Speaker Of The Lok Sabha: Presiding officer of the lower house of the Parliament of India
The Speaker of the Lok Sabha is the presiding officer of the lower house of the Parliament of India, known as the Lok Sabha.
The role of the Speaker is the same as in other countries which use the Westminster system of government.
The speaker is elected in the very first meeting of the Lok Sabha after the general elections. He or she is chosen from the members of Lok Sabha. The speaker serves for a term of five years. The current speaker is Om Birla. He is the Member of parliament from Rajasthan.
List of Speakers
| No. | Name | Portrait | Term | Party | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Length | Lok Sabha | |||||
| 1 | Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar Ahmedabad |  | 15 May 1952 | 27 February 1956 | 3 years, 288 days | 1st | Indian National Congress | |
| 2 | M. A. Ayyangar Chittoor | 8 March 1956 | 10 May 1957 | 1 year, 63 days | ||||
| 11 May 1957 | 16 April 1962 | 4 years, 340 days | 2nd | |||||
| 3 | Hukam Singh Patiala | 17 April 1962 | 16 March 1967 | 4 years, 333 days | 3rd | |||
| 4 | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy Hindupur | .jpg) | 17 March 1967 | 19 July 1969 | 2 years, 124 days | 4th | ||
| 5 | Gurdial Singh Dhillon Tarn Taran | — | 8 August 1969 | 19 March 1971 | 1 year, 221 days | |||
| 22 March 1971 | 1 December 1975 | 4 years, 254 days | 5th | |||||
| 6 | Bali Ram Bhagat Arrah | .png) | 15 January 1976 | 25 March 1977 | 1 year, 69 days | |||
| (4) | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy Nandyal | | 26 March 1977 | 13 July 1977 | 109 days | 6th | Janata Party | |
| 7 | K. S. Hegde Bangalore South |  | 21 July 1977 | 21 January 1980 | 2 years, 184 days | |||
| 8 | Balram Jakhar Ferozepur |  | 22 January 1980 | 27 October 1984 | 3 years, 358 days | 7th | Indian National Congress | |
| Balram Jakhar Sikar | 16 January 1985 | 18 December 1989 | 4 years, 336 days | 8th | ||||
| 9 | Rabi Ray Kendrapara |  | 19 December 1989 | 9 July 1991 | 1 year, 202 days | 9th | Janata Dal | |
| 10 | Shivraj Patil Latur |  | 10 July 1991 | 22 May 1996 | 4 years, 317 days | 10th | Indian National Congress | |
| 11 | P. A. Sangma Tura | .png) | 23 May 1996 | 23 March 1998 | 1 year, 304 days | 11th | ||
| 12 | G. M. C. Balayogi Amalapuram |  | 24 March 1998 | 19 October 1999 | 1 year, 209 days | 12th | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 22 October 1999 | 3 March 2002 | 2 years, 132 days | 13th | |||||
| 13 | Manohar Joshi Mumbai North Central |  | 10 May 2002 | 2 June 2004 | 2 years, 23 days | Shiv Sena | ||
| 14 | Somnath Chatterjee Bolpur |  | 4 June 2004 | 31 May 2009 | 4 years, 361 days | 14th | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 15 | Meira Kumar Sasaram |  | 4 June 2009 | 4 June 2014 | 5 years, 0 days | 15th | Indian National Congress | |
| 16 | Sumitra Mahajan Indore |  | 6 June 2014 | 16 June 2019 | 5 years, 10 days | 16th | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 17 | Om Birla Kota | _(cropped).jpg) | 19 June 2019 | Incumbent | 4 years, 279 days | 17th | ||
References
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