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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.[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 190 days 16th Bharatiya Janata Party

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. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  3. ^ "CP Joshi elected Speaker of Rajasthan assembly - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Rajasthan Legislative Assembly". rajassembly.nic.in. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
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