Roy Welensky

Sir **Roland "Roy" Welensky** KCMG PC JP (ne Raphael Welensky; 20 Janairu 1907 - 5 Disamba 1991) ɗan siyasan Arewacin Rhodesian ne kuma Firayim Minista na biyu kuma na ƙarshe na Tarayyar Rhodesia da Nyasaland.

Da yake zama Firayim Minista na Tarayyar a 1956, Welensky ya yi adawa da yunkurin Birtaniyya zuwa ga mulkin baƙar fata, kuma ya yi amfani da ƙarfi don murkushe tashe-tashen hankula na siyasa a cikin yankuna. Bayan zuwan mulkin bakar fata a yankuna biyu daga cikin yankuna uku na Tarayyar (Arewacin Rhodesia da Nyasaland, yanzu Zambia da Malawi, bi da bi), Tarayyar ta ruguje a 1963. Welensky ya yi ritaya zuwa Salisbury, inda ya sake shiga harkokin siyasa kuma ya yi yunkurin hana Rhodesia (tsohuwar Kudancin Rhodesia) daga ayyana kanta ba tare da wata kasa ba. Bayan kawo karshen mulkin 'yan tsiraru fararen fata a 1979, da kuma samun 'yancin kai na Rhodesia a matsayin Jamhuriyar Zimbabwe a karkashin Robert Mugabe a 1980, Welensky ya yi hijira zuwa Birtaniya, inda ya mutu a Ingila a 1991. Wani mai sha'awar Birtaniya da Daularta, Welensky ya bayyana kansa a matsayin "rabi Bayahude, rabin Afrikaner [da] 1100% na Birtaniya"..

## Matasa
An haifi Welensky a Titin Pioneer, Salisbury, Kudancin Rhodesia. Mahaifinsa, Michael Welensky (b. C. 1843), asalin Bayahude ne na Lithuania, wanda ya fito daga wani ƙauye kusa da Wilno (a yau Vilnius); dan kasuwa ne a Rasha kuma mai safarar doki a lokacin yakin Franco-Prussian, ya zauna a Kudancin Rhodesia bayan ya fara hijira zuwa Amurka, inda ya kasance mai kula da saloon, sannan Afirka ta Kudu.  Mahaifiyarsa, Leah (an haife ta Aletta Ferreira; c. 1865–1918),  ta kasance Afrikaner na ƙarni na tara na zuriyar Dutch da Portuguese. Iyayensa, wanda Raphael ko "Roy" shine ɗa na goma sha uku, sun ajiye gidan zama na "fari mara kyau" . Mahaifiyar Welensky ta rasu yana dan shekara goma sha daya, Godfrey Huggins, likitan da ya ci gaba da zama firayim minista na Kudancin Rhodesia yana yi masa magani Ko da yake ba zuriyar Birtaniyya ba ne, Welensky ya kasance mai tsananin goyon bayan Biritaniya, wani ra'ayi na musamman tsakanin mutanen Rhodes. John Connell, a farkon kalmarsa zuwa littafin Welensky na 4000 Days, ya rubuta cewa: "Welensky, wanda ba shi da digo na jinin Birtaniyya a cikin jijiyoyinsa, ya raba wannan girman kai da aminci [ga Biritaniya] gabaki ɗaya.".

## Siyasar mulkin mallaka
An zabi Welensky a Majalisar Dokokin Jihar Rhodesian ta Arewa a babban zaben 1938. Gwamnan Arewacin Rhodesia ya hana Welensky shiga aikin soja a lokacin yakin duniya na biyu kuma ya nada shi Daraktan Ma'aikata. A cikin 1941, ya kafa nasa jam'iyyar, Northern Rhodesian Labour Party, yana neman hade mulkin mallaka da Kudancin Rhodesia a karkashin sabon tsarin mulki. Jam'iyyar ta lashe dukkan kujeru biyar da ta tsaya takara a zaben 1941. Bayan da shugaban 'yan majalisar da ba na hukuma ba, Stewart Gore-Browne, ya yi murabus a shekara ta 1945 kuma ya bayyana cewa baƙar fata 'yan Afirka sun rasa amincewa da farar fata (saboda fata na haɗuwa), an zaɓi Welensky a matsayin shugaba.. Ko da yake memba ne na Majalisar Dokoki, wannan ba aikin cikakken lokaci ba ne, kuma ya ci gaba da aiki a matsayin direban jirgin kasa na layin dogo na Rhodesia, sannan kuma a matsayin shugaban kungiyar kwadago.

## Daga baya rai da mutuwa
Welensky ya ci gaba da zama a Rhodesia har zuwa lokacin da Robert Mugabe ya samu mulki kuma kasar ta zama Zimbabwe a shekarar 1980. Duk da yake a London a 1971, kuma a lokacin da gwauruwa, Welensky ya sadu da Miriam Valerie Scott. Ma’auratan sun yi aure, kuma suka haifi ‘ya’ya mata biyu  Sun koma Blandford Forum, Dorset, a cikin 1981, inda ya rasu a ranar 5 ga Disamba 1991.

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