Canaan Banana
Canaan Banana in 1986
1st President of Zimbabwe
In office 18 April 1980 ? 31 December 1987
Prime Minister	Robert Mugabe
Preceded by	Josiah Gumede ( Zimbabwe Rhodesia )
Succeeded by	Robert Mugabe
Personal details
Born	( 1936-03-05 ) 5 March 1936 Essexvale , Southern Rhodesia
Died	10 November 2003 (2003-11-10) (aged 67) London , United Kingdom
Political party	ZANU
Spouse(s)	Janet Mbuyazwe ( m.  1961)
Children	4
Occupation	Minister; professor; politician

Canaan Sodindo Banana (5 March 1936 – 10 November 2003) was a Zimbabwean Methodist minister , theologian , and politician . He was the first President of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 1987. ^[1]

On 10 November 2003, Banana died of cancer , ^[2] in London at the age of 67.

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