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Roy Welensky

1907 - 1991

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Sir Roland "Roy" Welensky (né Raphael Welensky; 20 January 1907 – 5 December 1991) was a Northern Rhodesian politician and the second and last Prime Minister of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. Born in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe) to an Afrikaner mother and a Lithuanian Jewish father, he moved to Northern Rhodesia, became involved with the trade unions, and entered the colonial legislative council in 1938. There, he campaigned for the amalgamation of Northern and Southern Rhodesia (the latter under white self-government, the former under the colonial office). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roy Welensky has received more than 186,553 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Roy Welensky is the 16,522nd most popular politician (down from 15,763rd in 2019), the 16th most popular biography from Zimbabwe (up from 17th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Zimbabwean Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Roy Welensky ranks 16,522 out of 19,576. Before him are Daniel Risch, Jozefina Topalli, José Luis Ábalos, Eevi Huttunen, Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin, and Les Aspin. After him are Pierre Amine Gemayel, Charles Lee, Reiner Haseloff, Jan-Erik Enestam, Anna Fotyga, and Herbert Morrison.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Roy Welensky ranks 357. Before him are Art Babbitt, Albert Ammons, Vladimirs Petrovs, Johnny Moss, Aldo Donelli, and Isabel Jewell. After him are Jean Louis, Klaes Karppinen, Mike Mazurki, Bill Holland, Francis Frederick, and Rolf Jacobsen. Among people deceased in 1991, Roy Welensky ranks 244. Before him are John Russell, Richard Maibaum, Magnus Goodman, John Hoyt, George Lott, and Aldo Ghira. After him are Doc Pomus, Ágnes Nemes Nagy, Aline MacMahon, Veniamin Alexandrov, Gordon Pirie, and Happy Chandler.

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In Zimbabwe

Among people born in Zimbabwe, Roy Welensky ranks 16 out of 45. Before him are John Love (1924), Alexander McCall Smith (1948), Abel Muzorewa (1925), Paula Hawkins (1972), Lobengula (1845), and Tsitsi Dangarembga (1959). After him are Phelekezela Mphoko (1940), Alex Callinicos (1950), Mario Frangoulis (1967), Kevin Ullyett (1972), Dorothy Masuka (1935), and Cara Black (1979).

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Among POLITICIANS In Zimbabwe

Among politicians born in Zimbabwe, Roy Welensky ranks 11. Before him are Albert Lutuli (1898), Rupiah Banda (1937), Morgan Tsvangirai (1952), Joshua Nkomo (1917), Abel Muzorewa (1925), and Lobengula (1845). After him are Phelekezela Mphoko (1940), and Sibusiso Moyo (1960).

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