Ian douglas smith

Ian smith
Josiah zion gumede
Nació en Umtali, Rodesia del Sur (hoy Zimbabue), hijo de un predicador laico.

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Abel Muzorewa

Abel Tendekayi Muzorewa (14 de abril de 1925-8 de abril de 2010), fue primer ministro del breve gobierno constituido bajo el denominado "reglamento interior" de Zimbabue Rodesia (1979) y obispo metodista.

Nació en Umtali, Rodesia del Sur (hoy Zimbabue), hijo de un predicador laico. Muzorewa se unió a la Iglesia metodista unida. Estudió en Estados Unidos (1958-1963) y en 1968 fue consagrado obispo, convirtiéndose el primer prelado metodista de raza negra en Rodesia. Moderado y opuesto a la violencia tuvo que exiliarse en 1975, regresando años después para formar parte del Consejo Ejecutivo de 1978 bajo la dirección del primer ministro blanco Ian Douglas Smith. Tras las elecciones de 1979, sustituyó a este en el cargo de primer ministro. Sin embargo, Muzorewa fue derrotado por Mugabe y Nkomo en las elecciones de 1980, celebradas bajo la supervisión de Gran Bretaña, que darían como resultado la independencia política de una Zimbabue gobernada por africanos. Durante gran parte de 1983 y 1984, Muzorewa, jefe del opositor Consejo Nacional Africano Unido, estuvo dete

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Abel Muzorewa

Bishop Abel Muzorewa
Bishop Muzorewa
Church	United Methodist
Installed	1979
Term ended	1980
Predecessor	Ian Smith
Successor	Robert Mugabe
Orders
Ordination	1953
Personal details
Birth name	Abel Tendekayi Muzorewa
Born	April 14, 1925 Manicaland
Died	April 5, 2010(2010-04-05) (aged 84)
Nationality	Zimbabwean
Denomination	Christianity
Residence	Old Marimba Park Suburb; Borrowdale Brooke
Children	Philemon (deceased)
Occupation	Cleric, Politician and Academic
Alma mater	Scarrit College

Abel Tendekayi Muzorewa was a Zimbabwean cleric and politician who was very active in colonial Zimbabwe. He was also a renowned politician who served as the Prime Minister of Zimbabwe/Rhodesia and was also a respected cleric with the Methodist Church in Zimbabwe in Rhodesia. ^[1]

From left: Abel Muzorewa, President of African National Council and future Prime Minister of "Zimbabwe Rhodesia", leaves table after signing the historic Zimbabwe-Rhodesia Lancaster House cease fire agreement 21

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Abel Muzorewa

First and only prime minister of Zimbabwe Rhodesia (1979-80)

Abel Tendekayi Muzorewa (14 April 1925^[1] – 8 April 2010), also commonly referred to as Bishop Muzorewa,^[2] was a Zimbabweanbishop and politician who served as the first and only Prime Minister of Zimbabwe Rhodesia from the Internal Settlement to the Lancaster House Agreement in 1979. A United Methodist Church bishop and nationalist leader, he held office for less than a year.^[3]^[4]

Early life

Muzorewa was the eldest of a lay preacher's five children and was educated at the United Methodist School, Old Umtali, near Mutare. He was a school teacher at Mrewa between 1943 and 1947 before becoming a full-time lay preacher at Mtoko between 1947 and 1949. He then studied theology at Old Umtali Biblical College (1949–1952) and was ordained a Minister at Umtali in August 1953. He was a pastor at Chiduku, near Rusape, from 1955 to 1958.

Muzorewa attended Central College in Fayette, Missouri, later Central Methodist University. By then he had a wife and three