List of speakers of the Delhi Legislative Assembly
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Speaker of the Delhi Legislative Assembly | |
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Delhi Legislative Assembly | |
Member of | Delhi Legislative Assembly |
Appointer | Members of the Delhi Legislative Assembly |
Term length | During the life of the Delhi Legislative Assembly (five years maximum) |
Inaugural holder | Charti Lal Goel |
Deputy | Rakhi Birla |
Speaker of the Delhi Legislative Assembly[1] is the presiding officer of the Legislative Assembly of NCT Delhi, the main law-making body for the Delhi. He is elected by the members of the Delhi Legislative Assembly. The speaker is always a member of the Legislative Assembly.[2]
Ram Niwas Goel is the 7th and current speaker of the Delhi Legislative Assembly, having assumed office on 23 February 2015.
List of the Speakers
Ram Niwas Goel of Aam Aadmi Party is the incumbent speaker of the Delhi Legislative Assembly since 2015.[3]
S No. | Name | Party | Term | Assembly |
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1 | Charti Lal Goel | BJP | 16 December 1993 – 14 December 1998 | First Assembly |
2 | Chaudhary Prem Singh | INC | 14 December 1998 – 17 June 2003 | Second assembly |
3 | Subhash Chopra | INC | 17 June 2003 – 17 December 2003 | Third assembly |
4 | Ajay Maken | INC | 17 December 2003 – 28 May 2004 | Third assembly |
(2) | Chaudhary Prem Singh | INC | 20 July 2004 – 15 December 2008 | Third Assembly |
5 | Yoganand Shastri | INC | 19 December 2008 - 31 December 2013 | Fourth assembly |
6 | Maninder Singh Dhir | AAP | 3 January 2014 - 23 February 2015 | Fifth assembly |
7 | Ram Niwas Goel | AAP | 23 February 2015 – 24 February 2020 | Sixth assembly |
(7) | Ram Niwas Goel | AAP | 24 February 2020 – incumbent | Seventh assembly |
List of the Deputy Speakers
The deputy speaker act as the presiding officer in case of leave or absence caused by death or illness of the Speaker of the legislative assembly.
S No. | Name | Party | Term | Assembly |
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1 | Alok Kumar | BJP | 17 December 1993 – 25 September 1994 | First Assembly |
2 | Fateh Singh | BJP | 11 August 1995 – 25 November 1998 | First Assembly |
3 | Kiran Chaudhary | INC | 7 April 1999 – 7 November 2003 | Second Assembly |
4 | Krishna Tirath | INC | 23 December 2003 – 28 June 2004 | Third Assembly |
5 | Shoaib Iqbal | JD (S) | 23 July 2004 – 7 November 2008 | Third Assembly |
6 | Amrish Singh Gautam | INC | 23 December 2008 – 8 December 2013 | Fourth Assembly |
7 | Bandana Kumari | AAP | 23 February 2015 – 4 June 2016 | Sixth Assembly |
8 | Rakhi Birla | AAP | 10 June 2016 – 11 February 2020 | Sixth Assembly |
9 | Rakhi Birla | AAP | 26 February 2020 – incumbent | Seventh Assembly |
References
- ↑ http://delhiassembly.nic.in/AboutDVS.pdf
- ↑ "Delhi Legislative Assembly". delhiassembly.nic.in. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Shri. Ram Niwas Goel". delhiassembly.nic.in. Retrieved 27 July 2021.