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 No image.png Lionel Cripps 30 May 1924 – 11 March 1935 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Rhodesia Party (until 1934) [1]
1 United Party (after 1934)
2 Sir Allan Ross Welsh.jpg Allan Ross Welsh 11 March 1935 – 18 March 1952 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th United Party [1]
3 No image.png Sir 18 March 1952 – 13 April 1954 7th, 8th United Party [1][2]
4 No image.png 13 April 1954 – 30 June 1959 8th, 9th United Party [1]
5 No image.png 30 June 1959 – 28 July 1964 9th, 10th ? [1][3][4]
6 No image.png Albert Rubidge Washington Stumbles 28 July 1964 – 1965 10th, 11th Rhodesian Front [1][4]

Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1953–1963)[]

No. Portrait Speaker Tenure Term(s) Party Notes
1 No image.png Sir 1953 – 1960 1st, 2nd Federal Party
United Federal Party
2 No image.png 1960 – 1963 2nd, 3rd United Federal Party

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
1 No image.png Albert Rubidge Washington Stumbles 1965 – 31 December 1972 Rhodesian Front [5][6]
2 No image.png 27 March 1973 – 1979 Rhodesian Front [6]

Zimbabwe Rhodesia/Southern Rhodesia (1979–1980)[]

No. Portrait Speaker Tenure Party Notes
1 No image.png 8–25 May 1979 United African National Council [7]
2 No image.png 25 May 1979 – 1979 United African National Council

Zimbabwe (1980–present)[]

No. Portrait Speaker Tenure Parliament(s) Party
1 DidymusMutasa1988.jpg Didymus Mutasa 14 May 1980 – 1990 , ZANU (until 1987)
ZANU–PF (after 1987)
2 No image.png 2 May 1990 – 1995 ZANU–PF
3 No image.png 14 April 1995 – 2000 ZANU–PF
4 Emmerson Mnangagwa Official Portrait.jpg Emmerson Mnangagwa 1 July 2000 – 2005 ZANU–PF
5 No image.png John Nkomo 1 April 2005 – 5 March 2008 ZANU–PF
6 No image.png Lovemore Moyo 25 August 2008 – 27 June 2013 7th MDC–T
7 Jacob Mudenda 2019 (cropped).jpg Jacob Mudenda 22 August 2013 – Incumbent[8] , 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. ISBN 9781136509629 – 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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