Rhodesia: Heads of State: 1970-1979

Acting President in and over Rhodesia and Acting Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Rhodesia
2 Mar 1970 - 16 Apr 1970	Clifford Walter Dupont
President in and over Rhodesia and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Rhodesia
16 Apr 1970 - 31 Dec 1975	Clifford Walter Dupont
Acting President in and over Rhodesia and Acting Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Rhodesia
1 Jan 1976 - 14 Jan 1976	Henry Breedon Everard
President in and over Rhodesia and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Rhodesia
14 Jan 1976 - 31 Aug 1978	John James Wrathall
Acting President in and over Rhodesia and Acting Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Rhodesia
31 Aug 1978 - 1 Nov 1978	Henry Breedon Everard
1 Nov 1978 - 5 Mar 1979	Jack William Pithey
5 Mar 1979 - 31 May 1979	Henry Breedon Everard
President in and over Zimbabwe Rhodesia
1 Jun 1979 - 12 Dec 1979	Josiah Zion Gumede [1]

Gumede was elected by an electoral college on 28 May 1979 and took the oath of office on 29 May 1979, prior to the coming into operation of the Constitution of Zimbabwe Rhodesia on 1 Jun 1979.