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Canaan Banana

1936 - 2003

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Canaan Sodindo Banana (5 March 1936 – 10 November 2003) was a Zimbabwean Methodist minister, theologian, and politician who served as the first President of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 1987. He was Zimbabwe's first head of state, a ceremonial president, after the Lancaster House Agreement that led to the country's independence. In 1987, he stepped down as president and was succeeded by Prime Minister Robert Mugabe, who became the country's executive president. In 1997, Banana was accused of being a homosexual, and after a highly publicised trial, was convicted of 11 counts of sodomy and "unnatural acts", serving six months in prison. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Canaan Banana is the 6,630th most popular politician (up from 7,707th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Zimbabwe (down from 5th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Zimbabwean Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Canaan Banana ranks 6,630 out of 19,576. Before him are Şehzade Korkut, Stefan Vladislav, Mesh-ki-ang-gasher, Mark Felt, Fatali Khan Khoyski, and Viktor Abakumov. After him are Tzitzak, Ludwig Fischer, Abdiqasim Salad, Theophano Martinakia, Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark, and Bechara El Khoury.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Canaan Banana ranks 124. Before him are Duncan Edwards, Wilfried Martens, Claude Brasseur, A. B. Yehoshua, Don DeLillo, and Trần Đức Lương. After him are Dean Stockwell, Aleida March, Charles Dutoit, Jannis Kounellis, Han Seung-soo, and Ivan Stambolić. Among people deceased in 2003, Canaan Banana ranks 79. Before him are Bob Hope, Lu'ay al-Atassi, Marie Trintignant, Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, David Hemmings, and Sérgio Vieira de Mello. After him are Mohamed Choukri, Michael Jeter, Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza, Denis Thatcher, Prince Carl Bernadotte, and Rik Van Steenbergen.

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In Zimbabwe

Among people born in Zimbabwe, Canaan Banana ranks 6 out of 45. Before him are Albert Lutuli (1898), Robert Mugabe (1924), Emmerson Mnangagwa (1942), Ian Smith (1919), and Charlene, Princess of Monaco (1978). After him are Morgan Tsvangirai (1952), Rupiah Banda (1937), Oliver Mtukudzi (1952), Kirsty Coventry (1983), Joshua Nkomo (1917), and Alexander McCall Smith (1948).

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Among POLITICIANS In Zimbabwe

Among politicians born in Zimbabwe, Canaan Banana ranks 5. Before him are Albert Lutuli (1898), Robert Mugabe (1924), Emmerson Mnangagwa (1942), and Ian Smith (1919). After him are Morgan Tsvangirai (1952), Rupiah Banda (1937), Joshua Nkomo (1917), Abel Muzorewa (1925), Lobengula (1845), Phelekezela Mphoko (1940), and Roy Welensky (1907).

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