List of speakers of the National Assembly of Zimbabwe

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]
1					United Party (after 1934)
2		Allan Ross Welsh	11 March 1935 – 18 March 1952	4th, 5th, 6th, 7th	United Party	[1]
3		Sir Tom Ian Findlay Wilson	18 March 1952 – 13 April 1954	7th, 8th	United Party	[1][2]
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]
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
1		Albert Rubidge Washington Stumbles	1965 – 31 December 1972	Rhodesian Front	[5][6]
2		George Holland Hartley	27 March 1973 – 1979	Rhodesian Front	[6]

Zimbabwe Rhodesia/Southern Rhodesia (1979–1980)

No.	Portrait	Speaker	Tenure	Party	Notes
1		John Moses Chirimbani	8 May – 25 May 1979	United African National Council	[7]
2		John Zwenhamo Ruredzo	25 May 1979 – 1979	United African National Council

Zimbabwe (1980–present)

No.	Portrait	Speaker	Tenure	Parliament(s)	Party
1		Didymus Mutasa	14 May 1980 – 1990	1st, 2nd	ZANU (until 1987)
					ZANU–PF (after 1987)
2		Nolan Makombe	2 May 1990 – 1995	3rd	ZANU–PF
3		Cyril Ndebele	14 April 1995 – 2000	4th	ZANU–PF
4		Emmerson Mnangagwa	1 July 2000 – 2005	5th	ZANU–PF
5		John Nkomo	1 April 2005 – 5 March 2008	6th	ZANU–PF
6		Lovemore Moyo	25 August 2008 – 27 June 2013	7th	MDC–T
7		Jacob Mudenda	22 August 2013 – Incumbent[8]	8th, 9th	ZANU–PF

See also

• Southern Rhodesian Legislative Assembly
• National Assembly of Zimbabwe

References

1. 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. "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. 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.