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.

Speaker of the National Assembly of Zimbabwe
Mutauriri weDare reVanodzika Mitemo ye Nyika (Shona)
Logo used to represent the Parliament of Zimbabwe
Incumbent Jacob Mudenda since 3 September 2013
Style	Honourable
Status	Presiding officer
Member of	National Assembly
Appointer	House of Assembly approved and sworn in by the Chief Justice
Term length	Five years elected by the National Assembly at the start of each parliament, and upon a vacancy
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Zimbabwe
Precursor	Speaker of the House Assembly of Rhodesia
Formation	1923
First holder	Lionel Cripps (Southern Rhodesia) Didymus Mutasa (Zimbabwe)
Deputy	Deputy Speaker
Website	parlzim.gov.zw

Southern Rhodesia (1923–1964) and Rhodesia (1964–1965)

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]

Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1953–1963)

No.	Portrait	Speaker	Tenure	Term(s)	Party	Notes
1		Sir Tom Ian Findlay Wilson	1953 – 1960	1st, 2nd	Federal Party United Federal Party
2			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		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 (1979) and Southern Rhodesia (1979–1980)

No.	Portrait	Speaker	Tenure	Party	Notes
1		John Moses Chirimbani	8–25 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, 10th	ZANU–PF

Deputy Speakers

No.	Portrait	Deputy Speaker	Tenure	Parliament(s)	Party
1		Tsitsi Gezi	2018 – Incumbent	9th, 10th	ZANU–PF

See also

• Southern Rhodesian Legislative Assembly
• National Assembly of Zimbabwe

References

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2. Cook, Chris (2 October 2012). The Routledge Guide to British Political Archives: Sources since 1945. Routledge. ISBN 9781136509629.
3. The Parliamentarian. 10 March 1960.
4. The Parliamentarian: Journal of the Parliaments of the Commonwealth. 10 March 1964.
5. Assembly, Southern Rhodesia Parliament House of. Votes and Proceedings of the House of Assembly. House of Assembly.
6. Assembly, Southern Rhodesia Parliament House of. Votes and Proceedings of the House of Assembly. House of Assembly.
7. "World News Briefs". The New York Times. 9 May 1979. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
8. Chronicle, The (27 November 2018). "President meets Parliament presiding officers". The Chronicle.