Speakers in parliament
Name, sex and year of birth of the Speaker
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Speakers in parliament
Country | Chamber | Full name | Sex (male/female) | Year of birth | Date of appointment |
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Afghanistan | House of the People (Suspended) | Vacant | |||
Albania | Parliament | Lindita Nikolla | Female | 1965 | 10 Sep 2021 |
Algeria | National People's Assembly | Brahim Boughali | Male | 1963 | 08 Jul 2021 |
Andorra | General Council | Carles Ensenyat | Male | 1985 | 26 Apr 2023 |
Angola | National Assembly | Carolina Cerqueira | Female | 1956 | 16 Sep 2022 |
Antigua and Barbuda | House of Representatives | Sir Gerald Watt KC | Male | 1938 | 25 Jun 2014 |
Argentina | Chamber of Deputies | Cecilia Moreau | Female | 1976 | 02 Aug 2022 |
Armenia | National Assembly | Alen Simonyan | Male | 1980 | 02 Aug 2021 |
Australia | House of Representatives | Milton Dick | Male | 1972 | 26 Jul 2022 |
Austria | National Council | Wolfgang Sobotka | Male | 1956 | 20 Dec 2017 |
Azerbaijan | National Assembly | Sahiba Gafarova | Female | 1955 | 10 Mar 2020 |
Bahamas | House of Assembly | Patricia Deveaux | Female | 1968 | 06 Oct 2021 |
Bahrain | Council of Representatives | Ahmed Bin Salman Almusalam | Male | 1961 | 12 Dec 2022 |
Bangladesh | Parliament | Vacant | |||
Barbados | House of Assembly | Arthur Holder | Male | 05 Jun 2018 | |
Belarus | House of Representatives | Vladimir Andreichenko | Male | 1949 | 27 Oct 2008 |
Belize | House of Representatives | Valerie Woods | Female | 1973 | 11 Dec 2020 |
Benin | National Assembly | Gbèhounou Louis Vlavonou | Male | 1953 | 18 May 2015 |
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | Chamber of Deputies | Jerges Mercado Suárez | Male | 1970 | 04 Nov 2022 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | House of Representatives | Denis Zvizdić | Male | 1964 | 01 Dec 2022 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | House of Representatives | Marinko Čavara | Male | 1967 | 01 Dec 2022 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | House of Representatives | Nebojša Radmanović | Male | 1949 | 06 Dec 2018 |
Botswana | National Assembly | Phandu Tombola Chaha Skelemani | Male | 1945 | 05 Nov 2019 |
Brazil | Chamber of Deputies | Arthur César Pereira de Lira | Male | 1969 | 01 Feb 2021 |
Brunei Darussalam | Legislative Council | Abdul Rahman | Male | 1942 | 11 Feb 2015 |
Burkina Faso | Transitional Legislative Assembly | Ousmane Bougouma | Male | 1981 | 11 Nov 2022 |
Burundi | National Assembly | Gélase Daniel Ndabirabe | Male | 1957 | 07 Aug 2020 |
Cabo Verde | National Assembly | Austelino Tavares Correia | Male | 1968 | 19 May 2021 |
Cambodia | National Assembly | Heng Samrin | Male | 1934 | 21 Mar 2006 |
Cameroon | National Assembly | Djibril Cavayé Yeguie | Male | 1940 | 31 Mar 1992 |
Canada | House of Commons | Anthony Rota | Male | 1961 | 05 Dec 2019 |
Central African Republic | National Assembly | Simplice Mathieu Sarandji | Male | 1955 | 05 May 2021 |
Chad | Transitional National Council | Haroun Kabadi | Male | 1949 | 05 Oct 2021 |
Chile | Chamber of Deputies | Vlado Mirosevic | Male | 1987 | 07 Nov 2022 |
