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 of Zimbabwe and its historical antecedents since 1923.

List

Southern Rhodesia (1923–1953)

• Lionel Cripps 1923–1935
• Allan Ross Welsh 1935–1952
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Southern Rhodesia as part of the Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1953–1964)

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• Dr. Walter Alexander 1959–1964

Southern Rhodesia (1964–1965)

№	Speaker		Political Party	Term of office
1		Arthur R. W. Stumbles	Rhodesian Front	1964–1965

Rhodesia (1965–1979)

№	Speaker		Political Party	Term of office
1		Arthur R. W. Stumbles	Rhodesian Front	1965–1973
2		George Holland Hartley	Rhodesian Front	1973–1979

Zimbabwe Rhodesia (1979)

№	Speaker		Political Party	Term of office
1		John Moses Chirimbani	United African National Council	1979
2		John Zwenhamo Ruredzo	United African National Council	1979

Southern Rhodesia (1979–1980)

№	Speaker		Political Party	Term of office
1		John Zwenhamo Ruredzo	United African National Council	1979–1980

Zimbabwe (1980–present)

Parties

  Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) / Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU–PF)
  Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai (MDC–T)

№	Speaker		Political Party	Term of office
		Didymus Mutasa	ZANU (until 1987) ZANU–PF (from 1987)	1980–1990
1
2		Nolan Makombe	ZANU–PF	1990–1995
3		Cyril Ndebele	ZANU–PF	1995–2000
4		Emmerson Mnangagwa	ZANU–PF	2000–2005
5		John Nkomo	ZANU–PF	2005–2008
6		Lovemore Moyo	MDC–T	2008–2013
7		Jacob Mudenda	ZANU–PF	2013–Present

See also

• House of Assembly (Zimbabwe)

References