Ruler · 1907 – 1991

Roy Welensky

Lived 1907 – 1991; engineer, politician. Prime Minister of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland), 1956 – 1963.

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Lived: 1907 – 1991; 84 years
In office: 7 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

Prime Minister of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland

Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland · the 2nd of 2 dated reigns · 1953 – 1963

Elizabeth II1953 – 1963

Roy Welensky1956 – 1963

left alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1956 – 1963 · 7 years · came to it aged 49

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1963; they died in 1991

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