List of Prime Ministers of Zimbabwe

This is the list of Prime Ministers of Zimbabwe and its predecessor states, Southern Rhodesia and Rhodesia, respectively .

The Prime Minister was the head of government ( English Prime Minister ) of Zimbabwe or South Rhodesia. The post of prime minister, who had the function of head of government, was abolished on December 31, 1987 and again in 2013 - after a constitutional reform. Since then, the tasks have been taken over by the President .

#	image	Name (life data)	Taking office	Resignation	Political party
British Crown Colony of Southern Rhodesia (1923–1965)
1		Charles Coghlan (1863-1927)	October 1, 1923	August 28, 1927	Rhodesia Party
2		Howard Unwin Moffat (1869-1951)	September 2, 1927	July 5, 1933	Rhodesia Party
3		George Mitchell (1867-1937)	July 5, 1933	September 12, 1933	Rhodesia Party
4th		Godfrey Huggins (1883-1971)	September 12, 1933	September 7, 1953	Reform Party (until 1934) United Party (from 1934)
Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1953–1963)
(1)		Godfrey Huggins (1883-1971)	September 7, 1953	November 2, 1956	United Rhodesia Party
(2)		Roy Welensky (1907-1991)	November 2, 1956	December 31, 1963	United Rhodesia Party / United Federal Party
Southern Rhodesia as part of the Federation (1953–1963)
5		Garfield Todd (1908-2002)	September 7, 1953	17th February 1958	United Rhodesia Party
6th		Edgar Whitehead (1905-1971)	17th February 1958	17th December 1962	United Federal Party
7th		Winston Field (1904-1969)	17th December 1962	April 13, 1964	Rhodesian Front
British Crown Colony of Southern Rhodesia (1964–1965) and independent Rhodesia (1965–1979)
8th		Ian Smith (1919-2007)	April 13, 1964	June 1, 1979	Rhodesian Front
Republic of Zimbabwe-Rhodesia (1979)
9		Abel Muzorewa (1925-2010)	June 1, 1979	December 11, 1979	United African National Council
British Crown Colony of Southern Rhodesia (December 12, 1979 to April 17, 1980)
Republic of Zimbabwe (since 1980)
10		Robert Mugabe (1924-2019)	April 18, 1980	December 31, 1987	Zimbabwe African National Union
Office abolished (December 31, 1987 - February 11, 2009): Government of the President ( Robert Mugabe )
11		Morgan Tsvangirai (1952-2018)	February 11, 2009	11th September 2013	Movement for Democratic Change
Office abolished (since September 11, 2013): Government of the President ( Robert Mugabe until 2017, then Emmerson Mnangagwa )

See also

• List of presidents of Zimbabwe

Web links

• List of Heads of State and Government of Zimbabwe at worldstatesmen.org (Engl.)