List of Parliamentary Speakers in Africa in 1965
Parliamentary Speakers in Africa in 1965. This article contains lists of parliamentary speakers of parliaments of sovereign states in Africa. The British colonial territories, the French overseas department Réunion and the French overseas territories are also included.
Sovereign states
Nation |
Title |
Name |
Entered office |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
President of the National Assembly |
El Hadj Benalla |
April 1963 |
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President of the Legislative Assembly |
Enile Bucumi |
1965 |
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President of the National Assembly |
Marcel Marigoh Mboua |
May 11, 1962 |
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East Cameroon |
President of State Legislative Assembly |
Louis Kemayou Happi |
1960 |
|
West Cameroon |
President of State Legislative Assembly |
Paul Kale |
1961 ? |
|
President of the National Assembly |
Michel Adama-Tamboux |
May 9, 1960 |
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President of the National Assembly |
Adoum Tchere (Adoum Thchéré) |
1964 |
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Congo (Brazzaville) |
President of the National Assembly |
Léon Angor |
December 26, 1963 |
|
Congo (Leopoldville) |
President of the Senate |
Sylvestre Mudingayi |
September 1965 |
|
Congo (Leopoldville) |
President of the National Council of Representatives |
Yvon Kimpiobi |
September 1965 |
|
President of the National Assembly |
Tahirou Congakou |
1964 |
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President of the Senate |
Lt.-Gen. Abiye Abebe |
? |
||
President of the Chamber of Deputies |
? |
? |
||
President of the National Assembly |
Georges Damas |
April 1964 |
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Speaker of the National Assembly |
Mr. A. S. Jack |
1962 |
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Speaker of the National Assembly |
Kofi Asante Ofori-Atta |
June 10, 1965 |
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President of the National Assembly |
Damantang Camara |
1964 |
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President of the National Assembly |
Philippe Yacé |
April 27, 1959 |
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President of the Senate |
Timothy Chokwe |
1963 |
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Speaker of the House of Representatives |
Humphrey Slade |
1963 |
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Central |
President of the Regional Assembly |
Lucas Ngureti |
1963 ? |
|
Coast |
President of Regional Assembly |
Ronald J. Ngala |
1963 ? |
|
Eastern |
President of Regional Assembly |
J. Gaita |
1963 ? |
|
North-Eastern |
President of the Regional Assembly |
Vacant |
1963 ? |
|
Nyanza |
President of the Regional Assembly |
J. O. Keragori |
1963 ? |
|
Rift Valley |
President of the Regional Assembly |
D. T. Moi |
1963 ? |
|
Western |
President of the Regional Assembly |
Wafula Wabuge |
1963 ? |
|
President of the Senate |
W. R. Tolbert |
1952 |
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Speaker of the House of Representatives |
R. A. Henries |
? |
||
President of the Senate |
Abdul Hamid Abbar |
? |
||
Speaker of the House of Representatives |
Muftah Aregib |
1964 ? |
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President of the Senate |
Siméon Japhet |
1963 |
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President of the National Assembly |
Alfred Nany |
1960 |
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Speaker of the National Assembly |
I. K. Surtee |
1964 ? |
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President of the National Assembly |
Mahamane Alassane Haidara |
1960 |
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President of the National Assembly |
Ba Ould Ne |
? |
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President of the Chamber of Councillors |
M'Fedel Cherkaoui |
1963 ? |
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President of the House of Representatives |
Abdelkrim al-Khatib |
1963 |
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President of the National Assembly |
Boubou Hama |
1958 |
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President of the Senate |
Hon. Dr. Nwafor Orizu |
November 16, 1960 |
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Speaker of the House of Representatives |
Ibrahim Jalo Waziri |
1960 |
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Northern Region |
President of the House of Chiefs |
Alhaji Haruna, Emir of Gwandu |
? |
|
Northern Region |
President of the House of Assembly |
Alhaji Umaru Gwandu |
1961 ? |
|
Western Region |
President of the House of Chiefs |
Oba Tewogboye II |
? |
|
Western Region |
President of the House of Assembly |
Thomas Elushade |
1960 ? |
|
Eastern Region |
President of the House of Chiefs |
Chief Nyong Essien |
? |
|
Eastern Region |
President of the House of Assembly |
Eze Daniel Okereke |
1961 ? |
|
Mid-Western Region |
President of the House of Chiefs |
The Oba of Benin |
? |
|
Mid-Western Region |
President of the House of Assembly |
P. K. Tabiowo |
1964 ? |
|
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly |
A. R. W. Stumbles |
July 28, 1964 |
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President of the Council of Chiefs |
Chief Shumba Chekayi |
? |
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President of the Legislative Assembly |
Anastase Makuza |
1961 ? |
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President of the National Assembly |
Lamine Guèye |
1960 |
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Speaker of the House of Representatives |
Banja Tejan-Sie |
1962 |
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President of the National Assembly |
Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein |
1965 |
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President of the Senate |
Senator the Hon. J. F. T. Naudé |
1961 |
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Speaker of the House of Assembly |
The Hon. H. J. Klopper |
1961 |
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South-West Africa |
Chairman of the Legislative Assembly |
E. A. Nel |
1963 ? |
|
Chairman ? of the Legislative Assembly |
? |
1963 ? |
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Speaker of the National Assembly |
Chief Adam Sapi Mkwawa |
1962 |
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President of the National Assembly |
Barthélémy Lamboni |
1964 |
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President of the National Assembly |
Pres. Sadok Mokaddem |
1964 |
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President of the National Assembly |
Hon. N. M. Patel |
1963 ? |
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Buganda |
Speaker of the Great Lukiko |
? |
1962 ? |
|
Speaker of the People's Assembly |
Anwar el-Sadat |
March 26, 1964 |
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President of the National Assembly |
Begnon Damien Kone |
1960 |
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President of the National Assembly |
Wesley P. Nyirenga |
1964 |
British colonial territories
Territory |
Title |
Name |
Entered office |
|---|---|---|---|
Basutoland |
Speaker of the National Assembly |
W. P. Stanford |
1965 |
Bechuanaland |
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly |
The Hon. A. M. Merriweather |
1965 |
Speaker of the Legislatve Assembly |
The Hon. H. Vaghjee |
1960 |
|
Seychelles |
Speaker of the Legislative Council (Governor of the Seychelles) |
The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Oxford and Asquith |
January 1962 |
Swaziland |
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly |
J. D. A. Germond |
1965 |
French overseas department
Department |
Title |
Name |
Entered office |
|---|---|---|---|
Réunion |
President of the General Council |
Roger Payet |
October 13, 1949 |
French overseas territories
Territory |
Title |
Name |
Entered office |
|---|---|---|---|
The Comoros |
President of the Territorial Assembly |
Prince Saïd Ibrahim |
? |
French Somaliland (Djbouti) |
President of the Territorial Assembly |
A. V. Sahatdjian |
? |
Sources
- The Europa World Year Book 1965