List of speakers of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly | |
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![]() Emblem of the State of Rajasthan | |
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 | |
Formation | 31 March 1952 |
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]
List of Speaker of Rajasthan[]
Sl. No. | Portrait | Name | Tenure | Assembly | Party | |||
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1 | – | Narottam Lal Joshi | 31 March 1952 | 25 April 1957 | 5 years, 25 days | First Assembly
(1952–57) |
Indian National Congress | |
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Ram Niwas Mirdha | 25 April 1957 | 3 May 1967 | 10 years, 8 days | Second Assembly
(1957–62) | ||
Third Assembly
(1962–67) | ||||||||
3 | – | Niranjan Nath Acharya | 3 May 1967 | 20 March 1972 | 4 years, 322 days | Fourth Assembly
(1967–72) | ||
4 | – | Ram Kishore Vyas | 20 March 1972 | 18 July 1977 | 5 years, 120 days | Fifth Assembly
(1972–77) | ||
5 | – | Laxman Singh | 18 July 1977 | 20 June 1979 | 1 year, 337 days | Sixth Assembly
(1977–80) |
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 | Seventh Assembly
(1980–85) |
Indian National Congress | |
8 | – | Hira Lal Devpura | 20 March 1985 | 16 October 1985 | 210 days | Eight Assembly
(1985–90) | ||
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 | Ninth Assembly
(1990–92) |
Bharatiya Janata Party | |
30 December 1993 | 5 October 1994 | Tenth Assembly
(1993–98) | ||||||
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 | |||
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Parasram Maderna | 6 January 1999 | 15 January 2004 | 5 years, 9 days | Eleventh Assembly
(1998 - 03) |
Indian National Congress | |
14 | – | Sumitra Singh | 16 January 2004 | 1 January 2009 | 4 years, 351 days | Twelfth Assembly
(2003–08) |
Bharatiya Janata Party | |
15 | – | Deependra Singh Shekhawat | 2 January 2009 | 20 January 2014 | 5 years, 18 days | Thirteenth Assembly
(2008–13) |
Indian National Congress | |
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Kailash Chandra Meghwal | 22 January 2014 | 15 January 2019 | 4 years, 358 days | Fourteenth Assembly
(2013–18) |
Bharatiya Janata Party | |
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C. P. Joshi | 16 January 2019 | Incumbent | 3 years, 38 days | Fifteenth Assembly
(2018–23) |
Indian National Congress |
References[]
- ^ "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.
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