Zimbabwe Rhodesia
Republic of Zimbabwe-Rhodesia | |||||
Republic of Zimbabwe-Rhodesia | |||||
1979 | |||||
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Official language | English | ||||
Capital | Salisbury | ||||
Form of government | Parliamentary republic | ||||
Head of state | President Josiah Zion Gumede | ||||
Head of government | Prime Minister Abel Muzorewa | ||||
surface | 390,580 km² | ||||
population | 6,930,000 (1978) | ||||
Population density | 17.7 (1978) inhabitants per km² | ||||
currency | Rhodesian dollar | ||||
independence | Founded on June 1, 1979, dissolved on December 12, 1979 |
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National anthem | Rise O Voices of Rhodesia | ||||
Time zone | UTC +2 | ||||
License Plate | RSR and ZW | ||||
The Republic of Zimbabwe-Rhodesia existed from June 1, 1979 to December 12, 1979. Like its predecessor, the Republic of Rhodesia , it was not recognized internationally . Officially, the British colony of Southern Rhodesia never ceased to exist.
Josia Zion Gumede won the presidential election on May 28, 1979 . Abel Muzorewa was appointed Prime Minister . Together with former Prime Minister Ian Smith , who now served as a minister with no portfolio, he formed a short-lived government that included both white and black Africans. Even before 1960, black African nationalists were thinking about the name Zimbabwe for the area previously known as Southern Rhodesia. Muzorewa finally managed to remove the name Rhodesia from the country name. Furthermore, a new flag was adopted under his government.
The Lancaster House Agreement returned control of the country to Great Britain in preparation for the elections in the spring of 1980 . So the country name was again Southern Rhodesia. Southern Rhodesia was a British crown colony from December 12, 1979 to April 17, 1980 and was granted independence as the Republic of Zimbabwe on April 18, 1980.
See also
literature
- Chronicle of the 20th Century , Chronik Verlag, pages 1150, 1160, ISBN 3-86047-130-9
- The large illustrated lexicon , Orbis Verlag, Volume 3, Page 827, ISBN 3-572-00766-6