Jack William Pithey

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The Honorable Jack William Pithey GOLM, ICD, CBE

Jack William Pithey
Acting President of Rhodesia
In office 1 November 1978 – 5 March 1979
Prime Minister	Ian Smith
Preceded by	Henry Everard
Succeeded by	Henry Everard
President of the Senate
Personal details
Born	30 December 1903^[1] Potchefstroom, South Africa
Spouse(s)	Mary Wood
Children	3

Jack William Pithey GOLM, ICD, CBE (30 December 1903 – ?) was a Rhodesian politician who served as acting President of Rhodesia between 1 November 1978 and 5 March 1979. He was also the President of the Senate and was a member of parliament for the Avondale constituency in Salisbury (now Harare) between 1964 and 1970.

Jack Pithey was born in Potchefstroom, in the Union of South Africa on 30 December 1903 and went to Rhodesia on 5 September 1923. He was Secretary for Justice and Internal Affairs between 1958 and 1961 during the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland and later became the Secretary for Justice in Rhodesia between 1962 and 1963. He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1963 New Year Honours.^[2]

He married Mary Wood on 1 September 1931 and they had two sons and a daughter.

References

↑ Who's who of Southern Africa – Google Books. Books.google.ca. Retrieved 2012-01-11.
↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 42870. p. 23. 28 December 1962. Retrieved 14 June 2011.

Newitt, Louise (ed). Prominent Rhodesian Personalities (Cover Publicity Services, Salisbury, 1977).

Political offices
Preceded by Henry Everard	Acting President of Rhodesia 1978–1979	Succeeded by Henry Everard

v t e Presidents of Zimbabwe and its antecedents

Rhodesia (1970 – 1979)	Clifford Dupont Henry Everard* John Wrathall Henry Everard* Jack William Pithey* Henry Everard*

Zimbabwe Rhodesia (1979)	Josiah Zion Gumede

Zimbabwe (since 1980)	Canaan Banana Robert Mugabe

* denotes acting.

Persondata
Name	Pithey, Jack William
Alternative names
Short description	Acting President of Rhodesia, President of the Senate
Date of birth	30 December 1903
Place of birth	Potchefstroom (South Africa)
Date of death
Place of death

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