Canaan Banana
Appearance
Canaan Banana | |
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![]() Canaan Banana in 1986 | |
1st President of Zimbabwe | |
In office 18 April 1980 – 31 December 1987 | |
Prime Minister | Robert Mugabe |
Preceded by | Josiah Gumede (Zimbabwe Rhodesia) |
Succeeded by | Robert Mugabe |
Personal details | |
Born | Essexvale, Southern Rhodesia | 5 March 1936
Died | 10 November 2003 London, United Kingdom | (aged 67)
Political party | ZANU |
Spouse(s) | |
Children | 4 |
Occupation | Minister; professor; politician |
Canaan Sodindo Banana (5 March 1936 – 10 November 2003) was a Zimbabwean Methodist minister, theologian, and politician. He was the first President of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 1987.[1]
On 10 November 2003, Banana died of cancer,[2] in London at the age of 67.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Canaan Sodindo Banana | Zimbabwean theologian". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
- ↑ Canaan Banana of Zimbabwe dead. BBC News. 10 November 2003. Retrieved 2008-07-24.