9th Parliament of Zimbabwe | |||||||||||
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Overview | |||||||||||
Legislative body | Parliament of Zimbabwe | ||||||||||
Jurisdiction | Zimbabwe | ||||||||||
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Term | 26 August 2018 [1] – 22 August 2023 | ||||||||||
Election | 2018 Zimbabwean general election | ||||||||||
Government | Second Mnangagwa Cabinet | ||||||||||
Website | parlzim | ||||||||||
National Assembly | |||||||||||
Members | 270 | ||||||||||
Speaker | Jacob Mudenda | ||||||||||
Deputy Speaker | Tsitsi Gezi | ||||||||||
Clerk | Kennedy Mugove Chokuda | ||||||||||
Party control | ZANU-PF | ||||||||||
Senate | |||||||||||
Members | 80 | ||||||||||
President | Mabel Chinomona | ||||||||||
Deputy President | Michael Reuben Nyambuya | ||||||||||
Clerk | Kennedy Mugove Chokuda | ||||||||||
Party control | |||||||||||
Sessions | |||||||||||
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This is a list of members of the 9th Parliament of Zimbabwe, which began in September 2018 and was dissolved on 22 August 2023. The Parliament of Zimbabwe is composed of the Senate and the National Assembly. The 9th Parliament's membership was set by the 2018 Zimbabwean general election, which gave ZANU–PF a ⅔ majority, with the MDC Alliance taking most of the remaining seats.
ZANU–PF | |
MDC Alliance | |
MDC–T (Khupe faction) | |
CCC | |
National Patriotic Front | |
Independent |
Eighteen chiefs were elected to serve as senators in the 9th Parliament: the president and deputy president of the Chiefs' Council of Zimbabwe as senators ex officio, and 16 chiefs selected by the provincial chiefs' assemblies (two per province, except the metropolitan provinces Bulawayo and Harare). [17]
Office/Province | Name | Chieftainship |
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President, Council of Chiefs | Fortune Z. Charumbira | Charumbira |
Deputy President, Council of Chiefs | Mtshane Khumalo | Mtshane |
Manicaland | Shepherd Chengeta Gundu | Makumbe |
Annias Mapungwana | Mapungwana | |
Mashonaland Central | Chinhenza Chigwadzara | Matsiwo |
Clemence Nyabvunzi | Nembire | |
Mashonaland East | Witness Bungu | Chikwaka |
Langton Chikukwa | Nechombo | |
Mashonaland West | Abel Mbasera | Chundu |
Peter Pasipamire | Ngezi | |
Masvingo | Ranganai Bwawanda | Nhema |
Felani Chauke | Chitanga | |
Matabeleland North | Khumalo Mandlakazulu | Mathupula |
Siatabwa Nkatazo | Siansali | |
Matabeleland South | Vuyani Ndiweni | Nyangozonke |
Dube Sindalizwe | Masendu | |
Midlands | Zama Nthua Mkwananzi | Ngungumbane |
Milton Ntabeni | Ntabeni |
Two seats in the Senate are reserved for persons with disabilities, one male and one female.
Seat | Name | Party | Notes | |
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Male | Watson Khupe | ZANU–PF [18] | Died 17 July 2022. [19] | |
Ishumael Zhou | Appointed to replace Khupe 19 November 2022. [4] | |||
Female | Rejoice Timire | ZANU–PF [20] |
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