Government of Zimbabwe Rhodesia

The government of Zimbabwe Rhodesia took office on 1 June 1979 under the terms of the Internal Settlement negotiated between the government of Rhodesia and moderate African nationalists. It ruled the internationally unrecognized country until, under the terms of the Lancaster House Agreement, control was turned over to Lord Soames as the Governor of Southern Rhodesia on 12 December 1979.

The government attempted to include all parties represented in the House of Assembly following the general election, although the Zimbabwe African National Union of Rev Ndabaningi Sithole initially refused to take up their seats.

Executive Council

Portfolio	Minister		Term
Prime Minister Minister of Combined Operations Minister of Defence		Abel Muzorewa	1 June 1979 – 12 December 1979
Deputy Prime Minister Information, Immigration and Tourism Acting Minister of Health		Silas Mundawarara	1 June 1979 – 12 December 1979 1 June 1979 – 12 December 1979 1 June 1979 – 15 August 1979

Office	Minister	Since	Party
Minister of Justice	Jonas Christian Andersen	1 June 1979	RF
Minister of Water Development	Zephaniah Bafanah	1 June 1979	UNFP
Minister of Commerce and Industry	Ernest Leonard Bulle	1 June 1979	UANC
Minister of Agriculture	William Michie Irvine	1 June 1979	RF
Minister of Education	Edward Stewart Mazaiwana	1 June 1979	UANC
Minister of Local Government and Housing	Walter Mthinkhulu	1 June 1979	UANC
Minister of Foreign Affairs	David Charles Zvinaiye Mukome	1 June 1979	UANC
Minister of Manpower, Social Affairs, Youth and Rehabilitation	Senator Aaron Benjamin Mutiti	1 June 1979	UANC
Minister of Mines	Senator Chief Kayisa Ndiweni	1 June 1979	UNFP
Minister of Works
Minister of Health	Silas Mundawarara (acting)	1 June 1979	UANC
	David Zamchiya	15 August 1979	ZANU
Minister of Lands, Natural Resources and Rural Development	George Bodzo Nyandoro	1 June 1979	UANC
Minister of Finance	David Colville Smith	1 June 1979	RF
Minister of Roads and Road Traffic	Jonas Christian Andersen (acting)	1 June 1979	RF
	Leonard Nyemba	15 August 1979	ZANU
Minister without Portfolio	Ian Douglas Smith	1 June 1979	RF
Minister of Transport and Power	Pieter Kenyon Fleming-Voltelyn van der Byl	1 June 1979	RF
Minister of Posts
Minister of Home Affairs	Herbert Office Benjamin Zimuto	1 June 1979	UANC
Minister of Law and Order	Francis John Zindoga	1 June 1979	UANC
Minister of Public Service

Deputy Ministers

Office	Minister	Since	Party
Deputy Minister of Information, Immigration and Tourism	Ismail Adam	1 June 1979 – 30 September 1979	Independent
Deputy Minister of Home Affairs	Joshua Buwell Cohen	1 June 1979 – 30 September 1979	Independent
Deputy Minister of Lands, Natural Resources and Rural Development	Rowan Cronjé	1 June 1979	RF
Deputy Minister of Agriculture	Dennis Nyamuswa (acting)	1 June 1979	UANC
	Ephraim Tsvaringe	15 August 1979	ZANU
Deputy Minister of Education	Peter Mandaza	1 June 1979	UNFP
Deputy Minister of Manpower, Social Affairs, Youth and Rehabilitation	David Murambiwa Mutasa	1 June 1979	UANC
Deputy Minister of Finance	Dennis Nyamuswa	1 June 1979	UANC
Deputy Minister of Mines	Denis Walker	1 June 1979	RF
Deputy Minister of Works

See also

• Cabinet of Rhodesia
• Politics of Zimbabwe