List of speakers of the National Assembly of Zimbabwe

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This article lists the speakers of the National Assembly of Zimbabwe and its historical antecedents: House of Assembly of Southern Rhodesia in 1923–1953 and 1963–1965, Federal Assembly of Rhodesia and Nyasaland in 1953–1963, House of Assembly of Rhodesia in 1965–1979 and House of Assembly of Zimbabwe in 1980–2013.

Parliament of Zimbabwe building in Harare.

Southern Rhodesia (1923–1965)

No. Portrait Speaker Tenure Term(s) Party Notes
1 Lionel Cripps 30 May 1924 – 11 March 1935 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Rhodesia Party (until 1934) [1]
style="background:Template:United Rhodesia Party/meta/color; color:white;" |1 United Party (after 1934)
style="background:Template:United Rhodesia Party/meta/color; color:white;" |2 Allan Ross Welsh 11 March 1935 – 18 March 1952 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th United Party [1]
style="background:Template:United Rhodesia Party/meta/color; color:white;" |3 Sir Tom Ian Findlay Wilson 18 March 1952 – 13 April 1954 7th, 8th United Party [1][2]
style="background:Template:United Rhodesia Party/meta/color; color:white;" |4 William Addison 13 April 1954 – 30 June 1959 8th, 9th United Party [1]
5 Walter Alexander 30 June 1959 – 28 July 1964 9th, 10th ? [1][3][4]
style="background:Template:Rhodesian Front/meta/color; color:white;" |6 Albert Rubidge Washington Stumbles 28 July 1964 – 1965 10th, 11th Rhodesian Front [1][4]

Rhodesia (1965–1979)

House of Assembly was unicameral legislature from 1965 to 1970, and the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Rhodesia from 1970 to 1979.

No. Portrait Speaker Tenure Party Notes
style="background:Template:Rhodesian Front/meta/color; color:white;"| 1 Albert Rubidge Washington Stumbles 1965 – 31 December 1972 Rhodesian Front [5][6]
style="background:Template:Rhodesian Front/meta/color; color:white;"| 2 George Holland Hartley 27 March 1973 – 1979 Rhodesian Front [6]

Zimbabwe Rhodesia/Southern Rhodesia (1979–1980)

No. Portrait Speaker Tenure Party Notes
style="background:Template:United African National Council/meta/color; color:white;"| 1 John Moses Chirimbani 8 May – 25 May 1979 United African National Council [7]
style="background:Template:United African National Council/meta/color; color:white;"| 2 John Zwenhamo Ruredzo 25 May 1979 – 1979 United African National Council

Zimbabwe (1980–present)

No. Portrait Speaker Tenure Parliament(s) Party
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front/meta/color; color:white;"| 1 Didymus Mutasa 14 May 1980 – 1990 1st, 2nd ZANU (until 1987)
ZANU–PF (after 1987)
style="background:Template:Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front/meta/color; color:white;"| 2 Nolan Makombe 2 May 1990 – 1995 3rd ZANU–PF
style="background:Template:Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front/meta/color; color:white;"| 3 Cyril Ndebele 14 April 1995 – 2000 4th ZANU–PF
style="background:Template:Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front/meta/color; color:white;"| 4 Emmerson Mnangagwa 1 July 2000 – 2005 5th ZANU–PF
style="background:Template:Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front/meta/color; color:white;"| 5 John Nkomo 1 April 2005 – 5 March 2008 6th ZANU–PF
style="background:Template:Movement for Democratic Change-Tsvangirai/meta/color; color:white;"| 6 Lovemore Moyo 25 August 2008 – 27 June 2013 7th MDC–T
style="background:Template:Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front/meta/color; color:white;"| 7 Jacob Mudenda 22 August 2013 – Incumbent[8] 8th, 9th ZANU–PF

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f http://ir.uz.ac.zw/jspui/bitstream/10646/3684/1/Willson_Holders_of_Administrative_and_Ministerial_office_1894_1964.pdf
  2. ^ Cook, Chris (2 October 2012). "The Routledge Guide to British Political Archives: Sources since 1945". Routledge – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "The Parliamentarian". 10 March 1960 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ a b "The Parliamentarian: Journal of the Parliaments of the Commonwealth". 10 March 1964 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Assembly, Southern Rhodesia Parliament House of. "Votes and Proceedings of the House of Assembly". House of Assembly – via Google Books.
  6. ^ a b Assembly, Southern Rhodesia Parliament House of. "Votes and Proceedings of the House of Assembly". House of Assembly – via Google Books.
  7. ^ "World News Briefs". The New York Times. 9 May 1979. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  8. ^ Chronicle, The. "President meets Parliament presiding officers". The Chronicle.
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