death_date nationality birth_date term_end constituency death_place imagesize order term_start spouse image name occupation predecessor birth_place party successor article_title birth_name
5 december 1991 -lrb- aged 84 -rrb- rhodesian 20 january 1907 31 december 1963 broken hill blandford forum , dorset , england , uk 206px 2nd nyasaland prime minister of the federation of rhodesia and 2 november 1956 elizabeth henderson -lrb- deceased -rrb- valerie scott roy welensky.jpg sir roy welensky locomotive enginedriver godfrey huggins salisbury -rrb- , southern rhodesia -lrb- present-day harare , zimbabwe united federal party '' '' ` position abolished '' '' ' roy welensky
 raphael welensky
roy welensky

sir raphael `` roy '' welensky , kcmg -lrb- 20 january 1907 -- 5 december 1991 -rrb- was a northern rhodesian politician and the second and last prime minister of the federation of rhodesia and nyasaland .
born in salisbury , southern rhodesia -lrb- now harare , zimbabwe -rrb- to an afrikaner mother and a lithuanian jewish father , he moved to northern rhodesia , became involved with the trade unions , and entered the colonial legislative council in 1938 .
there , he campaigned for the amalgamation of northern and southern rhodesia -lrb- the latter under white self-government , the former under the colonial office -rrb- .
although unsuccessful , he succeeded in the formation of the federation of rhodesia and nyasaland , a state within the british empire that sought to retain predominant power for the white minority while moving in a progressive political direction , in contrast to apartheid south africa .
becoming prime minister of the federation in 1957 , welensky opposed british moves towards black majority rule , and used force to suppress politically motivated violence in the territories .
after the advent of black rule in two of the federation 's three territories -lrb- northern rhodesia and nyasaland , now zambia and malawi respectively -rrb- , it collapsed in 1963 .
welensky retired to salisbury , where he re-entered politics and attempted to stop rhodesia -lrb- formerly southern rhodesia -rrb- from unilaterally declaring itself independent .
with the end of white rule in 1979 , and the independence of rhodesia as zimbabwe under robert mugabe in 1980 , welensky moved to england , where he died in 1991 .
a fervent admirer of britain and the empire , welensky described himself as `` half jewish , half afrikaner 100 % british '' .
