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List of speakers of the Delhi Legislative Assembly 
Summary
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]
| Speaker of the Delhi Legislative Assembly | |
|---|---|
 Emblem of the National Capital Territory of Delhi | |
| 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 |
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) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.