Speaker of the Gibraltar Parliament
Appearance
Speaker of the Gibraltar Parliament | |
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Style | Mrs Speaker (within Parliament) The Honourable (formal) |
Residence | Parliament House |
Appointer | Gibraltar Parliament |
Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure (elected by the Commons at the start of each Parliament, and upon a vacancy) |
Inaugural holder | William Thompson |
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The Speaker of the Gibraltar Parliament is the
British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. The current Speaker is Karen Ramagge Prescott
, who succeeded Melvynn Farell on 10 November 2023 to become the first female to take the role.
List of Speakers
Speakers of the Legislative Council
A Legislative Council, the predecessor of the parliament, was inaugurated on 23 November 1950. A Speaker was appointed in 1958.
Name | Period |
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Presidents (The Governor of Gibraltar): | 1950–1958 |
General Sir Kenneth Anderson, KCB, MC | 1950–1952 |
General Sir | 1952–1955 |
Lieutenant General Sir CBE
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1955–1958 |
Speakers | 1958–1969 |
Major Joseph Patron OBE, MC, JP | 1958–1964 |
William Thompson, JP
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1964–1969 |
Speakers of the Gibraltar Parliament
Between 1969 and 2007 the Gibraltar Parliament was styled as the House of Assembly.[1]
Image | Name | Term | Parliaments |
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Colonel William Thompson, OBE, JP | 1969–1970 | 1st | |
Sir Alfred Vasquez, CBE, QC
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1970–1992 | 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th | |
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Robert Peliza, OBE, ED | 1992–1996 | 7th |
John Alcantara, CBE | 1996–2007 | 8th 9th 10th | |
Haresh Budhrani, KC | 11 October 2007 – 9 December 2011 | 11th | |
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Adolfo Canepa, GMH, OBE | 21 December 2011 – 19 November 2019 | 12th 13th |
Melvyn Farrell, BEM, GMD, RD, JP | 19 November 2019 – 10 November 2023 | 14th | |
Karen Ramagge Prescott, GMH, JP | 10 November 2023 – present | 15th |
References
- ^ Gibraltar Parliament (2019), Parliament - Speakers (PDF), retrieved 14 April 2023