - 21 Apr 1980 Abdul Fattah Ismail (b. 1939 - d. 1986)
21 Apr 1980 - 24 Jan 1986 Ali Nasir Muhammad (s.a.)
24 Jan 1986 - 22 May 1990 Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas (b. 1939)
(interim to 6 Nov 1986)
Chief ministers
17 Jan 1963 - 24 Jun 1963 Hassan Ali Bayumi (b. 1915? - d. 1963)
9 Jul 1963 - 7 Mar 1965 Zayn Abdu Baharun
7 Mar 1965 - 25 Sep 1965 Abdul-Qawi Makkawi (b. 1918 - d. 1998)
Prime ministers
6 Apr 1969 - 22 Jun 1969 Faysal al-Shaabi (b. ... - d. 1971)
24 Jun 1969 - 2 Aug 1971 Muhammad Ali Haitham (b. 1940 - d. 1993)
2 Aug 1971 - 14 Feb 1985 Ali Nasir Muhammad (s.a.)
14 Feb 1985 - 8 Feb 1986 Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas (s.a.)
8 Feb 1986 - 22 May 1990 Yasin Said Numan
Sep 1597 Qasimi State, called Yemen from c.1905
1872 Ottoman occupation
1876 - 1905 Ottoman annexation
30 Oct 1918 independence
2 Sep 1926 Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen internationally recognized
27 Sep 1962 Yemen Arab Republic
Imams and (from 2 Sep 1926) kings
- Banu�l Qasim dynasty -
1686 - 1716 Muhammad Nasir ibn Ahmad (b. ... - d. 1716)
1718 - 1723 Qasim ibn Hussein (1st time) (b. ... - d. 1727)
1723 Nasir Muhammad ibn Ishaq
1723 - 1727 Qasim ibn Hussein (2nd time) (s.a.)
1727 - 1728 Muhammad al-Hadi al-Majid ibn Ali
1728 - 6 Mar 1748 Mansur ibn Qasim (b. ... - d. 1748)
1748 - 4 Sep 1775 Abbas ibn Mansur (b. 1719 - d. 1775)
15 Sep 1775 - 24 Oct 1809 Ali ibn al-Abbas (b. 1738 - d. 1809)
24 Oct 1809 - 10 Sep 1816 Ahmad ibn Ali (b. 17... - d. 1816)
10 Sep 1816 - 27 Nov 1835 Abdullah ibn Ahmad (b. 1793 - d. 1835)
27 Nov 1835 - 1836 Ali ibn Abdullah (1st time)
1836 - Feb 1840 Abdullah ibn al-Hassan (b. ... - d. 1840)
Feb 1840 - 8 Jan 1844 Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Hadi (b. ... - d. 1844)
1841 - 1844 al-Qasim ibn Ahmad
(in rebellion)
8 Jan 1844 - Dec 1845 Ali ibn Abdullah (2nd time)
Dec 1845 - 1848 Muzaffar ad-Din Muhammad ibn Yahya
1848 - 1849 Ahmad ibn Hashim
1849 - 1850 Ali ibn Abdullah (3rd time)
1850 al-`Abbas ibn `Abd ar-Rahman
1850 - 1852 Ghalib ibn Muhammad (1st time)
1852 - 1857 Ahmad ibn Ahmad al-Haymi
(governor of Sana)
1857 - 1858 Sheikh Abdullah ibn Yusuf
(governor of Sana)
1858 - 1872 Ghalib ibn Muhammad (2nd time)
1859 - 1863 al-Husayn ibn Muhammad
(in rebellion)
1872 - 1876 Muhsin ibn Ahmad
(in rebellion from 1871)
Oct 1878 - 1890 Sharaf ad-Din Muhammad (at Sa`da) (b. ... - d. 1890)
1882 - 1901 Muhammad al-Huthi al-Mahdi
(in rebellion)
May 1891 - 4 Jun 1904 Muhammad ibn Yahya Hamid ad-Din (b. 1839 - d. 1904)
