• Clifford Walter Dupont GCLM ID (6 December 1905 – 28 June 1978) was a British-born Rhodesian politician who served in the internationally unrecognised...
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    peers as someone who "did his homework well" whenever he contributed. Clifford Dupont, then Smith's counterpart as Chief Whip of the Dominion Party, later...
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    others served as acting presidents. Most were of British descent, but Clifford Dupont, the longest-serving, was of Huguenot stock. As with Rhodesia itself...
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  • before retiring. He supported the Rhodesian Front and stood in for Clifford Dupont (who had been made "Officer Administering the Government") in 1968–69...
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    Smith and his government. By the time Smith and Deputy Prime Minister Clifford Dupont called on Governor Gibbs after the UDI was signed, Whitehall had directed...
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    1976, Wrathall became the second President of Rhodesia, succeeding Clifford Dupont. On 14 January of that year, he was sworn in as president by the Chief...
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  • Christian Dupont (born 1947), Belgian politician Clifford Dupont (1905–1978), president of Rhodesia Denise Dupont (born 1984), Danish curler E. A. Dupont (1891–1956)...
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    recognising her as Queen of Rhodesia. When Smith and Deputy Prime Minister Clifford Dupont visited Sir Humphrey Gibbs, the Governor of Southern Rhodesia, to formally...
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  • (PDF). "List of Casualties" (PDF). Clifford Dupont (1978). The Reluctant President: The Memoirs of the Hon. Clifford Dupont, GCLM., ID. Books of Rhodesia Publishing...
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    the service. In response to the disaster, the President of Rhodesia Clifford Dupont set up the Wankie Disaster Relief Fund "New explosions end mine rescue...
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    resources into winning both of these former UFP safe seats, and fielded Clifford Dupont, Smith's deputy, against Welensky in Arundel. The RF won both seats...
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    were de facto exercised by the Officer Administering the Government (Clifford Dupont) as the Queen's de jure representative. During a two-proposition referendum...
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  • musician and manager of musical groups Clifford Dupont (1905–1978), English-born political figure in Rhodesia Clifford Durr (1899–1975), American attorney...
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    black children to boycott state schools, Smith's Justice Minister Clifford Dupont had Nkomo and other PCC/ZAPU leaders restricted at Gonakudzingwa in...
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    responsibilities were bestowed by the unrecognized government upon Clifford Dupont as Acting Officer Administering the Government. Gibbs remained the...
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    Azikiwe abolished 1963 Rhodesia Officer Administering the Government Clifford Dupont not recognised; abolished by Rhodesia in 1970 Sierra Leone Governor-General...
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    that no action should be taken upon it". Accordingly Smith appointed Clifford Dupont as Officer Administering the Government in place of any royal appointment...
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    Eugene, Oregon Ha Ji-won, South Korean film actress; in Seoul Died: Clifford Dupont, 72, the first President of Rhodesia from 1970 to 1975 Arif Heydarov...
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    rugby international, Bishop's Stortford College headmaster, 1932–1943 Clifford Dupont (1905–1978), first President of Rhodesia Leader Stirling (1906–2003)...
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  • Press - MQUP. ISBN 9780773576667. Dupont, Clifford (1978). The Reluctant President: The Memoirs of the Hon. Clifford Dupont, GCLM., ID. Book of Rhodesia....
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    Governor-general, from 1965 to 1970, an "Officer Administering the Government", Clifford Dupont served as the de facto head of state instead of the legal Governor...
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    Minister, Clifford Dupont, should give up his seat at Charter to oppose him. Sir Roy was unsuccessful, polling only 633 votes to 1,079 for Dupont. The appointment...
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  • Gibbs John Vernon Radcliffe Lewis 1970 18 April 1980 – 1982 (Retired) Clifford Dupont Bennie Goldin 8 May 1980 8 May 1980 – 1981 (Retired) Canaan Banana...
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    died at the age of 64 in Salisbury, Rhodesia, in 1969. On his death, Clifford Dupont, serving as Officer Administering the Government since Rhodesia's Unilateral...
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    Instead, on 17 November, it appointed former Deputy Prime Minister Clifford Dupont to the post of "Acting Officer Administering the Government". On 2...
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    Cabinet of Rhodesia, 1965−1979 Office Name Term Ref. President Clifford Dupont Henry Everard (acting) John Wrathall Henry Everard (acting) Jack Pithey...
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    performed by an "officer administering the government", Clifford Dupont (1905–1978). Dupont served in the post until 2 March 1970, when Rhodesia was...
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  • – Rod Serling, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1924) 1978 – Clifford Dupont, English-Rhodesian lawyer and politician, 1st President of Rhodesia...
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    1964 – 8 May 1964 8 May 1964 – 28 August 1964 Minister of Defence 12 Clifford Dupont 28 August 1964 – 17 November 1965 Rhodesia (UDI period, 1965–1979)...
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  • (1920–2000), Zimbabwe's first black judge, Chief Justice from 1984 to 1990 Clifford Dupont (1905–1978), first President of Rhodesia Henry Everard (1897–1980)...
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