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List of speakers of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly

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Speaker of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
Emblem of the State of Rajasthan
since 21 December 2023
Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
StyleThe Honourable
Member ofRajasthan Legislative Assembly
AppointerMembers of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
Term lengthDuring the life of the Assembly (five years maximum)
Inaugural holderNarottam Lal Joshi
Formation31 March 1952
Deputyvacant

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

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# 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, 147 days 16th Bharatiya Janata Party

Pro tem Speaker

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List of Pro tem Speakers

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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

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  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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