The Parliament of Rhodesia was the bicameral legislature in

Rhodesia Rhodesia (, ), officially from 1970 the Republic of Rhodesia, was an unrecognised state in Southern Africa from 1965 to 1979, equivalent in territory to modern Zimbabwe. Rhodesia was the ''de facto'' successor state to the British colony of S ...

from 1970 to 1979. Several elections were held, last in

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Senate

The upper chamber was called the Senate, and it had 23 members: ten

White Rhodesians White Zimbabweans are people in Zimbabwe who are of European descent. In linguistic, cultural, and historical terms, these Zimbabweans of European ethnic origin are mostly English-speaking descendants of British settlers and a small minority ...

, ten African chiefs, and three persons appointed by the President of Rhodesia.https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP79-00891A000700060001-0.pdf The

President of the Senate President of the Senate is a title often given to the presiding officer of a senate. It corresponds to the speaker in some other assemblies. The senate president often ranks high in a jurisdiction's succession for its top executive office: for e ...

was the presiding officer. The Senate had only delaying powers for legislation.

House of Assembly

The lower chamber was called the House of Assembly, and it had popularly elected 66 members, organised in Westminster style. 50 of the members were non-Africans and 16 of the members were African. The parliamentary term was five years. The Speaker of the House was the presiding officer.

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{{reflist Parliament Defunct bicameral legislatures Defunct national legislatures 1970 establishments in Rhodesia 1979 disestablishments in Rhodesia

Senate

House of Assembly

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