4 Jun 1904 - 17 Feb 1948 Yahya ibn Muhammad (b. 1867 - d. 1948)
18 Feb 1948 - 14 Mar 1948 Abdullah ibn Ahmad al-Wazir (b. 1888 - d. 1948)
15 Mar 1948 - 31 Mar 1955 Ahmad ash-Shams (1st time) (b. 1891 - d. 1962)
31 Mar 1955 - 5 Apr 1955 Abdullah ibn Yahya (b. 1912 - d. 1955)
5 Apr 1955 - 18 Sep 1962 Ahmad ash-Shams (2nd time) (s.a.)
19 Sep 1962 - 27 Sep 1962 Muhammad al-Badr (b. 1929 - d. 1996)
(continuing in rebellion to 1970
[from 1967 in at-Ta�if, Saudi Arabia])
Presidents
27 Sep 1962 - 5 Nov 1967 Abdullah as-Sallal (b. 1917 - d. 1994)
(chairman Revolutionary Command Council to 3 Oct 1962)
5 Nov 1967 - 13 Jun 1974 Abdul Rahman al-Iryani (b. 1908? - d. 1998)
(chairman Republican Council)
13 Jun 1974 - 11 Oct 1977 Ibrahim Muhammad al-Hamadi (b. 1943 - d. 1977)
(chairman Command Council to 13 Jun 1975)
11 Oct 1977 - 24 Jun 1978 Ahmad al-Ghashmi (b. 1938 - d. 1978)
(chairman Presidential Council to 22 Apr 1978)
24 Jun 1978 - 18 Jul 1978 Abdul Karim Abdullah al-Arashi (b. 1934 - d. 2006)
(chairman Presidential Council)
18 Jul 1978 - 22 May 1990 Ali Abdullah Saleh (b. 1942)
Prime ministers
1948 Ali ibn Abdullah al-Wazir
1948 - 1955 Hassan ibn Yahya (b. 1908 - d. 2003)
28 Sep 1962 - 26 Apr 1963 Abdullah as-Sallal (1st time) (s.a.)
5 Oct 1962 - Oct 1962 Ahmad al-Sayari
(royalist government)
Oct 1962 - 1968 Hassan ibn Yahya (s.a.)
(royalist government)
26 Apr 1963 - 5 Oct 1963 Abdul Latif Dayfallah (1st time) (b. c.1930)
5 Oct 1963 - 10 Feb 1964 Abdul Rahman al-Iryani (s.a.)
10 Feb 1964 - 29 Apr 1964 Hassan al-Amri (1st time) (b. 1916)
29 Apr 1964 - 6 Jan 1965 Hamoud al-Jaifi (b. 1918)
6 Jan 1965 - 20 Apr 1965 Hassan al-Amri (2nd time) (s.a.)
20 Apr 1965 - 6 Jul 1965 Ahmad Muhammad Numan (1st time) (b. 1909 - d. 1996)
21 Jul 1965 - 18 Sep 1966 Hassan al-Amri (3rd time) (s.a.)
18 Sep 1966 - 5 Nov 1967 Abdullah as-Sallal (2nd time) (s.a.)
5 Nov 1967 - 21 Dec 1967 Mohsin al-Aini (1st time) (b. 1932)
21 Dec 1967 - 9 Jul 1969 Hassan al-Amri (4th time) (s.a.)
9 Jul 1969 - 29 Jul 1969 Abdul Salam Sabrah (1st time)
(acting)
29 Jul 1969 - 2 Sep 1969 Mohsin al-Aini (2nd time) (s.a.)
2 Sep 1969 - 5 Feb 1970 Abdullah Kurshumi (b. 19...)
5 Feb 1970 - 26 Feb 1971 Mohsin al-Aini (3rd time) (s.a.)
26 Feb 1971 - 3 May 1971 Abdul Salam Sabrah (2nd time)
(acting)
3 May 1971 - 24 Aug 1971 Ahmad Muhammad Numan (2nd time) (s.a.)
24 Aug 1971 - 5 Sep 1971 Hassan al-Amri (5th time) (s.a.)
5 Sep 1971 - 18 Sep 1971 Abdul Salam Sabrah (3rd time)
(acting)
18 Sep 1971 - 30 Dec 1972 Mohsin al-Aini (4th time) (s.a.)
30 Dec 1972 - 10 Feb 1974 Qadi Abdullah al-Hajri (b. 1911/12 - d. 1977)
10 Feb 1974 - 22 Jun 1974 Hassan Muhammad Makki (b. 1933)
(acting to 3 Mar 1974)
