Janet Banana
| Janet Banana | |
|---|---|
| First Lady of Zimbabwe | |
|
In role 18 April 1980 – 31 December 1987 | |
| President | Canaan Banana |
| Succeeded by | Sally Mugabe |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Janet Mbuyazwe 1938 (age 79–80) Matabeleland, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) |
| Spouse(s) | Canaan Banana |
| Children | 4 |
Janet Banana (born Janet Mbuyazwe[1] in 1938) is the widow of Zimbabwe's first President, the late Canaan Banana, whom she married in 1961. She served as the first First Lady of Zimbabwe from 1980-87. The couple had four children.
Due to a constitutional amendment, Canaan Banana was removed from the office of President, into which Prime Minister Robert Mugabe was instated. Despite her term as First Lady, Janet Banana has not received a pension from either Mugabe or his successor as President, Emmerson Mnangagwa.[2]
Mrs. Banana sought political asylum in the United Kingdom in October 2000. She was awarded British citizenship in 2006, and took the oath of allegiance on 10 February 2006 at a ceremony in the London Borough of Haringey in front of the Mayor of Haringey.
References
- ↑ "The Rev Canaan Banana". The Independent. 12 November 2003. Archived from the original on 17 October 2010. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ↑ Vambe, Lex (18 February 2018). "ED Mnangagwa Ignores Zimbabwe's First President Canaan Banana's Widow". PaZimbabwe. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
