List of mayors of Harare

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This is a list of mayors of Harare (previously Salisbury until 1982), the capital of Zimbabwe. All mayors are members of the Harare City Council who are elected by their fellow councillors.

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List of mayors

MayorTerm startTerm end PartyRef.
William Fairbridge 1 December 18971899 [1] [2]
H. J. Deary 10 August 18999 August 1900 [1] [3]
Joseph van Praagh 9 August 19001901 [1] [3] [4]
G. D. Bates 19011903 [1]
Ralph Milton Cleveland 19031905 [1]
Edward Coxwell 19051906 [1] [5]
John Pascoe 19061908 [1] [6]
Hugh William Ross 19081909 [1]
William Harvey Brown 19091910 [1]
Ralph Milton Cleveland 19101912 [1]
James Lawson 19121913 [1]
Edward Coxwell 19131914 [1]
H. L. Lezard 19141915 [1]
W. Martin Epton 19151916 [1]
H. L. Lezard 19161917 [1]
George Elcombe 19171920 [1]
Ralph Milton Cleveland 19201921 [1]
George Elcombe 19211923 [1]
William Smith 19231924 [1]
John Reid Rowland 19241925 [1] [7]
W. Hill 19251927 [1]
Jacob Smit 19271928 [1] [2]
John McChlery 19281929 [1]
J. E. Stone 19291930 [1] [8]
J. W. Elsworth 19301931 [1]
Robert Lawrence Phillips 19311932 [1]
Ralph Milton Cleveland 19321933 [1]
John Reid Rowland 19331934 [1] [7]
Leslie B. Fereday 19341937 [1] [9]
N. A. Philip 19371938 [1]
D. McDonald 19381940 [1]
O. P. Wheeler 19401941 [1]
D. McDonald 19411942 [1]
Gladys Maasdorp 19421943 Labour [10] [11]
Charles Olley 19431945 [1] [12]
Noel St. Quintin 19451947 [1] [13]
Morton Jaffray 19471949 [1] [14]
Ralph Milton Cleveland 19491951 [1] [15]
S. W. Sandford 19511953 [1]
Henry Bain Auld 19531954 [1]
James Watson Swan 19541955 [1]
Harry Pichanick 19551957 [1] [4]
L. J. Boshoff 19571958 [1]
Leslie Pocket August 19585 August 1959 [1] [16] [17]
Herbert Posselt 5 August 19591960 [1] [17] [18]
Dennis Divaris 19601961 [1]
Ivor Pitch 11 August 19611962 [1] [19]
William Steer 19621963 [1]
Frank Clements 19631964 [1] [20] [21]
Bernard Ponter 19641965 Rhodesian Front [1] [22]
Gordon Harper 196510 August 1967 Rhodesian Front [1] [23] [24]
Ivor Pitch 10 August 1967August 1968Independent [1] [23] [25]
Florence Chisholm August 19681969 Rhodesian Front [1] [26]
John Lovatt 19691970 Rhodesian Front [1] [27] [28]
T. E. Taylor 19701971 Rhodesian Front [1] [29]
Roger Bates 19712 August 1972Independent [1] [30] [31]
Jock Alves 2 August 19727 August 1974 Rhodesian Front [1] [30] [32]
Tony Tanser 7 August 19741975Independent [26] [32]
Douglas Tanner 19751976 Rhodesian Front [31]
Roy Wright 19763 August 1977 [33]
Ronald Cowan 3 August 19771978 [33]
Arthur Wilkins 1978August 1979
Jack Whiting August 19797 April 1981 [34]
Tizirai Gwata 7 April 198115 October 1984 ZANU–PF [34] [35]
Oliver Chidawu 15 October 19841985 ZANU–PF [35]
Tony Gara 29 July 19851986 ZANU–PF [36] [37]
Solomon Tawengwa 1 October 19861988 ZANU–PF [38] [39]
Jabulani Thembani 19881989 ZANU–PF
Simon Chikwavaire 19891993 ZANU–PF
Charles Tawengwa 19931995 ZANU–PF
Solomon Tawengwa 1995March 1999 ZANU–PF [39] [40]
Vacant; city administered by government-appointed commission 1999–2002 [41]
Elias Mudzuri 1 April 2002April 2003 MDC [42]
Sekesai Makwavarara (acting)April 20032008 MDC [42]
ZANU–PF
Emmanuel Chiroto 15 June 2008June 2008 MDC–T
Muchadeyi Masunda 2 July 20082013Independent [43] [44]
Bernard Manyenyeni 20132018 MDC–T
Herbert Gomba [n 1] 3 September 201814 August 2020 MDC Alliance [46] [45]
Jacob Mafume [n 2] 3 September 2020September 2023 MDC Alliance [50] [51]
CCC [52] [53]
Ian Makone [54] 11 September 2023 CCC

See also

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ↑ Recalled from City Council amid factional disputes within the MDC Alliance. [45]
  2. ↑ Mafume was suspended from office four times by local government minister July Moyo. During his suspensions, Stewart Mutizwa served as acting mayor. [47] [48] [49]

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