Speaker of the Lok Sabha

The Speaker of the Lok Sabha is the presiding officer of the lower house of the Parliament of India, known as the Lok Sabha.^[1] 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.^[2]

List of Speakers

No.	Name	Portrait	Term				Party
			From	To	Length	Lok Sabha[3]
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		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		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		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		19 June 2019	Incumbent	5 years, 166 days	17th

References

1. "Lok Sabha". Dictionary of Politics and Government. 2004. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
2. "The Office of Speaker Lok Sabha". speakerloksabha.nic.in. 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
3. "Office of the Lok Sabha Speaker". Retrieved 29 July 2016.