Ernest Bulle
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Ernest Bulle | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Commerce and Industry of Zimbabwe Rhodesia | |
| In office 1 June 1979 – 12 December 1979 | |
| Prime Minister | Abel Muzorewa |
| Preceded by | Himself and David Smith (Rhodesia) |
| Succeeded by | David Smith (Zimbabwe) |
| Minister of Finance of Rhodesia | |
| In office April 11/12 1978 – 1 June 1979 | |
| Prime Minister | Ian Smith |
| Succeeded by | David Smith (Zimbabwe Rhodesia) |
| Minister of Commerce and Industry of Rhodesia | |
| In office April 11/12 1978 – 1 June 1979 | |
| Prime Minister | Ian Smith |
| Succeeded by | Himself (Zimbabwe Rhodesia) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Party | United African National Council |
| Alma mater | University of Natal University College of Rhodesia |
Ernest Leonard Bulle (born in 1936 died 16 January 1996) was an academic and politician who served as a minister in the governments of Rhodesia and Zimbabwe Rhodesia. He served in the cabinet of Rhodesia as joint Minister of Finance and Minister of Commerce and Industry alongside David Smith from 1978 to 1979 as part of the country's Internal Settlement. He continued as commerce minister in the government of Zimbabwe Rhodesia between June and December 1979. First elected to parliament in the 1979 Zimbabwe Rhodesia general election, he stood unsuccessfully in the 1980 general election, which set the membership of the first parliament of the independent Zimbabwe. Bulle was a member of the United African National Council and served as the party's second vice-president.
Bulle was born in Tjolotjo, Matabeleland, Southern Rhodesia.[1] He came from the Ndebele people,[2][3][4] but as an adult preferred English to the Ndebele language.[5] He attended Goromonzi High School, before studying at the University of Natal, where he graduated in 1959 with a degree in social studies[1] or economics.[6] In the late 1960s, he became the first Ndebele postgraduate student of the African languages department of the University College of Rhodesia.[2] He was married 3 times, and had two daughters and one son from his first marriage, one daughter from his second marriage, and two daughters from his last marriage.[6]