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Godfrey Huggins
Godfrey Huggins was an English-born surgeon who became prime minister of Southern Rhodesia from 1933 to 1953, the longest tenure in the Commonwealth. He oversaw growth based on tobacco, mining and white immigration and pressed for union with Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland. He became the first prime minister of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland in 1953.
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