Prime Minister of Zimbabwe

The Prime Minister of Zimbabwe was a political office in the government of Zimbabwe. The first person to hold the position was Robert Mugabe from 1980 to 1987 following independence from the United Kingdom. He took office when Southern Rhodesia became the Republic of Zimbabwe on 18 April 1980. 

This position was abolished when the constitution was amended in 1987 and Mugabe became President of Zimbabwe. The office of Prime Minister was restored in 2009 and held by Morgan Tsvangirai until the position was again abolished by the 2013 Constitution of Zimbabwe.

The Prime Minister of Zimbabwe Rhodesia was the head of government of Zimbabwe Rhodesia. Like the country itself, it was never internationally recognized.

 Prime Minister of Zimbabwe 

 Southern Rhodesia (1923–1970) 
#PortraitName
(Birth–Death)Term of officePolitical Party183x83pxSir Charles Coghlan †
(1863–1927)1 October 192328 August 1927Rhodesia Party270x70pxHoward Unwin Moffat
(1869–1951)2 September 19275 July 1933Rhodesia Party370x70pxGeorge Mitchell
(1867–1937)5 July 193312 September 1933Rhodesia Party 4  Viscount Godfrey Huggins
(1883–1971) 12 September 1933 7 September 1953 United Party5103x103pxSir Garfield Todd
(1908–2002)7 September 195317 February 1958United Rhodesia Party689x89pxSir Edgar Whitehead
(1905–1971)17 February 195817 December 1962United Federal Party793x93pxWinston Field
(1904–1969)17 December 196213 April 1964Rhodesian Front891x91pxIan Smith
(1919–2007)13 April 19641 June 1979Rhodesian Front

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 † Died in office

PortraitNameTook officeLeft officePolitical party 1153x153pxAbel Muzorewa1 June 197918 April 1980United African National Council 1 80px Robert Mugabe 18 April 1980  31 December 1987 ZANU Post abolished (31 December 1987 – 11 February 2009) 2 80px Morgan Tsvangirai 11 February 2009  11 September 2013 MDC–T Post abolished (11 September 2013)

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