Speaker of the Lok Sabha

Speaker of the Lok Sabha Lok Sabha ke Adhyaksh
Emblem of India
Incumbent Meira Kumar since 3 June 2009
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Members of the Lok Sabha
Term length	During the life of the Lok Sabha (five years maximum)
Inaugural holder	Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar
Formation	15 May 1952
Deputy	Kariya Munda
Website	www.speakerloksabha.gov.in

The Speaker is the presiding officer of the lower house(Lok Sabha) of Parliament of India. His/her role is similar to that of Speakers elsewhere in other countries that use the Westminster system of government.

The speaker is elected in the very first meeting of the Lok Sabha after the general elections for a term of 5 years from amongst the members of the Lok Sabha.

Powers and functions of the Speaker

The Speaker of the Lok Sabha conducts the business in the house. He/she decides whether a bill is a money bill or a non money bill. He/she maintains discipline and decorum in the house and can punish a member for their unruly behaviour by suspending them. He/she permits the moving of various kinds of motions and resolutions like the motion of no confidence, motion of adjournment, motion of censure and calling attention notice as per the rules. The Speaker decides on the agenda to be taken up for discussion during the meeting. The date of election of speaker is fixed by the President.

Protem Speaker

The first meeting after the election when the Speaker and the Vice Speaker are selected by members of the Parliament is held under the senior most member of Parliament called Protem Speaker. In absence of the Speaker, the Vice Speaker acts as Speaker and in the absence of both a committee of six member selected by the Speaker will act as Speaker according to their seniority.

List of Speakers

Balram Jakhar of the Congress is till date the longest serving speaker, who served for 9 years, 10 months, and 27 days

No.	Name	Portrait	Term				Party
			From	To	Length	Lok Sabha
1	Ganesh Vasudev Mavlankar	—	15 May 1952	27 February 1956	70003000000000000003 years, 7002288000000000000288 days	1st	Indian National Congress
2	M. A. Ayyangar		8 March 1956	10 May 1957	70001000000000000001 year, 700163000000000000063 days
		—	11 May 1957	16 April 1962	70004000000000000004 years, 7002340000000000000340 days	2nd
3	Sardar Hukam Singh	—	17 April 1962	16 March 1967	70004000000000000004 years, 7002333000000000000333 days	3rd
4	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy		17 March 1967	19 July 1969	70002000000000000002 years, 7002124000000000000124 days	4th
5	Gurdial Singh Dhillon	—	8 August 1969	19 March 1971	70001000000000000001 year, 7002221000000000000221 days
			22 March 1971	1 December 1975	70004000000000000004 years, 7002254000000000000254 days	5th
6	Bali Ram Bhagat	—	15 January 1976	25 March 1977	70001000000000000001 year, 700169000000000000069 days
(4)	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy		26 March 1977	13 July 1977	50000000000000000000 years, 7002109000000000000109 days	6th	Janata Party
7	K. S. Hegde		21 July 1977	21 January 1980	70002000000000000002 years, 7002184000000000000184 days
8	Balram Jakhar		22 January 1980	15 January 1985	70004000000000000004 years, 7002359000000000000359 days	7th	Indian National Congress
			16 January 1985	18 December 1989	70004000000000000004 years, 7002336000000000000336 days	8th
9	Rabi Ray	—	19 December 1989	9 July 1991	70001000000000000001 year, 7002202000000000000202 days	9th	Janata Dal
10	Shivraj Patil		10 July 1991	22 May 1996	70004000000000000004 years, 7002317000000000000317 days	10th	Indian National Congress
11	P. A. Sangma		23 May 1996	23 March 1998	70001000000000000001 year, 7002304000000000000304 days	11th
12	G. M. C. Balayogi	—	24 March 1998	20 October 1999	70001000000000000001 year, 7002210000000000000210 days	12th	Telugu Desam Party
			22 October 1999	3 March 2002	70002000000000000002 years, 7002132000000000000132 days	13th
13	Manohar Joshi		10 May 2002	2 June 2004	70002000000000000002 years, 700123000000000000023 days		Shiv Sena
14	Somnath Chatterjee	—	4 June 2004	30 May 2009	70004000000000000004 years, 7002360000000000000360 days	14th	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
15	Meira Kumar		30 May 2009	Incumbent	70003000000000000003 years, 7002346000000000000346 days	15th	Indian National Congress

References

General

The names, terms of office and Lok Sabhas were taken from:

• India 2011: A Reference Annual, pp 64–65. Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. 2011. ISBN 978-81-230-1674-0. Retrieved 6 November 2012.

External links

• Office of the Lok Sabha Speaker