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List of speakers of the Delhi Legislative Assembly

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Speaker of the Delhi Legislative Assembly
since February 2015
Delhi Legislative Assembly
Member ofDelhi Legislative Assembly
AppointerMembers of the Delhi Legislative Assembly
Term lengthDuring the life of the Delhi Legislative Assembly (five years maximum)
Inaugural holderCharti Lal Goel
DeputyRakhi 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.

List of the Speakers

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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)
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)

References

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  1. ^ http://delhiassembly.nic.in/AboutDVS.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  2. ^ "Delhi Legislative Assembly". delhiassembly.nic.in. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Shri. Ram Niwas Goel". delhiassembly.nic.in. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  4. ^ Mint (23 February 2015). "AAP's Goel elected speaker of Delhi assembly". Archived from the original on 15 February 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2024.