List of Speakers of LokSabha

Speakers of LokSabha

The Speaker of the Lok Sabha is the presiding officer of the lower house of Parliament of India. The speaker is elected in the very first meeting of the Lok Sabha after the General elections for a term of 5 years from amongst the members of the Lok Sabha. The date of election of speaker is fixed by the President. He is supposed to resign from his original party because as a speaker, he has to remain impartial.

Powers and functions of the Speaker

The Speaker presides over the sessions of the Lok Sabha and conducts the business in the house. He decides whether a bill is a money bill or a non money bill. He maintains discipline and decorum in the house and can punish a member for his unruly behaviour by suspending him. He permits the moving of various kinds of motions and resolutions like the motion of no confidence, motion of adjournment, motion of censure and calling attention notice. The Speaker decides on the agenda to be taken up for discussion during the meeting.

Here is the complete list Speakers of Loksabha till 2013

Lok Sabha	Name of Speaker	Tenure
First Lok Sabha	Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar	5 May, 1952 – 27 February, 1956
	M. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar	8 March, 1956 –  10 May, 1957
Second Lok Sabha	M. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar	11 May, 1957 –  16 April, 1962
Third Lok Sabha	Hukam Singh	17 April, 1962 –  16 March, 1967
Fourth Lok Sabha	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy	17 March, 1967 –  19 July, 1969
	Gurdial Singh Dhillon	8 August, 1969 –  19 March, 1971
Fifth Lok Sabha	Gurdial Singh Dhillon	22 March, 1971 –  1 December, 1975
	Bali Ram Bhagat	5 January, 1976 –  25 March, 1977
Sixth Lok Sabha	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy	26 March, 1977 –  13 July, 1977
	K. S. Hegde	21 July, 1977 –  21 January, 1980
Seventh Lok Sabha	Bal Ram Jakhar	22 January, 1980 –  15 January, 1985
Eighth Lok Sabha	Bal Ram Jakhar	16 January, 1985 –  18 December, 1989
Ninth Lok Sabha	Ravi Ray	19 December, 1989 –  9 July, 1991
Tenth Lok Sabha	Shivraj V. Patil	10 July, 1991 –  22 May, 1996
Eleventh Lok Sabha	P. A. Sangma	23 May, 1996 –  23 March, 1998 (FN)
Twelfth Lok Sabha	G. M. C. Balayogi	24 March, 1998 –  20 October, 1999 (FN)
Thirteenth Lok Sabha	G. M. C. Balayogi	22 October, 1999 –  3 March, 2002
	Manohar Joshi	10 May, 2002 –  4 June, 2004
Fourteenth Lok Sabha	Somnath Chatterjee	4 June, 2004 –  31 May, 2009
Fifteen Lok Sabha	Smt. Meira Kumar	3 June, 2009 –  Till date

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