This is a list of current presiding officers of the legislative assemblies of sovereign and unrecognized states, autonomous regions, dependencies and other territories, sui generis entities, and international organisations.
State | Assembly | Title | Name | Party | Assumed office |
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Abkhazia | People's Assembly | Speaker | Lasha Ashuba | non-partisan | 12 April 2022 |
Kosovo | Assembly | Chairperson | Glauk Konjufca | Vetëvendosje | 22 March 2021 |
Northern Cyprus | Assembly of the Republic | Speaker | Zorlu Töre | UBP | 7 March 2022 |
South Ossetia | Parliament | Speaker | Alan Tadtaev | United Ossetia | 20 June 2019 |
Republic of China (Taiwan) | Legislative Yuan | President | Han Kuo-yu | KMT | 1 February 2024 |
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic | National Council | President | Hamma Salama | Polisario Front | 16 March 2020 |
State | Assembly | Title | Name | Party | Assumed office |
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Somaliland (Parliament) | House of Elders | Speaker | Suleiman Mahmud Adam | non-partisan | 24 August 2004 |
House of Representatives | Speaker | Abdirizak Khalif | Waddani | 3 August 2021 | |
Central Tibetan Administration | Parliament | Speaker | Pema Jungney | non-partisan | 1 December 2018 |
Transnistria | Supreme Council | Speaker | Aleksandr Korshunov | Renewal | 6 February 2019 |
Entity | Assembly | Title | Name | Assumed office |
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European Union | Council of Ministers | Presidents [25] | Belgium | 1 January 2024 |
Parliament | President | Roberta Metsola | 11 January 2022 | |
Sovereign Military Order of Malta | Council Complete of State | Grand Commander | Ludwig von Rumerstein | 31 May 2014 |
Chapter General | Grand Master | Matthew Festing | 11 March 2008 |
This section needs to be updated.(August 2018) |
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