List of Speakers of the House of Assembly of Zimbabwe
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This is a list of Speakers of the House of Assembly and historical antecedents.
Southern Rhodesia
Southern Rhodesia
Zimbabwe
Southern RhodesiaSouthern RhodesiaSouthern Rhodesia was the name of the British colony situated north of the Limpopo River and the Union of South Africa. From its independence in 1965 until its extinction in 1980, it was known as Rhodesia...
(1923 – 1953)
- Lionel CrippsLionel CrippsThe Hon Lionel Cripps CMG was the first Speaker of the Southern Rhodesian Legislative Assembly.Born in Simla, India, the son of a General in the Bengal Staff Corps and his wife and educated in England, Cripps moved to South Africa in 1879, where he took up farming...
1923– - Allan Ross Welsh 1935–1952
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Southern RhodesiaSouthern RhodesiaSouthern Rhodesia was the name of the British colony situated north of the Limpopo River and the Union of South Africa. From its independence in 1965 until its extinction in 1980, it was known as Rhodesia...
as part of the Rhodesia and NyasalandFederation of Rhodesia and NyasalandThe Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, also known as the Central African Federation , was a semi-independent state in southern Africa that existed from 1953 to the end of 1963, comprising the former self-governing colony of Southern Rhodesia and the British protectorates of Northern Rhodesia,...
(1953 – 1964)
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- Dr. Walter AlexanderWalter AlexanderWalter Alexander can refer to:Companies:* Walter Alexander Coachbuilders, Scottish bus coachbuilderPeople:* Walter G. Alexander , African American physician and politician from New Jersey...
1959–1964
ZimbabweZimbabweZimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...
(1980–present)
- Didymus MutasaDidymus MutasaDidymus Noel Edwin Mutasa is a Zimbabwean politician, currently serving as the Minister of State for Presidential Affairs and as the Secretary for Administration of ZANU-PF.-Family background:...
1980–1990 - Nolan Makombe 1990–1995
- Cyril Ndebele April 1995–2000
- Emmerson MnangagwaEmmerson MnangagwaEmmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa is a Zimbabwean politician who has been Minister of Defense since February 2009. He was previously Minister of State Security from 1982 to 1988, then Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs until 2000; he was Speaker of Parliament from July 2000 to 2005 and...
July 2000–April 2005 - John NkomoJohn NkomoJohn Landa Nkomo is a Zimbabwean politician, serving as Vice-President of Zimbabwe. After serving for years as a minister in the government of Zimbabwe, he was the Speaker of Parliament from 2005 to 2008. He was then appointed to the Senate in 2008 and was Minister of State in the President's...
April 2005–March 2008 - Lovemore MoyoLovemore MoyoLovemore Moyo is a Zimbabwean politician and the current Speaker of the House of Assembly of Zimbabwe. He is the National Chairman of the Movement for Democratic Change - Tsvangirai party led by Morgan Tsvangirai....
25 August 2008–Present