List of speakers of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
The Speaker of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly is the presiding officer of the Legislative Assembly of the state of Rajasthan, the main law-making body for the Indian state of Rajasthan. He is elected by the members of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly. The speaker is always a member of the Legislative Assembly.[1][2][3][4]
| Speaker of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly | |
|---|---|
 Emblem of the State of Rajasthan | |
| Rajasthan Legislative Assembly | |
| Style | The Honourable |
| Member of | Rajasthan Legislative Assembly |
| Appointer | Members of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly |
| Term length | During the life of the Assembly (five years maximum) |
| Inaugural holder | Narottam Lal Joshi |
| Formation | 31 March 1952 |
List of Speaker of RajasthanEdit
| Sl. No. | Portrait | Name | Tenure | Assembly | Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Narottam Lal Joshi | 31 March 1952 | 25 April 1957 | 5 years, 25 days | First Assembly
(1952–57) |
Indian National Congress | |
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Ram Niwas Mirdha | 25 April 1957 | 3 May 1967 | 10 years, 8 days | Second Assembly
(1957–62) | ||
| Third Assembly
(1962–67) | ||||||||
| 3 | – | Niranjan Nath Acharya | 3 May 1967 | 20 March 1972 | 4 years, 322 days | Fourth Assembly
(1967–72) | ||
| 4 | – | Ram Kishore Vyas | 20 March 1972 | 18 July 1977 | 5 years, 120 days | Fifth Assembly
(1972–77) | ||
| 5 | – | Laxman Singh | 18 July 1977 | 20 June 1979 | 1 year, 337 days | Sixth Assembly
(1977–80) |
Janata Party | |
| 6 | – | Raja Gopal Singh | 25 September 1979 | 7 July 1980 | 286 days | |||
| 7 | – | Poonam Chand Vishnoi | 7 July 1980 | 20 March 1985 | 4 years, 256 days | Seventh Assembly
(1980–85) |
Indian National Congress | |
| 8 | – | Hira Lal Devpura | 20 March 1985 | 16 October 1985 | 210 days | Eight Assembly
(1985–90) | ||
| 9 | – | Giriraj Prasad Tiwari | 31 January 1986 | 11 March 1990 | 4 years, 39 days | |||
| 10 | – | Hari Shankar Bhabhra | 16 March 1990 | 21 December 1993 | 4 years, 203 days | Ninth Assembly
(1990–92) |
Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 30 December 1993 | 5 October 1994 | Tenth Assembly
(1993–98) | ||||||
| 11 | – | Shanti Lal Chaplot | 7 April 1995 | 18 March 1998 | 2 years, 345 days | |||
| 12 | – | Samrath Lal Meena | 24 July 1998 | 4 January 1999 | 164 days | |||
| 13 | Parasram Maderna | 6 January 1999 | 15 January 2004 | 5 years, 9 days | Eleventh Assembly
(1998 - 03) |
Indian National Congress | ||
| 14 | – | Sumitra Singh | 16 January 2004 | 1 January 2009 | 4 years, 351 days | Twelfth Assembly
(2003–08) |
Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 15 | – | Deependra Singh Shekhawat | 2 January 2009 | 20 January 2014 | 5 years, 18 days | Thirteenth Assembly
(2008–13) |
Indian National Congress | |
| 16 | 
|
Kailash Chandra Meghwal | 22 January 2014 | 15 January 2019 | 4 years, 358 days | Fourteenth Assembly
(2013–18) |
Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 17 | 
|
C. P. Joshi | 16 January 2019 | Incumbent | 6 years, 134 days | Fifteenth Assembly
(2018–23) |
Indian National Congress | |
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "C.P. Joshi new Rajasthan Speaker". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ↑ "Explained: How are a Speaker and Deputy Speaker elected?". The Indian Express. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ↑ "CP Joshi elected Speaker of Rajasthan assembly - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ↑ "Rajasthan Legislative Assembly". rajassembly.nic.in. Retrieved 18 August 2021.