List of speakers of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly

Speaker of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
Emblem of the State of Rajasthan
Incumbent Vasudev Devnani since 21 December 2023
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	Narottam Lal Joshi
Formation	31 March 1952
Deputy	vacant

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. Ram Niwas Mirdha is the longest serving speaker for a period of ten years while Sumitra Singh is the first women speaker of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

List of speakers of Rajasthan

#	Portrait	Name	Tenure			Assembly	Party
1		Narottam Lal Joshi	31 March 1952	25 April 1957	5 years, 25 days	1st	Indian National Congress
2		Ram Niwas Mirdha	25 April 1957	3 May 1967	10 years, 8 days	2nd
						3rd
3		Niranjan Nath Acharya	3 May 1967	20 March 1972	4 years, 322 days	4th
4		Ram Kishore Vyas	20 March 1972	18 July 1977	5 years, 120 days	5th
5		Laxman Singh	18 July 1977	20 June 1979	1 year, 337 days	6th	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	7th	Indian National Congress
8		Hira Lal Devpura	20 March 1985	16 October 1985	210 days	8th
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	9th	Bharatiya Janata Party
			30 December 1993	5 October 1994		10th
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
13		Parasram Maderna	6 January 1999	15 January 2004	5 years, 9 days	11th	Indian National Congress
14		Sumitra Singh	16 January 2004	1 January 2009	4 years, 351 days	12th	Bharatiya Janata Party
15		Deependra Singh Shekhawat	2 January 2009	20 January 2014	5 years, 18 days	13th	Indian National Congress
16		Kailash Chandra Meghwal	22 January 2014	15 January 2019	4 years, 358 days	14th	Bharatiya Janata Party
17		C. P. Joshi	16 January 2019	20 December 2023	4 years, 338 days	15th	Indian National Congress
18		Vasudev Devnani	21 December 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 246 days	16th	Bharatiya Janata Party

Pro tem Speaker

List of Pro tem Speakers

Maharav Sangram Singh Sh. Jai Narayan Vyas 24.03.1952 03.12.1956 27.03.1952 03.12.1956 2. II Sh. Narayan Singh Masuda 22.04.1957 23.04.1957 3. III Sh. Narayan Singh Masuda 07.03.1962 10.03.1962 4. IV Sh. Poonam Chand Vishnoi 28.04.1967 02.05.1967 5. V Sh. Yashwant Singh Nahar 17.03.1972 19.03.1972 6. VI Major Fateh Singh 13.07.1977 17.07.1977 7. VII Sh. Paras Ram Maderna 03.07.1980 03.07.1980 8. VIII Sh. Laxman Singh 11.03.1985 16.03.1985 9. IX Sh. Poonam Chand Vishnoi 08.03.1990 12.03.1990 10. X Sh. Poonam Chand Vishnoi 22.12.1993 05.04.1995 18.07.1998 22.12.1993 - - 11. XI Sh. Bhairon Singh Shekhawat 14.12.1998 03.01.1999 12. XII Sh. Gangaram Chaudhary 06.01.2004 14.01.2004 13. XIII Sh. Devi Singh Bhati 24.12.2008 25.12.2008 14. XIV Sh. Pradhyumn Singh 02.01.2014 20.01.2014 15. XV Sh. Gulab Chand Kataria 08.01.2019 14.01.2019 Kalicharan Saraf 2023

References

1. "C.P. Joshi new Rajasthan Speaker". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 18 August 2021.
2. "Explained: How are a Speaker and Deputy Speaker elected?". The Indian Express. 12 July 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
3. "CP Joshi elected Speaker of Rajasthan assembly - Times of India". The Times of India. 17 January 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
4. "Rajasthan Legislative Assembly". rajassembly.nic.in. Retrieved 18 August 2021.

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