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Canaan Banana

President of Zimbabwe

Born on: March 5, 1936
Died on: November 10, 2003
Aged: 67 years 250 days (812 months)
Gender: Male
Nationality: Zimbabwe
Birth Sign: Pisces

 

Canaan Banana

Canaan Sodindo Banana was a Zimbabwean Methodist minister, theologian, and politician who served as the first President of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 1987.

He was Zimbabwe's first head of state, a ceremonial president, after the Lancaster House Agreement that led to the country's independence.

In 1987, he stepped down as president and was succeeded by Prime Minister Robert Mugabe, who became the country's executive president.

In 1997, Banana was accused of being a homosexual, and after a highly publicised trial, was convicted of 11 counts of sodomy and "unnatural acts", serving six months in prison.

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