Post: | President |
Body: | Zimbabwe Rhodesia |
Flag: | Flag of the President of Rhodesia (1970–1979).svg |
Flagcaption: | Flag of the president of Zimbabwe Rhodesia |
Style: | The Honourable |
Residence: | Government House, Salisbury (now Harare) |
Precursor: | President of Rhodesia |
Formation: | 1 June 1979 |
First: | Josiah Zion Gumede |
Last: | Josiah Zion Gumede |
Abolished: | 12 December 1979 |
Superseded By: | Governor of Southern Rhodesia |
The president of Zimbabwe Rhodesia was the head of state of Zimbabwe Rhodesia. Like the country itself, it was never internationally recognized.
The only president of Zimbabwe Rhodesia was Josiah Zion Gumede.
The position was established on 1 June 1979,[1] under the terms of the Internal Settlement negotiated between the government of Rhodesia and moderate African nationalists. It existed until, under the terms of the Lancaster House Agreement, control was turned over to Lord Soames as Governor of Southern Rhodesia on 12 December 1979.[2]