Ministry of Health (Rhodesia)

Ministry of Health of Rhodesia
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Department overview
FormedNovember 11, 1965; 59 years ago (1965-11-11)
DissolvedJune 1, 1979; 45 years ago (1979-06-01)
HeadquartersSalisbury, Salisbury Province

The Ministry of Health was a government ministry of Southern Rhodesia first established in 1948, with the establishment of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland the responsibility for health was a federal responsibility from 1954 to 1963.[1] The ministry returned to Southern Rhodesia from 1963 with the end of the Federation and then Rhodesia from the country's self-proclaimed independence in 1965 to 1979, when the country transitioned from white minority rule to the multiracial democracy of Zimbabwe.

List of ministers of health

For subsequent holders after 1979, see Government of Zimbabwe Rhodesia and Ministry of Health and Child Care (Zimbabwe).
№ Name Took office Left office Political party Prime Minister Title
1 Hugh Beadle 23 April 1948 20 July 1950 United Rhodesia Party Sir Godfrey Huggins Minister of Health and Education
2 William Winterton 20 July 1950 8 March 1951 Minister of Health
2 Patrick Bissett Fletcher 8 March 1951 7 September 1953
7 September 1953 5 February 1954 United Federal Party Garfield Todd
Public health responsibility of the Federation, 1954–1963 (see list)
3 John Wrathall 29 November 1963 14 April 1964 Rhodesian Front Winston Field Minister of Health
4 Ian Finlay McLean 14 April 1964 1966 Ian Smith
5 Rowan Cronjé 1966 1 June 1979
− Gibson Magaramombe
(co-minister) 		27 December 1978 1 June 1979 Zimbabwe United People's Organisation

References

  1. ^ F. M. G. Willson and G. C. Passmore. "Holders of Administrative and Ministerial Office 1894-1964" (PDF). University of Zimbabwe Library. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2020.