List of speakers of the Parliament of Uganda

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This is a list of speakers of the Parliament of Uganda , since 1962: [1]

LegislatureNamePeriod
1st Parliament (National Assembly) 1962–May 1966 John Bowes Griffin [1]
Narendra M. Patel [1] 		1962–1963
1963–May 1966
2nd Parliament (National Assembly) 1967–January 1971Narendra M. Patel [2] 1967–January 1971
No Legislative Arm of Government1971–1979
3rd Parliament (National Consultative Council) 1979–1980 Edward Rugumayo (Chairman) [1] [3] 1979–1980
4th Parliament (National Assembly) 1980–27 July 1985 Francis K. Butagira [1] 23 December 1980–27 July 1985
5th Parliament (National Resistance Council) 1986–1996 Yoweri Museveni [1] (Chairman)
Vice Chairman Al-Haji Moses Kigongo chaired most of NRC's meetings		26 January 1986–1996
6th Parliament (Parliament of Uganda) 1996–2001 James Wapakhabulo
Speaker of the Constituent Assembly 1994–1995 [1] [4]
Francis Ayume [1] 		1996–1998
1998–2001
7th Parliament (Parliament of Uganda) 2001–2006 Edward Ssekandi [1] [5] July 2001–2006
8th Parliament (Parliament of Uganda) 2006–2011Edward Ssekandi [1] [6] 18 May 2006–2011
9th Parliament (Parliament of Uganda) 2011–2016 Rebecca Kadaga [1] [7] 19 May 2011 – 2016
10th Parliament (Parliament of Uganda) 2016–2021 Rebecca Kadaga [1] [8] [9] 19 May 2016 – 2021
11th Parliament (Parliament of Uganda) 2021-2026 Jacob L'Okori Oulanyah [10] 24 May 2021- 20 March 2022
11th Parliament (Parliament of Uganda) 2021-2026 Anita Annet Among [11] 25 March 2022 - present

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  2. ↑ Narendra Patel; Uganda's first non-British speaker of Parliament, New Vision , August 9, 2012
  3. ↑ Uganda: A Modern History
  4. ↑ Felix Osike and Denis Ocwich (29 March 2004). "Obituary of James Wapakhabulo" (Quoted in the New Vision on 29 March 2004). Kampala: Ugandanet@kym.net. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
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  6. ↑ Christine Nabunya (18 May 2006). "Sekandi, Kadaga Re-elected Speaker and Deputy Speaker of Parliament". Kampala: Uganda Radio Network . Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  7. ↑ Daily Monitor (19 May 2011). "Uganda 9th Parliament: Kadaga Is Speaker, Oulanya Deputy". Daily Monitor . Kampala. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  8. ↑ New Vision (19 May 2016). "Kadaga Speaker, Oulanyah Deputy". New Vision . Kampala. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  9. ↑ Inter-Parliamentary Union (1 January 2017). "Uganda Parliamentary Elections 2016". Geneva, Switzerland: Inter-Parliamentary Union . Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  10. ↑ "Jacob Oulanyah voted Speaker of 11th Parliament". Daily Monitor. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
  11. ↑ Geoffrey Serugo (25 March 2022). "Anita Among Elected Speaker of The 11th Parliament". Eagle Uganda Online. Kampala, Uganda. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
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