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Clifford Dupont, English-Rhodesian lawyer and politician, 1st President of Rhodesia (born 1905)

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Clifford Dupont

British-born Rhodesian politician

Clifford Walter Dupont was a British-born Rhodesian politician who served in the internationally unrecognised positions of officer administrating the government and president. Born in London and qualifying as a solicitor, Dupont served during the Second World War as an officer…
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President of Rhodesia

Head of state of the Republic of Rhodesia

The president of Rhodesia was the head of state of Rhodesia from 1970 to 1979. As Rhodesia reckoned itself a parliamentary republic rather than a presidential republic at the time, the president's post was almost entirely ceremonial, and the real power continued to be vested in…
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