election he stood down from the House of Assembly and transferred to the Senate. In 1975 he presented his 12th (and last) consecutive Budget as Rhodesia's longest serving Minister of Finance. Presidency In 1976, Wrathall became the second President of Rhodesia, succeeding Clifford Dupont. On 14 January of that year, he was sworn in as president by the Chief Justice, Sir Hugh Beadle, in a ceremony at Government House witnessed by Prime Minister Ian Smith and his Cabinet ministers. Wrathall served for two and a half years, and died in office of a heart attack. References External links Rhodesian Prime Minister, Ian Smith, President John Wrathall and his wife Doreen, attend opening of Parliament in Salisbury, 22 June 1977, AP Archive Funeral of President John Wrathall – 5000 line streets, 7 September 1978, AP Archive |- |- |- 1913 births 1978 deaths People from Lancaster, Lancashire White Rhodesian people People educated at Lancaster Royal Grammar School Presidents of Rhodesia Deputy Prime Ministers of Rhodesia Members of the Legislative Assembly of Southern Rhodesia Members of the Parliament of Rhodesia Finance ministers of Rhodesia Rhodesian Front politicians British emigrants to Rhodesia Zimbabwean people of English descent Signatories of Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence