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Speaker of the
Gibraltar Parliament
Coat of arms of Gibraltar
Incumbent
Karen Ramagge Prescott
since 10 November 2023
StyleMrs 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 holderWilliam Thompson

The Speaker of the Gibraltar Parliament is the presiding officer of the Gibraltar Parliament, the legislature of 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
Presidents (The Governor of Gibraltar): 1950–1958
General Sir Kenneth Anderson, KCB, MC 1950–1952
General Sir Gordon MacMillan, KCB, CBE, DSO, MC 1952–1955
Lieutenant General Sir Harold Redman, KCB, CBE 1955–1958
Speakers 1958–1969
Major Joseph Patron OBE, MC, JP 1958–1964
William Thompson, OBE, JP 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
Colonel William Thompson, OBE, JP 1969–1970 1st
Sir Alfred Vasquez, CBE, QC 1970–1992 1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
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
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

  1. ^ Gibraltar Parliament (2019), Parliament - Speakers (PDF), retrieved 14 April 2023