# Minister of Internal Affairs (Rhodesia)

The Minister of Internal Affairs was the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, or INTAF, a department of the Rhodesian government concerned with the welfare and development of Rhodesia's rural black population. During the Rhodesian Bush War, the ministry also played a significant military role. The Minister of Internal Affairs was appointed by the Prime Minister of Rhodesia.
The office was first created in 1923 as the Colonial Secretary of Southern Rhodesia. In 1933, it was reconstituted as the Minister of Internal Affairs. In 1979, with the end of Rhodesia and the independence of Zimbabwe, the position was abolished. Its successor office is the Zimbabwean Minister of Home Affairs.

## List of ministers
### Colonial secretary

| № | Name | Took office | Left office | Political party | Prime Minister | Title |
| 1 | Sir Francis James Newton | 1 October 1923 | 1 September 1924 | Rhodesia Party | Sir Charles Coghlan | Colonial Secretary |
| 2 | John Wallace Downie | 2 February 1925 | 2 September 1927 | Rhodesia Party | Sir Charles Coghlan | Colonial Secretary |
| 2 | John Wallace Downie | 2 September 1927 | 19 May 1932 | Rhodesia Party | Howard Moffat | Colonial Secretary |
| 3 | William Muter Leggate | 19 May 1932 | 5 July 1933 | Rhodesia Party | Howard Moffat | Colonial Secretary |

### Internal affairs

| № | Name | Took office | Left office | Political party | Prime Minister | Title |
| 1 | William Muter Leggate | 5 July 1933 | 12 September 1933 | Rhodesia Party | George Mitchell | Minister of Internal Affairs |
| 2 | Stephen O'Keeffe | 12 September 1933 | 14 November 1934 | Reform Party | Sir Godfrey Huggins | Minister of Internal Affairs |
| 3 | Vernon Arthur Lewis | 14 November 1934 | 13 November 1935 | United Rhodesia Party | Sir Godfrey Huggins | Minister of Internal Affairs |
| 4 | Sir Percival Fynn | 13 November 1935 | 3 October 1939 | United Rhodesia Party | Sir Godfrey Huggins | Minister of Internal Affairs |
| 5 | Harry Davies | 3 October 1939 | 2 February 1944 | Rhodesia Labour Party | Sir Godfrey Huggins | Minister of Internal Affairs |
| 6 | Sir Ernest Lucas Guest | 2 February 1944 | 10 May 1946 | United Rhodesia Party | Sir Godfrey Huggins | Minister of Internal Affairs |
| 7 | Hugh Beadle | 10 May 1946 | 20 July 1950 | United Rhodesia Party | Sir Godfrey Huggins | Minister of Internal Affairs |
| 8 | Julius Greenfield | 20 July 1950 | 7 September 1953 | United Rhodesia Party | Sir Godfrey Huggins | Minister of Justice and Internal Affairs |
| 9 | Julius Greenfield | 7 September 1953 | 5 February 1954 | United Federal Party | Garfield Todd | Minister of Internal Affairs |
| 10 | Garfield Todd | 5 February 1954 | 26 November 1954 | United Federal Party | Garfield Todd | Minister of Internal Affairs and Justice |
| 11 | Rubidge Stumbles | 26 November 1954 | 17 January 1958 | United Federal Party | Garfield Todd | Minister of Justice and Internal Affairs |
| 12 | Alan David Hutchinson Lloyd | 17 January 1958 | 17 February 1958 | United Federal Party | Garfield Todd | Minister of Justice and Internal Affairs |
| 13 | Reginald Knight | 17 February 1958 | 24 September 1962 | United Federal Party | Edgar Whitehead | Minister of Justice and Internal Affairs |
| 14 | Rubidge Stumbles | 24 September 1962 | 16 November 1962 | United Federal Party | Edgar Whitehead | Minister of Justice and Internal Affairs |
| 15 | Blair Vincent Ewing | 16 November 1962 | 17 December 1962 | United Federal Party | Edgar Whitehead | Minister of Internal Affairs |
| 16 | Jack Howman | 17 December 1962 | 14 April 1964 | Rhodesian Front | Winston Field | Minister of Internal Affairs |
| 17 | William Harper | 14 April 1964 | 4 July 1968 | Rhodesian Front | Ian Smith | Minister of Internal Affairs |
| 18 | Lance Smith | 16 August 1968 | 1974 | Rhodesian Front | Ian Smith | Minister of Internal Affairs |
| 19 | Jack Mussett | 1974 | 1977 | Rhodesian Front | Ian Smith | Minister of Internal Affairs |
| 20 | Rollo Hayman | 1977 | 8 January 1979 | Rhodesian Front | Ian Smith | Minister of Internal Affairs |
| − | Byron Hove (co-minister) | 27 December 1978 | 18 April 1978 | United African National Council | Ian Smith | Minister of Internal Affairs |
| − | Kayisa Ndiweni (co-minister) | 18 April 1978 | 1 June 1979 | Zimbabwe United People's Organisation | Ian Smith | Minister of Internal Affairs |
| 21 | Denis Walker | 8 January 1979 | 1 June 1979 | Rhodesian Front | Ian Smith | Minister of Internal Affairs |