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This is a list of mayors of Harare (previously Salisbury until 1982).

List of mayors

Mayor Term start Term end   Party Ref.
William Fairbridge 1 December 1897 31 July 1898 [1]
1898 1899
H. T. Deary 10 August 1899 9 August 1900 [2]
Joseph van Praagh 9 August 1900 1901 [2][3]
1901 1903
Milton Cleveland 1903 1905
Edward Coxwell 1905 1906 [4]
John Pascoe 1906 1907 [5]
Hugh William Ross 1907 1909
William Harvey Brown 1909 1910
Milton Cleveland 1910 1912
1912 1913
James Lawson 1913 1913
Edward Coxwell 1913 1914
H. L. Lezard 1914 1917 [3]
1917 1920
Milton Cleveland 1920 1921 bgcolor="Template:Independent/meta/color" | Independent
1921 1923
John Reid Rowland 1923 (acting) 1924 [6]
1924 1925
1925 1927
Jacob Hendrik Smit 1927 1928 [1]
John McChlery 1928 1928
1928 1929
J. E. Stone 1929 1930 [7]
Robert Lawrence Phillips 1930 1931
1931 1932
H. Edwards 1932 1932
Milton Cleveland 1932 1933 Rhodesia Party
John Reid Rowland 1933 1934 [6]
Benjamin Fereday 1934 1937 [8]
1937 1942
Gladys Maasdorp 1942 1943 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour [9][10]
Charles Olley 1943 1945 bgcolor="Template:Independent/meta/color" | Independent
1945 1947
Noel St. Quintin 1947 1947 bgcolor="Template:United Federal Party/meta/color" | United Party
Morton Jaffray 1947 1949 [11]
Ralph Cleveland 1949 1951
1951 1955
Harry Pichanick 1955 1956 [3]
1956 1957
L. J. Boshoff 1957 1958
Leslie Pocket August 1958 5 August 1959 [12][13]
H. J. Posselt 5 August 1959 1960 bgcolor="Template:United Federal Party/meta/color" | United Federal [13][14]
1960 1961
Ivor Pitch August 1961 1962 bgcolor="Template:Independent/meta/color" | Independent [3][15]
William Steer 1962 1963
Frank Clements 1963 1964 bgcolor="Template:Rhodesian Front/meta/color" | Rhodesian Front [16][17]
Bernard Ponter 1964 1965 bgcolor="Template:Rhodesian Front/meta/color" | Rhodesian Front [3][18]
1965 1966
Gordon Harper 1966 10 August 1967 [19]
Ivor Pitch 10 August 1967 August 1968 [3][19]
Florence Chisholm August 1968 1969 bgcolor="Template:Rhodesian Front/meta/color" | Rhodesian Front [20]
1969 1971
Roger Bates 1971 2 August 1972 [21][22]
Jock Alves 2 August 1972 7 August 1974 bgcolor="Template:Rhodesian Front/meta/color" | Rhodesian Front [22][23]
Tony Tanser 7 August 1974 1975 [23]
H. Douglas Tanner 1975 1976 bgcolor="Template:Rhodesian Front/meta/color" | Rhodesian Front
Roy Wright 1976 3 August 1977 [24]
Ronald Cowan 3 August 1977 1978 [3][24]
Arthur Wilkins 1978 August 1979
Jack Whiting August 1979 7 April 1981 [25]
Tizirai Gwata 7 April 1981 15 October 1984 bgcolor="Template:Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front/meta/color" | ZANU–PF [25][26]
Oliver Chidawu 15 October 1984 1985 bgcolor="Template:Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front/meta/color" | ZANU–PF [26]
Tony Gara 29 July 1985 1986 bgcolor="Template:Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front/meta/color" | ZANU–PF [27][28]
Solomon Tawengwa 1 October 1986 1988 bgcolor="Template:Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front/meta/color" | ZANU–PF [29][30]
Jabulani Thembani 1988 1989 bgcolor="Template:Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front/meta/color" | ZANU–PF
Simon Chikwavaire 1989 1993 bgcolor="Template:Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front/meta/color" | ZANU–PF
Charles Tawengwa 1993 1995 bgcolor="Template:Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front/meta/color" | ZANU–PF
1995 1996
Solomon Tawengwa 1996 March 1999 bgcolor="Template:Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front/meta/color" | ZANU–PF [30]
1999 2002
Elias Mudzuri 1 April 2002 April 2003 bgcolor="Template:Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai/meta/color" | MDC
Sekesai Makwavarara (acting) April 2003 2008 bgcolor="Template:Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai/meta/color" | MDC/MDC–T
bgcolor="Template:Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front/meta/color" | ZANU–PF
Emmanuel Chiroto 15 June 2008 June 2008 bgcolor="Template:Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai/meta/color" | MDC–T
Muchadeyi Masunda 2 July 2008 2013 bgcolor="Template:Independent/meta/color" | Independent [31][32]
Bernard Manyenyeni 2013 2018 bgcolor="Template:Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai/meta/color" | MDC–T
Herbert Gomba 3 September 2018 bgcolor="Template:Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai/meta/color" | MDC[n 1] [33]

