List of Lok Sabha Speakers

Office of Lok Sabha Speaker

The Office of Lok Sabha Speaker is provided under Article 93 of the Indian Constitution. The Lok Sabha Speaker is the presiding officer of the Lok Sabha (House of the People) or the lower house of the Parliament of India.

 

Speaker of the Lok Sabha

The speaker of the Lok Sabha is elected from all other members of the lower house by a simple majority.

Any member of Parliament is eligible to be elected as a speaker but most commonly the candidate of the ruling party or the party with a majority wins this post.

List of Lok Sabha Speakers

 

S.No.	Name	Tenure
1.	Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar	15 May 1952-27 February 1956
2.	M. A. Ayyangar	8 March 1956-10 May 1957
		11 May 1957-16 April 1962
3.	Sardar Hukam Singh	17 April 1962-16 March 1967
4.	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy	17 March 1967-19 July 1969
5.	Gurdial Singh Dhillon	8 August 1969-19 March 1971
		22 March 1971-1 December 1975
6.	Bali Ram Bhagat	15 January 1976-25 March 1977
7.	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy	26 March 1977-13 July 1977
8.	K. S. Hegde	21 July 1977-21 January 1980
9.	Balram Jakhar	22 January 1980-15 January 1985
		16 January 1985-18 December 1989
10.	Rabi Ray	19 December 1989-9 July 1991
11.	Shivraj Patil	10 July 1991-22 May 1996
12.	P. A. Sangma	23 May 1996-23 March 1998
12.	G. M. C. Balayogi	24 March 1998-19 October 1999
		22 October 1999-03 March 2002
13.	Manohar Joshi	10 May 2002-02 June 2004
14.	Somnath Chatterjee	4 June 2004-30 May 2009
15.	Meira Kumar	30 May 2009-04 June 2014
16.	Sumitra Mahajan	6 June 2014-16 June 2019
17.	Om Birla	18 June, 2019- incumbent

 

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