Ernest Bulle | |
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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 Serving with David Smith | |
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 Serving with David Smith | |
Prime Minister | Ian Smith |
Succeeded by | Himself (Zimbabwe Rhodesia) |
Personal details | |
Born | Tjolotjo, Southern Rhodesia |
Political party | United African National Council |
Alma mater | University of Natal University College of Rhodesia |
Ernest Leonard Bulle (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.