List of speakers of the Delhi Legislative Assembly
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[edit]
Ram Niwas Goel of Aam Aadmi Party is the incumbent speaker of the Delhi Legislative Assembly since 2015.[3]
No. | Name | Constituency | Term | Party | Assembly (Election) | ||
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1 | Charti Lal Goel | Model Town | 16 December 1993 | 14 December 1998 | Bharatiya Janata Party | First Assembly (1993) | |
2 | Chaudhary Prem Singh | Ambedkar Nagary | 14 December 1998 | 17 June 2003 | Indian National Congress | Second Assembly (1998) | |
3 | Subhash Chopra | Kalkaji | 17 June 2003 | 17 December 2003 | Third Assembly (2003) | ||
4 | Ajay Maken | Rajouri Garden | 17 December 2003 | 28 May 2004 | |||
(2) | Chaudhary Prem Singh | Ambedkar Nagary | 20 July 2004 | 15 December 2008 | |||
5 | Yoganand Shastri | Mehrauli | 19 December 2008 | 31 December 2013 | Fourth Assembly (2008) | ||
6 | Maninder Singh Dhir | Jangpura | 3 January 2014 | 23 February 2015 | Aam Aadmi Party | Fifth Assembly (2013) | |
6 | Ram Niwas Goel | Shahdara | 23 February 2015[4] | 24 February 2020 | Sixth Assembly (2015) | ||
24 February 2020 | Incumbent | Seventh Assembly (2020) |
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.
No. | Name | Constituency | Term[5] | Party | Assembly (Election) | ||
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1 | Alok Kumar | Rohtas Nagar | 17 December 1993 | 25 September 1994 | Bharatiya Janata Party | First Assembly (1993) | |
2 | Fateh Singh | Nand Nagari | 11 August 1995 | 25 November 1998 | |||
3 | Kiran Choudhry | Delhi Cantt | 7 April 1999 | 7 November 2003 | Indian National Congress | Second Assembly (1998) | |
4 | Krishna Tirath | Baljit Nagar | 23 December 2003 | 28 June 2004 | Third Assembly (2003) | ||
5 | Shoaib Iqbal | Matia Mahal | 23 July 2004 | 7 November 2008 | Janata Dal (Secular) | ||
6 | Amrish Singh Gautam | Kondli | 23 December 2008 | 8 December 2013 | Indian National Congress | Fourth Assembly (2008) | |
No Deputy Speaker in Fifth Assembly | |||||||
7 | Bandana Kumari | Shalimar Bagh | 23 February 2015 | 4 June 2016 | Aam Aadmi Party | Sixth Assembly (2015) | |
8 | Rakhi Birla | Mangol Puri | 10 June 2016 | 11 February 2020 | |||
26 February 2020 | Incumbent | Seventh Assembly (2020) |
References[edit]
- ^ http://delhiassembly.nic.in/AboutDVS.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Delhi Legislative Assembly". delhiassembly.nic.in. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ "Shri. Ram Niwas Goel". delhiassembly.nic.in. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ Mint (23 February 2015). "AAP's Goel elected speaker of Delhi assembly". Archived from the original on 15 February 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ^ [1]. Government of Uttarakhand. Retrieved on 30 July 2014.