22 Jun 1974 - 16 Jan 1975 Mohsin al-Aini (5th time) (s.a.)
16 Jan 1975 - 25 Jan 1975 Abdul Latif Dayfallah (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting)
25 Jan 1975 - 15 Oct 1980 Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani (1st time) (b. 1939)
15 Oct 1980 - 13 Nov 1983 Abdul Karim al-Iryani (b. 1934)
13 Nov 1983 - 22 May 1990 Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani (2nd time) (s.a.)
22 May 1990 unification as Republic of Yemen
President
22 May 1990 - Ali Abdullah Saleh (s.a.)
(chairman Presidential Council to 1 Oct 1994)
Prime ministers
22 May 1990 - 9 May 1994 Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas (s.a.)
9 May 1994 - 6 Oct 1994 Muhammad Said al-Attar (acting) (b. 1927)
6 Oct 1994 - 14 May 1997 Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani (s.a.)
14 May 1997 - 29 Apr 1998 Faraj Said Bin Ghanem (b. 1937)
29 Apr 1998 - 7 Apr 2001 Abdul Karim al-Iryani (s.a.)
(acting to 14 May 1998)
7 Apr 2001 - 7 Apr 2007 Abdul Qader Bajamal (b. 1946)
7 Apr 2007 - Ali Muhammad Mujawar (b. 1953)
21 May 1994 - 7 Jul 1994 former Yemen (Aden) in secession as Democratic Republic of
Yemen
President
21 May 1994 - 7 Jul 1994 Ali Salim al-Baidh (b. 1939/42)
Prime minister
21 May 1994 - 7 Jul 1994 Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas (s.a.)
1911 North-Eastern and North-Western Rhodesia, administered by
the British South Africa Company, united as Northern Rhodesia
1 Apr 1924 British protectorate
1 Aug 1953 - 31 Dec 1963 part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
(see under Zimbabwe)
24 Oct 1964 independence (Republic of Zambia)
Administrators of North-Eastern Rhodesia
1 Jul 1895 - 1897 Patrick William Forbes (b. 1861 - d. 1923)
Jun 1897 - 1898 Henry Lawrence Daly
11 Jul 1898 - 1907 Robert Edward Codrington
24 Apr 1907 - Jan 1909 Lawrence Aubrey Wallace
Jan 1909 - 16 May 1911 Leicester Paul Beaufort (acting)
Administrators of North-Western Rhodesia
18 Sep 1900 - 1907 Robert Thorne Coryndon (b. 1870 - d. 1925)
8 Apr 1907 - 16 Dec 1908 Robert Edward Codrington
Jan 1909 - 16 Aug 1911 Lawrence Aubrey Wallace (acting)
Administrators
9 May 1911 - 17 Aug 1911 Hugh Charlie Marshall (acting)
17 Aug 1911 - 1921 Lawrence Aubrey Wallace
17 Mar 1921 - 1923 Sir Francis Drummond Percy Chaplin (b. 1866 - d. 1933)
20 Sep 1923 - 1 Apr 1924 Richard Allmond Jeffrey Goode (b. 1873 - d. 1953)
(acting)
Governors
1 Apr 1924 - 25 Jul 1927 Herbert James Stanley (from Jun
1924, Sir Herbert James Stanley) (b. 1872 - d. 1955)
25 Jul 1927 - 31 Aug 1927 Richard Allmond Jeffrey Goode (s.a.)
(acting)
31 Aug 1927 - 1 Dec 1932 Sir James Crawford Maxwell (b. 1869 - d. 1932)
1 Dec 1932 - 7 Jan 1935 Sir Ronald Storrs (b. 1881 - d. 1955)
7 Jan 1935 - Jul 1938 Sir Hubert Winthrop Young (b. 1885 - d. 1950)
1 Sep 1938 - 9 Apr 1941 John Alexander Maybin (from
1939, Sir John Alexander Maybin) (b. 1889 - d. 1941)
9 Apr 1941 - 16 Oct 1941 William Marston Logan (acting) (b. 1889 - d. 1968)
16 Oct 1941 - 16 Oct 1947 Sir Eubule John Waddington (b. 1890 - d. 1957)
16 Oct 1947 - 19 Feb 1948 Robert Christopher Stafford
Stanley (acting) (b. 1899 - d. 1981)
19 Feb 1948 - 8 Mar 1954 Sir Gilbert McCall Rennie (b. 1895 - d. 1981)
8 Mar 1954 - 25 May 1954 Alexander Thomas Williams (acting) (b. 1903 - d. 1984)
25 May 1954 - 22 Apr 1959 Sir Arthur Edward Trevor Benson (b. 1907 - d. 1987)
22 Apr 1959 - 24 Oct 1964 Sir Evelyn Dennison Hone (b. 1911 - d. 1979)
Presidents
24 Oct 1964 - 2 Nov 1991 Kenneth Kaunda (b. 1924)
2 Nov 1991 - 2 Jan 2002 Frederick Chiluba (b. 1943)
2 Jan 2002 - 19 Aug 2008 Levy Mwanawasa (b. 1948 - d. 2008)
29 Jun 2008 - Rupiah Banda (b. 1937)
(acting [for Mwanawasa to 19 Aug 2008] to 2 Nov 2008)
