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Abel Muzorewa

1925 - 2010

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Abel Tendekayi Muzorewa (14 April 1925 – 8 April 2010), also commonly referred to as Bishop Muzorewa, was a Zimbabwean bishop and politician who served as the first and only Prime Minister of Zimbabwe Rhodesia from the Internal Settlement to the Lancaster House Agreement in 1979. A United Methodist Church bishop and nationalist leader, he held office for less than a year. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Abel Muzorewa is the 14,496th most popular politician (up from 15,075th in 2024), the 15th most popular biography from Zimbabwe (down from 12th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Zimbabwean Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Abel Muzorewa ranks 14,496 out of 19,576. Before him are Sylvain Van de Weyer, Yossi Beilin, Oscar von Sydow, Sergey Lebedev, Vesna Pusić, and Huang Ju. After him are Kelemen Mikes, Frank Hsieh, Edward Natapei, Joseph Cook, Vsevolod of Pskov, and Meira Kumar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Abel Muzorewa ranks 335. Before him are András Kovács, David A. Huffman, Geraldine Brooks, Wolfgang Unzicker, P. Bhanumathi, and Carlo Annovazzi. After him are William Wharton, András Toma, Bruce Kirby, Brent Scowcroft, Anne Jackson, and Leslie Laing. Among people deceased in 2010, Abel Muzorewa ranks 267. Before him are Stephen Schneider, John Shepherd-Barron, Vesna Parun, Dezső Bundzsák, Fernando Riera, and Jacques Martin. After him are Tomás Eloy Martínez, Lhasa de Sela, Werner Krämer, Jean-Paul Proust, Audouin Dollfus, and Ángel Cabrera.

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In Zimbabwe

Among people born in Zimbabwe, Abel Muzorewa ranks 15 out of 45. Before him are Oliver Mtukudzi (1952), Kirsty Coventry (1983), Joshua Nkomo (1917), Alexander McCall Smith (1948), Liz Chase (1950), and John Love (1924). After him are Ismail ibn Musa Menk (1975), Paula Hawkins (1972), Tsitsi Dangarembga (1959), Lobengula (1845), Phelekezela Mphoko (1940), and Mario Frangoulis (1967).

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Among POLITICIANS In Zimbabwe

Among politicians born in Zimbabwe, Abel Muzorewa ranks 9. Before him are Emmerson Mnangagwa (1942), Ian Smith (1919), Canaan Banana (1936), Morgan Tsvangirai (1952), Rupiah Banda (1937), and Joshua Nkomo (1917). After him are Lobengula (1845), Phelekezela Mphoko (1940), Roy Welensky (1907), and Sibusiso Moyo (1960).

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