Zimbabwe
About parliament
Basic information such as the official name of parliament and details of its structure and leadership. Also includes the current breakdown of MPs by sex and age, and provisions for quotas and reserved seats.
Parliament name
Parliament
Chamber name
Senate
Structure & Status of parliament
This field is to indicate lower/upper in the back end.
Upper chamber
Parliamentary term (years)
5
IPU membership
Affiliation periods
from 1981
IPU Geopolitical Group/s
IPU Geopolitical Groups: African Group, Arab Group, Asia-Pacific Group, Eurasia Group, Group of Latin America and the Caribbean (GRULAC), Twelve Plus Group.
African Group
Speaker
Official title
The Speaker may for example be known as the Presiding Officer, President, Chairman/Chairperson, etc.
President of the Senate
Speaker
Mabel
M. Chinomona
(Female)
Year of birth
1958
Term
11.09.2018
Additional information
Elected on 11 Sep. 2018, re-elected on 8 Sep. 2023.
Secretary General
Official title
This post is most commonly called Secretary General or Clerk. It may also be called Secretary, Head/Chief of the Secretariat, Director General, etc.
Clerk of Parliament
Secretary General
Kennedy
Mugove Chokuda
(Male)
Notes
Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Appointed on 20 May 2015.
Members
Statutory number of members
Statutory number of members, as defined in the constitution or other fundamental law.
Principal mode of designation of members
Directly elected
Compare data of this field.
Directly elected members
Directly elected by citizens.
60
Indirectly elected members
Indirectly elected, for example by regional parliaments or an electoral college.
20
Note on the statutory number of members
Membership includes two representatives of persons with disabilities,18 traditional chiefs, the President and Deputy President of the National Council of Chiefs, and two chiefs from each of the eight provinces (excluding the two metropolitan provinces of Harare and Bulawayo).
See historical data for this field.
Current number of members
Number of members who currently hold seats in parliament. May be lower or higher than the statutory number of members.
Men
The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Women
The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Percentage of women
Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
Statutory number of members per country
As defined in the constitution or other fundamental laws. Combines the number of parliamentarians in both chambers in bicameral parliaments.
Population (in thousands)
Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects.
Inhabitants per parliamentarian
Calculated by dividing the population by the statutory number of parliamentarians.
Age
Data on the age of parliamentarians is collected at the start of the legislature, following the most recent elections. This data is not updated during the legislature, except when parliament notifies the IPU of a change in the youngest or oldest member.
Youngest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member
Chief Siansali (Male)
Oldest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
79
Oldest member
Didymus Mutasa (Male)
Reserved seats and quotas
There are reserved seats in parliament for certain groups
Reserved seats are a means to ensure the parliamentary representation of certain groups in society.
Number of reserved seats, by group
Persons with disabilities
2
Notes
18 for Traditional Leaders
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Legal source
Legal text that stipulates the quota, such as the Constitution or electoral law.
Constitution
Electoral quota for youth
Quotas to promote the representation of youth in parliament.
Links to additional information
Parliamentary website
Link(s) to parliamentary web site in English, French and/or local languages.
List of members
Link(s) to list of members on the parliamentary web site.
Constitution
Official links to the Constitution in English, French and/or original language is provided. Links to unofficial translations where no other source is available.