Prime ministers
22 Jan 1964 - 24 Oct 1964 Kenneth Kaunda (s.a.)
25 Aug 1973 - 27 May 1975 Mainza Chona (1st time) (b. 1930 - d. 2001)
27 May 1975 - 20 Jul 1977 Elijah Mudenda (b. 1927 - d. 2008)
20 Jul 1977 - 15 Jun 1978 Mainza Chona (2nd time) (s.a.)
15 Jun 1978 - 18 Feb 1981 Daniel Lisulo (b. 1930 - d. 2000)
18 Feb 1981 - 24 Apr 1985 Nalumino Mundia (b. 1927 - d. 1988)
24 Apr 1985 - 15 Mar 1989 Kebby Musokotwane (b. 1946 - d. 1996)
15 Mar 1989 - 31 Aug 1991 Malimba Masheke (b. 1941)
1901 Mashonaland and Matabeleland, administered by the British
South Africa Company, united as Southern Rhodesia
1 Oct 1923 British colony
1 Aug 1953 - 31 Dec 1963 part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
24 Oct 1964 renamed Rhodesia
11 Nov 1965 unilateral declaration of independence
2 Mar 1970 republic
1 Jun 1979 Zimbabwe Rhodesia
12 Dec 1979 return to colonial status
18 Apr 1980 independence as Zimbabwe
17 Apr 1991 Republic of Zimbabwe
Administrators
29 Jun 1890 - 18 Sep 1891 Archibald Ross Colquhoun (b. 1848 - d. 1914)
18 Sep 1891 - 2 May 1896 Leander Starr Jameson (b. 1853 - d. 1917)
2 May 1896 - 24 Jul 1897 Albert Henry George Grey,
Earl Grey (b. 1851 - d. 1917)
24 Jul 1897 - 24 Jan 1901 Sir William Henry Milton (b. 1854 - d. 1930)
(acting to 5 Dec 1898)
Administrator Nov 1896 - Mar 1901 Arthur Lawley (b. 1860 - d. 1932)
Administrators
24 Jan 1901 - 2 Nov 1914 Sir William Henry Milton (s.a.)
2 Nov 1914 - 24 Dec 1914 Francis James Newton (acting) (b. 1857 - d. 1948)
24 Dec 1914 - 21 Sep 1923 Sir Francis Drummond Percy Chaplin (b. 1866 - d. 1933)
21 Sep 1923 - 23 Sep 1923 Percy Donald Leslie Fynn (acting) (b. 1872 - d. 1940)
Governors
1 Oct 1923 - 15 Jun 1928 Sir John Robert Chancellor (b. 1870 - d. 1952)
15 Jun 1928 - 24 Nov 1928 Murray Bisset (acting) (b. 1876 - d. 1931)
24 Nov 1928 - 1 May 1934 Sir Cecil Hunter-Rodwell (b. 1874 - d. 1953)
1 May 1934 - 8 Jan 1935 Sir Alexander Fraser Russell
(1st time) (acting) (b. 1876 - d. 1952)
8 Jan 1935 - 8 Jan 1942 Sir Herbert James Stanley (b. 1872 - d. 1955)
8 Jan 1942 - 10 Dec 1942 Sir Alexander Fraser Russell
(2nd time) (acting) (s.a.)
10 Dec 1942 - 26 Oct 1944 Sir Evelyn Baring (b. 1903 - d. 1973)
26 Oct 1944 - 20 Feb 1945 Sir Robert James Hudson (1st time) (b. 1885 - d. 1963)
(acting)
20 Feb 1945 - 2 Feb 1946 Sir William Eric Campbell Tait (b. 1886 - d. 1946)
2 Feb 1946 - 19 Jul 1946 Sir Alexander Fraser Russell
(3rd time) (acting) (s.a.)
