Speaker of the Delhi Legislative Assembly | |
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since February 2015 | |
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 |
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]
Ram Niwas Goel is the 7th and current speaker of the Delhi Legislative Assembly, having assumed office on 23 February 2015.
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) | ||
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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) | |||||
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