Father of the House is a title that has been traditionally bestowed,unofficially,on certain members of some legislatures,most notably the House of Commons in the United Kingdom. In some legislatures the title refers to the longest continuously serving member,while in others it refers to the oldest member. Recently,the title Mother of the House or Mother of Parliament has also been used,although the usage varies among countries;it is either the female alternative to Father of the House,being applied when the relevant member is a woman,or refers to the oldest or longest-serving woman without reference to male members.
The Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons,the lower house and primary chamber of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The current speaker,Sir Lindsay Hoyle,was elected Speaker on 4 November 2019,following the retirement of John Bercow. Hoyle began his first full parliamentary term in the role on 17 December 2019,having been unanimously re-elected after the 2019 general election.
Dame Eleanor Fulton Laing,is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Epping Forest constituency since 1997. A member of the Conservative Party,Laing has served in the shadow cabinets of Michael Howard and David Cameron. Since 2013,Laing has served as a Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons;and since 2020,as Chairman of Ways and Means,making her the senior Deputy Speaker,and the first woman to hold this post.
Sir Lindsay Harvey Hoyle is a British politician who has served as Speaker of the House of Commons since 2019 and as Member of Parliament (MP) for Chorley since 1997. Before his election as Speaker,he was a member of the Labour Party.
Bruce Craig Scott is an Australian former politician. He was a member of the National Party and represented the Division of Maranoa in the House of Representatives from 1990 to 2016. He served as Minister for Veterans' Affairs in the Howard government from 1996 to 2001.
Tuvalu elects a legislature on a national level. The Parliament of Tuvalu has 16 members,elected for a four-year term in 8 double-seat constituencies. Tuvalu is a de facto non-partisan democracy since it does not have political parties. The political system is based on personal alliances and loyalties derived from clan and family connections. It does tend to have both a distinct government and a distinct opposition. The 16 members of the current parliament are elected from eight two-seat constituencies via plurality block voting.
The National Assembly,also transliterated as Milli Mejlis,is the legislative branch of government in Azerbaijan. The unicameral National Assembly has 125 deputies:previously 100 members were elected for five-year terms in single-seat constituencies and 25 were members elected by proportional representation;as of the latest election,however,all 125 deputies are returned from single-member constituencies.
Fiona Stuart Simpson is an Australian politician serving as Liberal National Party (LNP) member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly,representing Maroochydore since 1992. Simpson served as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 2012 to 2015 and further served as the Deputy Leader of the Queensland National Party and Deputy Leader of the Opposition from 2006 to 2008. Simpson is currently the Shadow Minister for Finance and Better Regulation and Shadow Minister for Integrity in Government.
Lim Biow Chuan is a Singaporean politician and lawyer who served as Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore between 2016 and 2020. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP),he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing Mountbatten SMC since 2011 and previously the Mountbatten division of Marine Parade GRC between 2006 and 2011.
Samuel John Sitta was a Tanzanian CCM politician and Member of Parliament for Urambo East of Tabora Region. He was the Speaker of the National Assembly of Tanzania from December 2005 to 2010 and Minister of East African Cooperation from 2010 to 2015.
Tun Datuk Seri Panglima Haji Juhar bin Mahiruddin is a Malaysian politician who has served as the 10th Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sabah since January 2011. He had served as Speaker of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly from December 2002 to December 2010,Deputy Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat and Member of Parliament (MP) for Kinabatangan from October 1990 to November 1999. He is also the longest-serving Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sabah,Chancellor of the Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) and founding member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) of Sabah.
January Yusuf Makamba is a Tanzanian CCM politician and Member of Parliament for Bumbuli constituency since 2010.
Abdulla Shahid is a Maldivian politician who served as President of the 76th United Nations General Assembly between 2021 and 2022 and the President of the Maldivian Democratic Party. Shahid is the first Maldivian politician to hold that post. He had served as Minister of Foreign Affairs,Maldives from 2018 to 2023.
Mussa Azzan Zungu is a Tanzanian CCM politician and Deputy Speaker of Tanzania National Assembly. He's also current Member of Parliament for Ilala constituency since 2005.
Tulia Ackson is the Speaker of the National Assembly of Tanzania,in office since 2022. She was appointed as a Member of Parliament by President John Magufuli. On the 27th October 2023,she was elected the President of the IPU through the meeting convened at Luanda Angola were she passed other contestants by a great margin,the results that gave Tanzania United Republic a high reputation.
Ayşe Nur Bahçekapılı is a Turkish politician from the Justice and Development Party (AKP) who currently serves as a Deputy Speaker of the Grand National Assembly since 24 November 2015. She previously served in the same position between 2 July and 23 June 2015. She has been a Member of Parliament for Istanbul's second electoral district since 22 July 2007,having first been elected in the 2007 general election and re-elected in the 2011,June 2015 and November 2015 general elections.
Kopeng Obed Bapela is a South African politician who is currently serving as the Deputy Minister of Public Enterprises since 6 March 2023. Before that,he was Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs from 2014 to 2023. A member of the African National Congress (ANC),he has been a member of the National Assembly since 2002 and a deputy minister since 2010.
Seah Kian Peng is a Singaporean politician who has been serving as Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore since 2023. He served as Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore between 2011 and 2016. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP),he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Braddell Heights division of Marine Parade GRC since 2006.
W.K. Mutale Nalumango is a Zambian educator and politician. She currently serves as the 14th Vice President of Zambia,having been appointed to the position in August 2021. Nalumango is only the second woman to hold this position,which is considered one of the most significant political roles in the country.
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