19 Jul 1946 - 14 Jan 1947 Sir Robert James Hudson (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting)
14 Jan 1947 - 21 Nov 1953 Sir John Noble Kennedy (b. 1893 - d. 1970)
21 Nov 1953 - 26 Nov 1954 Sir Robert Clarkson Tredgold (b. 1899 - d. 1977)
(acting)
26 Nov 1954 - 28 Dec 1959 Sir Peveril Barton Reiby Wallop
William-Powlett (b. 1898 - d. 1985)
28 Dec 1959 - 17 Nov 1965 Humphrey Vicary Gibbs (from 1 Jan
1960, Sir Humphrey Vicary Gibbs) (b. 1902 - d. 1990)
(continues to 24 Jun 1969, unrecognized by Smith regime)
Officer Administering the Government
17 Nov 1965 - 2 Mar 1970 Clifford Dupont (b. 1905 - d. 1978)
(acting to 20 Dec 1965)
Presidents
2 Mar 1970 - 31 Dec 1975 Clifford Dupont (s.a.)
(acting to 16 Apr 1970)
31 Dec 1975 - 14 Jan 1976 Henry Everard (1st time) (acting) (b. 1897 - d. 1980)
14 Jan 1976 - 31 Aug 1978 John Wrathall (b. 1913 - d. 1978)
31 Aug 1978 - 1 Nov 1978 Henry Everard (2nd time) (acting) (s.a.)
1 Nov 1978 - 5 Mar 1979 Jack William Pithey (acting) (b. 1903)
5 Mar 1979 - 1 Jun 1979 Henry Everard (3rd time) (acting) (s.a.)
1 Jun 1979 - 12 Dec 1979 Josiah Zion Gumede (b. 1919 - d. 1989)
Governor
12 Dec 1979 - 17 Apr 1980 Christopher Soames, Baron Soames (b. 1920 - d. 1987)
Premiers (from Apr 1933, prime ministers)
1 Oct 1923 - 28 Aug 1927 Sir Charles Coghlan (b. 1863 - d. 1927)
2 Sep 1927 - 5 Jul 1933 Howard Unwin Moffat (b. 1869 - d. 1951)
5 Jul 1933 - 12 Sep 1933 George Mitchell (b. 1867 - d. 1937)
12 Sep 1933 - 7 Sep 1953 Godfrey Martin Huggins (from
1941, Sir Godfrey Martin Huggins) (b. 1883 - d. 1971)
7 Sep 1953 - 17 Feb 1958 Garfield Todd (b. 1908 - d. 2002)
17 Feb 1958 - 17 Dec 1962 Sir Edgar Whitehead (b. 1905 - d. 1971)
17 Dec 1962 - 13 Apr 1964 Sir Winston Joseph Field (b. 1904 - d. 1969)
13 Apr 1964 - 1 Jun 1979 Ian D. Smith (b. 1919 - d. 2007)
1 Jun 1979 - 11 Dec 1979 Abel T. Muzorewa (b. 1925 - d. 2010)
Governors-general
4 Sep 1953 - 24 Jan 1957 John Jestyn Llewellin, Baron
Llewellin (b. 1893 - d. 1957)
24 Jan 1957 - Feb 1957 Sir Robert Clarkson Tredgold (s.a.)
(acting)
Feb 1957 - 8 Oct 1957 Sir William Lindsay Murphy (b. 1887 - d. 1965)
(acting)
8 Oct 1957 - May 1963 Simon Ramsay, Earl of Dalhousie (b. 1914 - d. 1999)
May 1963 - 31 Dec 1963 Sir Humphrey Vicary Gibbs (s.a.)
Prime ministers
7 Sep 1953 - 2 Nov 1956 Sir Godfrey Martin Huggins (from
17 Feb 1955, Godfrey Martin
Huggins, Viscount Malvern) (s.a.)
2 Nov 1956 - 31 Dec 1963 Sir Roy Welensky (b. 1907 - d. 1991)
Presidents 18 Apr 1980 - 31 Dec 1987 Canaan Banana (b. 1936 - d. 2003) 31 Dec 1987 - Robert Mugabe (b. 1924)
Prime ministers 18 Apr 1980 - 31 Dec 1987 Robert Mugabe (s.a.) 11 Feb 2009 - Morgan Tsvangirai (b. 1952)