Minister of Internal Affairs (Rhodesia)

Minister of Internal Affairs of Rhodesia
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Ministry of Internal Affairs (INTAF)
Style	The Honourable
Member of	The Cabinet
Reports to	The Prime Minister
Seat	Salisbury, Rhodesia
Appointer	The Prime Minister
Term length	No fixed term
Precursor	Minister of Native Affairs
Inaugural holder	William Muter Leggate
Formation	1933;92 years ago (1933)
Final holder	Jack Mussett
Abolished	1 June 1979;46 years ago (1979-06-01)
Succession	Minister of Home Affairs
Deputy	Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs

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. ^[1] 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
		2 September 1927	19 May 1932		Howard Moffat
3	William Muter Leggate	19 May 1932	5 July 1933

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
3	Vernon Arthur Lewis	14 November 1934	13 November 1935	United Rhodesia Party
4	Sir Percival Fynn	13 November 1935	3 October 1939
5	Harry Davies	3 October 1939	2 February 1944	Rhodesia Labour Party
6	Sir Ernest Lucas Guest	2 February 1944	10 May 1946	United Rhodesia Party
7	Hugh Beadle	10 May 1946	20 July 1950
8	Julius Greenfield	20 July 1950	7 September 1953			Minister of Justice and Internal Affairs
9		7 September 1953	5 February 1954	United Federal Party	Garfield Todd	Minister of Internal Affairs
10	Garfield Todd	5 February 1954	26 November 1954			Minister of Internal Affairs and Justice
11	Rubidge Stumbles	26 November 1954	17 January 1958			Minister of Justice and Internal Affairs
12	Alan David Hutchinson Lloyd	17 January 1958	17 February 1958
13	Reginald Knight	17 February 1958	24 September 1962		Edgar Whitehead
14	Rubidge Stumbles	24 September 1962	16 November 1962
15	Blair Vincent Ewing	16 November 1962	17 December 1962			Minister of Internal Affairs
16	Jack Howman	17 December 1962	14 April 1964	Rhodesian Front	Winston Field
17	William Harper	14 April 1964	4 July 1968		Ian Smith
18	Lance Smith	16 August 1968	1974
19	Jack Mussett	1974	1977
20	Rollo Hayman	1977	8 January 1979
−	Byron Hove (co-minister)	27 December 1978	18 April 1978	United African National Council
−	Kayisa Ndiweni (co-minister)	18 April 1978	1 June 1979	Zimbabwe United People's Organisation
21	Denis Walker	8 January 1979	1 June 1979	Rhodesian Front

References

1. F. M. G. Willson and G. C. Passmore. "Holders of Administrative and Ministerial Office 1894-1964" (PDF). University of Zimbabwe Library. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2020.