Rowan Cronjé
Rowan Cronjé | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bophuthatswana | |
| In office 1986 – 27 April 1994 | |
| President | Lucas Mangope |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Minister of Defence of Bophuthatswana | |
| In office 1986 – 27 April 1994 | |
| President | Lucas Mangope |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Minister of Aviation of Bophuthatswana | |
| In office 1986 – 27 April 1994 | |
| President | Lucas Mangope |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Deputy Minister of Lands, Natural Resources, and Rural Development of Zimbabwe Rhodesia | |
| In office 1 June 1979 – 12 December 1979 | |
| Prime Minister | Abel Muzorewa |
| Minister | George Bodzo Nyandoro |
| Preceded by | Office created |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Member of Parliament | |
| In office 1979–1985 | |
| Succeeded by | Antonius Frans Berkhout |
| Constituency | Central |
| In office 1970–1979 | |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Constituency | Charter |
| 3rd Minister of Education of Rhodesia | |
| In office 1978 – 1 June 1979 | |
| Prime Minister | Ian Smith |
| Preceded by | Denis Walker |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| 1st Minister of Manpower and Social Affairs of Rhodesia | |
| In office 1977 – 1 June 1979 | |
| Prime Minister | Ian Smith |
| Preceded by | Office created |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| 2nd Minister of Labour and Social Welfare of Rhodesia | |
| In office 1966–1977 | |
| Prime Minister | Ian Smith |
| Preceded by | Ian McLean |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| 2nd Minister of Health of Rhodesia | |
| In office 1966 – 1 June 1979 | |
| Prime Minister | Ian Smith |
| Preceded by | Ian McLean |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 September 1937 Union of South Africa |
| Died | 11 March 2014 (aged 76) Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa |
| Political party | Rhodesian Front (before 1981) Freedom Alliance (after 1981) |
| Occupation | Politician; minister |
Rowan Cronjé (22 September 1937 – 8 March 2014) was a Rhodesian politician who served in the cabinet under prime ministers Ian Smith and Abel Muzorewa, and was later a Zimbabwean MP. He emigrated to South Africa in 1985 and served in the government of Bophuthatswana.
From 1966 to 1979, nearly the entirety of Rhodesia's independent history, he served as Minister of Health and Minister of Labour and Social Welfare. From 1977 to 1979, he held the newly created office of Minister of Manpower and Social Affairs, and from 1978, was the joint Minister of Education. He was a Member of Parliament from 1970 to 1985, serving in the parliaments of both Rhodesia and Zimbabwe. He was briefly Deputy Minister of Lands, Natural Resources, and Rural Development of Zimbabwe Rhodesia in 1979. In the 1980s, Cronjé relocated to South Africa, serving as Minister of Defense, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Minister of Aviation in Bophuthatswana in the early 1990s.