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 PeriodPresidents (The Governor of Gibraltar):1950–1958General Sir Kenneth Anderson, KCB, MC1950–1952General Sir Gordon MacMillan, KCB, CBE, DSO, MC1952–1955Lieutenant General Sir Harold Redman, KCB, CBE1955–1958Speakers1958–1969Major Joseph Patron OBE, MC, JP1958–1964William Thompson, OBE, JP1964–1969
Speakers of the Gibraltar Parliament Between 1969 and 2007 the Gibraltar Parliament was styled as the House of Assembly.
Image Name Term Parliaments Colonel William Thompson, OBE, JP 1969–1970 1st Sir Alfred Vasquez, CBE, QC 1970–1992 1st2nd3rd4th5th6th Robert Peliza, OBE, ED 1992–1996 7th John Alcantara, CBE 1996–2007 8th9th10th Haresh Budhrani, KC 11 October 2007 – 9 December 2011 11th Adolfo Canepa, GMH, OBE21 December 2011 – 19 November 2019 12th13th Melvyn Farrell, BEM, GMD, RD, JP 19 November 2019 – 10 November 2023 14th Karen Ramagge Prescott, GMH, JP 10 November 2023–present 15th
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