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.
Southern Rhodesia (1923–1964) and Rhodesia (1964–1965)
No.
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Portrait
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Speaker
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Tenure
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Term(s)
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Party
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Notes
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1
|
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Lionel Cripps
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30 May 1924 – 11 March 1935
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1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th
|
Rhodesia Party (until 1934)
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[1]
|
1
|
United Party (after 1934)
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2
|
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Allan Ross Welsh
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11 March 1935 – 18 March 1952
|
4th, 5th, 6th, 7th
|
United Party
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[1]
|
3
|
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Sir Tom Ian Findlay Wilson
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18 March 1952 – 13 April 1954
|
7th, 8th
|
United Party
|
[1][2]
|
4
|
|
William Addison
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13 April 1954 – 30 June 1959
|
8th, 9th
|
United Party
|
[1]
|
5
|
|
Walter Alexander
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30 June 1959 – 28 July 1964
|
9th, 10th
|
?
|
[1][3][4]
|
6
|
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Albert Rubidge Washington Stumbles
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28 July 1964 – 1965
|
10th, 11th
|
Rhodesian Front
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[1][4]
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Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1953–1963)
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.
Zimbabwe Rhodesia (1979) and Southern Rhodesia (1979–1980)
Zimbabwe (1980–present)
Deputy Speakers
See also
References