Canaan Banana

Tags: President.

Canaan Sodindo Banana (5 March 1936 – 10 November 2003) served as the first President of Zimbabwe from 18 April 1980 until 31 December 1987.

active years end date

1987-12-31

active years start date

1980-04-18

birth date

1936-03-05

birth place

Southern Rhodesia, Esigodini, Esiphezini

child

Michael_Thabo

death date

2003-11-10

death place

London, United Kingdom

individualised GND number

140804943

order in office

1st, President of Zimbabwe

party

Zimbabwe African National Union

prime minister

Robert Mugabe

religion

Methodism

spouse

Janet Banana

successor

Robert Mugabe