Living former mayors

Name Term Date of birth (and age)
Tizirai Gwata 1981–1984 (1943-03-03) 3 March 1943 (age 81)
Oliver Chidawu 1984–1985 1954 (age 69–70)
Jabulani Thembani 1988–1989 missing
Simon Chikwavaire 1989–1993 missing
Charles Tawengwa 1993–1995 (1954-04-21) 21 April 1954 (age 70)
Elias Mudzuri 2002–2003 (1957-04-04) 4 April 1957 (age 67)
Sekesai Makwavarara 2003–2008 1958 (age 65–66)
Emmanuel Chiroto 2008 missing
Muchadeyi Masunda 2008–2013 1952 (age 71–72)
Bernard Manyenyeni 2013–2018 (1965-01-25) 25 January 1965 (age 59)

See also

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ^ Gomba was elected mayor as a member of the Movement for Democratic Change Alliance, an electoral bloc composed of the Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai (MDC–T) and six other parties. After the 2018 election, several of the MDC Alliance parties merged to form the reunited Movement for Democratic Change (MDC).

References

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  2. ^ a b Reports on the Administration of Rhodesia: 1889/92-1900/02. British South Africa Company. 1900.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Gelfand, David (July 2014). "Hebrew Congregation of Harare, Zimbabwe" (PDF). Zimbabwe Jewish Community. p. 30. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  4. ^ Ferguson, Fergus W. (1907). Southern Rhodesia: an Account of Its Past History, Present Development, Natural Riches, and Future Prospects. W. H. & L. Collingridge. p. 133.
  5. ^ Murdoch, Norman R. (2015). Christian Warfare in Rhodesia-Zimbabwe: The Salvation Army and African Liberation, 1891-1991. Eugene, Oregon: Pickwick Publications. p. 17. ISBN 9780718894115.
  6. ^ a b Year Book and Guide of the Rhodesias and Nyasaland: With Biographies. Rhodesian Publications, Limited. 1944. p. 603.
  7. ^ Macmillan, Allister (1931). Rhodesia and Eastern Africa: Historical and Descriptive Commercial and Industrial Facts, Figures, & Resources. W.H. & L. Collingridge. p. 130.
  8. ^ Who's who of Rhodesia, Mauritius, Central and East Africa. 1967.
  9. ^ Scarnecchia, Timothy (2008). The Urban Roots of Democracy and Political Violence in Zimbabwe: Harare and Highfield, 1940-1964. Rochester: University of Rochester Press. p. 19. ISBN 9781580463638.
  10. ^ Seligman, Dee (Spring 1980). "The Four-Faced Novelist". Modern Fiction Studies. 26 (1). The Johns Hopkins University Press: 11. JSTOR 26280553.
  11. ^ South African Electrical Review. 1956. p. 61.
  12. ^ Levin, A. J. (1959). Guide To the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. Central African Airways Corporation. p. 104.
  13. ^ a b Levin, A. J. (1960). C. A. A. Guide to the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. Central African Airways Corporation. p. 306.
  14. ^ Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Newsletter. Federal Information Department, Government of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. 1962. p. 128.
  15. ^ "Elected Mayor". New Jersey Jewish News. 18 August 1961. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  16. ^ The Spectator Volume 219. 1967. p. 208.
  17. ^ Shamuyarira, Nathan M. (1976). National liberation through self-reliance in Rhodesia, 1956-1972. Princeton University.
  18. ^ Wood, J. R. T. (2 August 2012). A Matter of Weeks Rather Than Months: The Impasse Between Harold Wilson and Ian Smith Sanctions, Aborted Settlements and War 1965-1969. Trafford Publishing. ISBN 9781466934108.
  19. ^ a b "50 years ago". The Herald. 10 August 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  20. ^ "50 years ago". The Herald. 20 August 1968. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  21. ^ Weinmann, H. (1975). Agricultural research and development in Southern Rhodesia, 1924-1950. University of Rhodesia. p. 125. ISBN 9780869240045.
  22. ^ a b Summary of World Broadcasts: Non-Arab Africa. BBC. 1972.
  23. ^ a b Summary of World Broadcasts: Non-Arab Africa. BBC. 1974.
  24. ^ a b Summary of World Broadcasts: Non-Arab Africa. British Broadcasting Corporation Monitoring Service. 1977. p. 9.
  25. ^ a b Sub-Saharan Africa Report. Foreign Broadcast Information Service. 1981.
  26. ^ a b Independent Zimbabwe. Department of Information, Government of Zimbabwe. 1985. p. 16.
  27. ^ Independent Zimbabwe. Government of Zimbabwe. 1986. p. 8.
  28. ^ "Former Harare Mayor Gara Dies". The Herald. 15 November 2006. Retrieved 20 May 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  29. ^ Independent Zimbabwe. Government of Zimbabwe. 1986. p. 13.
  30. ^ a b "Cde Tawengwa stood for social justice, welfare". The Herald. 30 July 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  31. ^ "His Worship the Mayor". City of Harare. Archived from the original on May 2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archivedate= (help)
  32. ^ Shaw, Angus (17 September 2008). "Tensions ease but shortages rampant in Zimbabwe". Fox News. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  33. ^ "MDC Alliance's Herbert Gomba New Harare Mayor". Pindula News. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
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