Ministry of Agriculture (Rhodesia)

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Ministry of Agriculture of Rhodesia
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Formed1 October 1923;102 years ago (1923-10-01)
Dissolved1 June 1979;46 years ago (1979-06-01)
Superseding Department
Headquarters Salisbury

The Ministry of Agriculture was a cabinet ministry of the government of Rhodesia. It was responsible for overseeing the nation's agricultural development.

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The Ministry of Agriculture was established during the colonial period of Southern Rhodesia. It retained the same structure when Rhodesia unilaterally declared independence in 1965. The Ministry of Agriculture employed more black Africans than any other branches of the Rhodesian civil service. [1] Many black Africans served as Ministry of Agriculture extension officers and conservation officials. [1] The ministry also published the Rhodesian Agricultural Journal .

The ministry was led by the minister of agriculture, who was appointed by prime minister. The first minister of agriculture following the UDI was the Duke of Montrose, and the last was Mark Partridge. [2] In 1979, Rhodesia became Zimbabwe Rhodesia as part of the Internal Settlement. In 1980 Zimbabwe gained its independence and the ministry was succeeded by the Ministry of Agriculture of Zimbabwe.

List of ministers

Agriculture

№NameTook officeLeft officePolitical partyPrime MinisterTitle
1 William Muter Leggate 1 October 19232 February 1925 Rhodesia Party Sir Charles Coghlan Minister of Agriculture and Lands
2 John Wallace Downie 2 February 19252 September 1927
2 September 192717 October 1927 Howard Moffat
3 Osmond Charteris du Port 17 October 192729 September 1928
4 Robert Alexander Fletcher 29 September 192819 May 1932
5 George Mitchell 19 May 19325 July 1933Minister of Mines and Agriculture
5 July 193312 September 1933 George Mitchell
6 Charles Spearman Jobling 12 September 193314 November 1934 Reform Party Sir Godfrey Huggins Minister of Agriculture
7 Frank Ernest Harris 24 August 193414 November 1934
–14 November 19347 May 1946 United Rhodesia Party Minister of Agriculture and Lands
8 Patrick Bissett Fletcher 7 May 19468 March 1951
9 John Moore Caldicott 8 March 19517 September 1953
7 September 19535 February 1954 United Federal Party Garfield Todd
– Patrick Bissett Fletcher 24 December 19535 February 1954
5 February 19545 February 1954Minister of Agriculture
European agriculture responsibility of the Federation, 1954–1962 (see list)
10 Herbert Jack Quinton 24 September 196217 December 1962 United Federal Party Edgar Whitehead Minister of Agriculture
11 The Duke of Montrose 17 December 196214 April 1964 Rhodesian Front Winston Field
14 April 196422 May 1964 Ian Smith Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources
22 May 196431 December 1966Minister of Agriculture
12 George Rudland 31 December 19661968
13 David Colville Smith 19681976
14 Rollo Hayman 19761977
15 Mark Partridge 19771 June 1979
− Joel Mandaza
(co-minister)		27 December 19781 June 1979 Zimbabwe African National Union

Irrigation/water development

№NameTook officeLeft officePolitical partyPrime MinisterTitle
1 Geoffrey Ellman-Brown 5 February 19546 August 1954 United Federal Party Garfield Todd Minister of Roads and Irrigation
6 August 19544 October 1954Minister of Irrigation
2 Patrick Bissett Fletcher 4 October 195417 January 1958
3 Eric Drew Palmer 17 January 195817 February 1958
– Geoffrey Ellman-Brown 17 February 195811 June 1958 Edgar Whitehead
4 Rubidge Stumbles 11 June 195824 September 1962Minister of Roads, Irrigation and Lands
– Geoffrey Ellman-Brown 24 September 196217 December 1962Minister of Irrigation
5 William Harper 17 December 196215 February 1963 Rhodesian Front Winston Field
15 February 196314 April 1964Minister of Water Development
5 Arthur Philip van Heerden 14 April 19641973 Ian Smith
6 Jack Mussett 19731977
7 Mark Partridge 19771 June 1979
− Aaron Mgutshini
(co-minister)		27 December 19781 June 1979 Zimbabwe United People's Organisation

Native agriculture/marketing

№NameTook officeLeft officePolitical partyPrime MinisterTitle
1 Ralph Drew Palmer 17 January 195817 February 1958 United Federal Party Garfield Todd Minister of Native Agriculture and Marketing

References

  1. 1 2 Weinrich, A. K. H. (1973). Black and White Elites in Rural Rhodesia. Manchester University Press. p. 177. ISBN   9780719005336.
  2. ↑ 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.


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