Speaker of the Lok Sabha

The Speaker of the Lok Sabha is the presiding officer of the lower house of the Parliament of India, known as the Lok Sabha. The role of the Speaker is the same as in other countries which use the Westminster system of government. 

The speaker is elected in the very first meeting of the Lok Sabha after the general elections. He or she is chosen from the members of Lok Sabha. The speaker serves for a term of five years. The current speaker is Om Birla. He is the Member of parliament from Rajasthan.

List of Speakers

 No. Name Portrait Term Party From To Length Lok Sabha 1 Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar
Ahmedabadcenter|75px 15 May 1952 27 February 1956  1st Indian National Congress 2 M. A. Ayyangar
Chittoor  8 March 1956 10 May 1957  11 May 1957 16 April 1962 2nd 3 Hukam Singh
Patiala  17 April 1962 16 March 1967  3rd 4 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
Hindupur center|75px 17 March 1967 19 July 1969  4th 5 Gurdial Singh Dhillon
Tarn Taran — 8 August 1969 19 March 1971  22 March 1971 1 December 1975  5th 6 Bali Ram Bhagat
Arrah center|75px 15 January 1976 25 March 1977  (4) Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
Nandyal center|75px 26 March 1977 13 July 1977  6th Janata Party 7 K. S. Hegde
Bangalore South center|75px 21 July 1977 21 January 1980  8 Balram Jakhar
Ferozepur center|75px 22 January 1980 27 October 1984  7th Indian National CongressBalram Jakhar
Sikar 16 January 1985 18 December 1989  8th 9 Rabi Ray
Kendrapara center|75px 19 December 1989 9 July 1991  9th Janata Dal 10 Shivraj Patil
Latur center|75px 10 July 1991 22 May 1996  10th Indian National Congress 11 P. A. Sangma
Tura center|75px 23 May 1996 23 March 1998  11th 12 G. M. C. Balayogi
Amalapuram center|75px 24 March 1998 19 October 1999  12th Telugu Desam Party 22 October 1999 3 March 2002  13th 13 Manohar Joshi
Mumbai North Central center|75px 10 May 2002 2 June 2004  Shiv Sena 14Somnath Chatterjee
Bolpur center|75px 4 June 2004 31 May 2009  14th Communist Party of India (Marxist) 15 Meira Kumar
Sasaram center|75px 4 June 2009 4 June 2014  15th Indian National Congress 16 Sumitra Mahajan
Indore center|75px 6 June 2014 16 June 2019 16th Bharatiya Janata Party 17Om Birla
Kota center|75px 19 June 2019 Incumbent 17th

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