List of speakers of the Delhi Legislative Assembly

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Speaker of the Delhi Legislative Assembly
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Incumbent
Ram Niwas Goel
since February 2015
Delhi Legislative Assembly
Member ofDelhi Legislative Assembly
AppointerMembers of the Delhi Legislative Assembly
Term lengthDuring the life of the Delhi Legislative Assembly (five years maximum)
Inaugural holderCharti Lal Goel
DeputyRakhi 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[edit]

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
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[edit]

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
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[edit]

  1. ↑ http://delhiassembly.nic.in/AboutDVS.pdf
  2. ↑ "Delhi Legislative Assembly". delhiassembly.nic.in. Retrieved 27 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ↑ "Shri. Ram Niwas Goel". delhiassembly.nic.in. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
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