List of mayors of Harare

This is a list of mayors of Harare (previously Salisbury until 1982).

List of mayors
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
Mayor Term start Term end   Party Ref.
William Fairbridge 1 December 1897 31 July 1898 [1]
1898 1899
H. T. Deary 10 August 1899 9 August 1900 [2]
Joseph van Praagh 9 August 1900 1901 [2][3]
1901 1903
Milton Cleveland 1903 1905
Edward Coxwell 1905 1906 [4]
John Pascoe 1906 1907 [5]
Hugh William Ross 1907 1909
William Harvey Brown 1909 1910
Milton Cleveland 1910 1912
1912 1913
James Lawson 1913 1913
Edward Coxwell 1913 1914
H. L. Lezard 1914 1917 [3]
1917 1920
Milton Cleveland 1920 1921 Independent
1921 1923
John Reid Rowland 1923 (acting) 1924 [6]
1924 1925
1925 1927
Jacob Hendrik Smit 1927 1928 [1]
John McChlery 1928 1928
1928 1929
J. E. Stone 1929 1930 [7]
Robert Lawrence Phillips 1930 1931
1931 1932
H. Edwards 1932 1932
Milton Cleveland 1932 1933 Rhodesia Party
John Reid Rowland 1933 1934 [6]
Benjamin Fereday 1934 1937 [8]
1937 1942
Gladys Maasdorp 1942 1943 Labour [9][10]
Charles Olley 1943 1945 Independent
1945 1947
Noel St. Quintin 1947 1947 United Party
Morton Jaffray 1947 1949 [11]
Ralph Cleveland 1949 1951
1951 1955
Harry Pichanick 1955 1956 [3]
1956 1957
L. J. Boshoff 1957 1958
Leslie Pocket August 1958 5 August 1959 [12][13]
H. J. Posselt 5 August 1959 1960 United Federal [13][14]
1960 1961
Ivor Pitch August 1961 1962 Independent [3][15]
William Steer 1962 1963
Frank Clements 1963 1964 Rhodesian Front [16][17]
Bernard Ponter 1964 1965 Rhodesian Front [3][18]
1965 1966
Gordon Harper 1966 10 August 1967 [19]
Ivor Pitch 10 August 1967 August 1968 [3][19]
Florence Chisholm August 1968 1969 Rhodesian Front [20]
1969 1971
Roger Bates 1971 2 August 1972 [21][22]
Jock Alves 2 August 1972 7 August 1974 Rhodesian Front [22][23]
Tony Tanser 7 August 1974 1975 [23]
H. Douglas Tanner 1975 1976 Rhodesian Front
Roy Wright 1976 3 August 1977 [24]
Ronald Cowan 3 August 1977 1978 [3][24]
Arthur Wilkins 1978 August 1979
Jack Whiting August 1979 7 April 1981 [25]
Tizirai Gwata 7 April 1981 15 October 1984 ZANU–PF [25][26]
Oliver Chidawu 15 October 1984 1985 ZANU–PF [26]
Tony Gara 29 July 1985 1986 ZANU–PF [27][28]
Solomon Tawengwa 1 October 1986 1988 ZANU–PF [29][30]
Jabulani Thembani 1988 1989 ZANU–PF
Simon Chikwavaire 1989 1993 ZANU–PF
Charles Tawengwa 1993 1995 ZANU–PF
1995 1996
Solomon Tawengwa 1996 March 1999 ZANU–PF [30]
1999 2002
Elias Mudzuri 1 April 2002 April 2003 MDC
Sekesai Makwavarara (acting) April 2003 2008 MDC/MDC–T
ZANU–PF
Emmanuel Chiroto 15 June 2008 June 2008 MDC–T
Muchadeyi Masunda 2 July 2008 2013 Independent [31][32]
Bernard Manyenyeni 2013 2018 MDC–T
Herbert Gomba 3 September 2018 MDC[n 1] [33]

Living former mayors
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
Name Term Date of birth (and age)
Tizirai Gwata 1981–1984 (1943-03-03) 3 March 1943
Oliver Chidawu 1984–1985 1954 (age 66–67)
Jabulani Thembani 1988–1989 missing
Simon Chikwavaire 1989–1993 missing
Charles Tawengwa 1993–1995 (1954-04-21) 21 April 1954
Elias Mudzuri 2002–2003 (1957-04-04) 4 April 1957
Sekesai Makwavarara 2003–2008 1958 (age 62–63)
Emmanuel Chiroto 2008 missing
Muchadeyi Masunda 2008–2013 1952 (age 68–69)
Bernard Manyenyeni 2013–2018 (1965-01-25) 25 January 1965

See also

Notes and references

Notes
  1. Gomba was elected mayor as a member of the Movement for Democratic Change Alliance, an electoral bloc composed of the Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai (MDC–T) and six other parties. After the 2018 election, several of the MDC Alliance parties merged to form the reunited Movement for Democratic Change (MDC).

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