List of speakers of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly

Speaker of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Vipin Singh Parmar since 20 February 2020
Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Style	The Honourable
Nominator	Members of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Appointer	Governor of Himachal Pradesh
Term length	During the life of the Assembly (five years maximum) Renewable
Inaugural holder	Jaiwant Ram (1952–1956)
Formation	24 March 1952;73 years ago (1952-03-24)
Deputy	Krishan Chandra
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The Speaker of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly is the presiding officer of the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh, the main law-making body for the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. The Speaker is elected in the very first meeting of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly after the general elections for a term of 5 years from amongst the members of the assembly. The Speaker must be a member of the assembly. The Speaker can be removed from office by a resolution passed in the assembly by an effective majority of its members. In the absence of Speaker, the meeting of theLegislative Assembly is presided by the Deputy Speaker. ^[1]

List of the Speakers

#	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term			Party
1		Jaiwant Ram		24 March 1952	31 October 1956	4 years, 221 days	Indian National Congress
2		Desh Raj Mahajan		4 January 1963	18 March 1967	9 years, 73 days
				20 March 1967	19 March 1972
3		Kultar Chand Rana		28 March 1972	29 June 1977	5 years, 93 days
4		Sarvan Kumar		30 June 1977	18 April 1979	1 year, 292 days
5		Thakur Sen Negi		8 May 1979	21 June 1982	5 years, 129 days
				22 June 1982	14 September 1984
6		Vidya Stokes		11 March 1985	19 March 1990	5 years, 8 days	Indian National Congress
7		Radha Raman Shastri		20 March 1990	17 August 1990	150 days	Bharatiya Janata Party
8		Thakur Sen Negi		20 August 1990	14 December 1993	3 years, 116 days
9		Kaul Singh Thakur		15 December 1993	12 March 1998	4 years, 87 days	Indian National Congress
10		Gulab Singh Thakur		30 March 1998	7 March 2003	4 years, 342 days
11		Gangu Ram Musafir		11 March 2003	9 January 2008	4 years, 304 days	Indian National Congress
12		Tulsi Ram		11 January 2008	1 January 2013	4 years, 356 days	Bharatiya Janata Party
13		Brij Behari Lal Butail		9 January 2013	5 January 2018	4 years, 361 days	Indian National Congress
14		Rajeev Bindal		10 January 2018	16 January 2020	2 years, 6 days	Bharatiya Janata Party
15		Vipin Singh Parmar		26 February 2020	13 December 2022	2 years, 290 days
16		Kuldeep Singh Pathania [2] [3]		5 January 2023	incumbent	2 years, 181 days	Indian National Congress

Pro tem Speaker

Chander Kumar 2022

References

1. "Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly".
2. The Economic Times (5 January 2023). "Five-time MLA Kuldeep Singh Pathania elected Speaker of Himachal Assembly". Archived from the original on 10 May 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
3. The Hindu (5 January 2023). "5-time MLA Kuldeep Singh Pathania elected Speaker of Himachal Assembly". Archived from the original on 10 May 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2024.