Jack Howman

Jack Howman
GLM ID
Jack Howman GLM ID
	Jack Howman, right, attending a conference before signing of the U.D.I.
Personal details
Born	John Hartley Howman; 11 August 1919; Selukwe, Southern Rhodesia
Died	2 February 2000 (aged 80); Johannesburg, South Africa
Political party	Rhodesian Front
Spouse	Moira Maidman

John Hartley Howman GLM ID (August 11, 1919 – 2 February 2002) served as a Rhodesian Front Member of Parliament in Salisbury and the Minister of Tourism and Information in the cabinet of Prime Minister Ian Smith.^[1] He became Rhodesian minister of external affairs and defence in September 1968.^[2]

He was one of the signatories to the Unilateral Declaration of Independence on 11 November 1965.^[3] He was also Minister of African Education until 1963. Howman was one of Smith's closest confidants and friends in his cabinet and accompanied him to the Gibraltar Conferences in 1966 and 1968.^[4]

Awards

Legion of Merit (Grand Officer - Civilian) (GLM) (Rhodesia)
Independence Decoration (ID) (Rhodesia)

References

^ "Terrorists' losses 160". The Windsor Star. 26 December 1968. p. 6. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
^ https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP79-00891A000700060001-0.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ White, Matthew C. (1978). Smith of Rhodesia: A Pictorial Biography. Cape Town: Don Nelson. p. 45. ISBN 978-0909238360.
^ "Plumtree School – Jack Howman Biography". oldprunitian.rhodesiana.com. Retrieved 5 March 2018.

Southern Rhodesian Legislative Assembly
New title	Member of Parliament for Jameson 1962 – 1970	Parliament dissolved
House of Assembly of Rhodesia
New title	Member of Parliament for Mount Pleasant 1970 – 1974	Succeeded by Jonas Christian Andersen
Political offices
Preceded by Blair Vincent Ewing	Minister of Internal Affairs 1962 – 1964	Succeeded by William Harper
Preceded by Blair Vincent Ewing	Minister of Local Government 1962 – 1964	Succeeded by John Gaunt
Preceded by Cyril Hatty	Minister of African Education 1962 – 1963	Succeeded by John Wrathall
New title	Minister of Information, Immigration, and Tourism 1965 – 1968	Succeeded by P. K. van der Byl
Preceded by The Duke of Montrose	Minister of Foreign Affairs Minister of Defence 1968 – 1974	Succeeded by P. K. van der Byl
Preceded by William Harper	Minister of the Public Service 1968 – 1974	Succeeded by Reginald Cowper

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[1] "Terrorists' losses 160". The Windsor Star. 26 December 1968. p. 6. Retrieved 3 July 2011.

[2] ttps://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP79-00891A000700060001-0.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}

[3] White, Matthew C. (1978). Smith of Rhodesia: A Pictorial Biography. Cape Town: Don Nelson. p. 45. ISBN 978-0909238360.

[4] "Plumtree School – Jack Howman Biography". oldprunitian.rhodesiana.com. Retrieved 5 March 2018.

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