January 1966 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference


The January 1966 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference was the 15th Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Nations. It was the first such meeting to be held outside of the United Kingdom, being held in Lagos, Nigeria, and was hosted by that country's Prime Minister, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa.
The sole purpose of the meeting was to discuss the white minority rule regime in the rogue British colony of Rhodesia and the means by which multi-racial rule could be achieved.

Participants

The following nations were represented:
NationNamePosition
Harold WilsonPrime Minister
James CumesHigh Commissioner
Lester PearsonPrime Minister
A. F. WijemanneMinister of Justice
Makarios IIIPresident
Sir Dawda JawaraPrime Minister
Ashoke Kumar SenMinister of Law and Justice
Donald SangsterActing Prime Minister
James GichuruMinister of Finance
Hastings BandaPrime Minister
Abdul Razak HusseinDeputy Prime Minister
Giorgio Borġ OlivierPrime Minister
Sir Tom MacdonaldHigh Commissioner
Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Prime Minister
Hakim Μ AhsonHigh Commissioner
Sir Albert MargaiPrime Minister
Lee Kuan YewPrime Minister
Patrick SolomonMinister of Foreign Affairs
Milton ObotePrime Minister
Reuben KamangaVice President