List of speakers of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
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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 | |
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![]() Emblem of the State of Rajasthan | |
since 21 December 2023 | |
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 speakers of Rajasthan
edit# | Portrait | Name | Tenure | Assembly | Party | |||
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1 | Narottam Lal Joshi | 31 March 1952 | 25 April 1957 | 5 years, 25 days | 1st | Indian National Congress | ||
2 | Ram Niwas Mirdha | 25 April 1957 | 3 May 1967 | 10 years, 8 days | 2nd | |||
3rd | ||||||||
3 | Niranjan Nath Acharya | 3 May 1967 | 20 March 1972 | 4 years, 322 days | 4th | |||
4 | Ram Kishore Vyas | 20 March 1972 | 18 July 1977 | 5 years, 120 days | 5th | |||
5 | Laxman Singh | 18 July 1977 | 20 June 1979 | 1 year, 337 days | 6th | 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 | 7th | Indian National Congress | ||
8 | Hira Lal Devpura | 20 March 1985 | 16 October 1985 | 210 days | 8th | |||
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 | 9th | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
30 December 1993 | 5 October 1994 | 10th | ||||||
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 | 11th | Indian National Congress | ||
14 | Sumitra Singh | 16 January 2004 | 1 January 2009 | 4 years, 351 days | 12th | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
15 | Deependra Singh Shekhawat | 2 January 2009 | 20 January 2014 | 5 years, 18 days | 13th | Indian National Congress | ||
16 | Kailash Chandra Meghwal | 22 January 2014 | 15 January 2019 | 4 years, 358 days | 14th | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
17 | C. P. Joshi | 16 January 2019 | 20 December 2023 | 4 years, 338 days | 15th | Indian National Congress | ||
18 | Vasudev Devnani | 21 December 2023 | Incumbent | 242 days | 16th | Bharatiya Janata Party |
References
edit- ^ "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.