China | National People's Congress | Leji Zhao | Male | 1957 | 10 Mar 2023 |
Colombia | House of Representatives | David Ricardo Racero Mayorca | Male | 1986 | 20 Jul 2022 |
Comoros | Assembly of the Union | Abdou Moustadroine | Male | 1969 | 03 Apr 2020 |
Congo | National Assembly | Isidore Mvouba | Male | 1949 | 19 Aug 2017 |
Costa Rica | Legislative Assembly | Rodrigo Arias Sánchez Sánchez | Male | 1946 | 01 May 2022 |
Côte d'Ivoire | National Assembly | Adama Bictogo | Male | 1962 | 07 Jun 2022 |
Croatia | Croatian Parliament | Gordan Jandroković | Male | 1967 | 05 May 2017 |
Cuba | National Assembly of the People's Power | Juan Esteban Lazo Hernández | Male | 1944 | 24 Feb 2013 |
Cyprus | House of Representatives | Anita Demetriou | Female | 1985 | 10 Jun 2021 |
Czechia | Chamber of Deputies | Marketa Pekarova Adamova | Female | 1984 | 10 Nov 2021 |
Democratic People's Republic of Korea | Supreme People's Assembly | In Chol Pak | Male | 19 Jan 2023 | |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | National Assembly | Christophe Mboso N’kodia Pwanga | Male | 1942 | 03 Feb 2021 |
Denmark | The Danish Parliament | Søren Gade | Male | 1963 | 16 Nov 2022 |
Djibouti | National Assembly | Dileita Mohamed Dileita | Male | 1958 | 05 Mar 2023 |
Dominica | House of Assembly | Joseph Isaac | Male | 1969 | 10 Feb 2020 |
Dominican Republic | Chamber of Deputies | Alfredo Pacheco | Male | 1959 | 16 Aug 2020 |
Ecuador | National Assembly | Virgilio Saquicela | Male | 31 May 2022 | |
Egypt | House of Representatives | Hanafy Gibaly | Male | 1949 | 12 Jan 2021 |
El Salvador | Legislative Assembly | Ernesto Alfredo Castro Aldana | Male | 1971 | 01 May 2021 |
Equatorial Guinea | Chamber of Deputies | Gaudencio Mohaba Messu | Male | 1970 | 12 Jul 2013 |
Eritrea | National Assembly | Isaias Afwerki | Male | 1946 | |
Estonia | The Estonian Parliament | Lauri Hussar | Male | 1973 | 10 Apr 2023 |
Eswatini | House of Assembly | Petros Mavimbela | Male | 1963 | 11 Oct 2018 |
Ethiopia | House of Peoples' Representatives | Tagesse Chaffo | Male | 1970 | 17 Oct 2018 |
Fiji | Parliament | Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu | Male | 1953 | 24 Dec 2022 |
Finland | Parliament | Vacant | |||
France | National Assembly | Yaël Braun-Pivet | Female | 1970 | 28 Jun 2022 |
Gabon | Transitional National Assembly | Faustin Boukoubi | Male | 1954 | 11 Jan 2019 |
Gambia (The) | National Assembly | Fabakary Tombong Jatta | Male | 1952 | 14 Apr 2022 |
Georgia | Parliament | Shalva Papuashvili | Male | 1976 | 29 Dec 2021 |
Germany | German Bundestag | Bärbel Bas | Female | 1968 | 26 Oct 2021 |
Ghana | Parliament | Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin | Male | 1957 | 07 Jan 2021 |
Greece | Hellenic Parliament | Konstantinos An. Tasoulas | Male | 1959 | 18 Jul 2019 |
Grenada | House of Representatives | Leo Cato | Male | 31 Aug 2022 | |
Guatemala | Congress of the Republic | Shirley Joanna Rivera Zaldaña | Female | 1971 | 14 Jan 2022 |
Guinea | Transitional National Council | Dansa Kourouma | Male | 1980 | 22 Jan 2022 |
Guinea-Bissau | People's National Assembly | Cipriano Cassamá | Male | 1959 | 17 Jun 2014 |
Guyana | National Assembly | Manzoor Nadir | Male | 1955 | 01 Sep 2020 |
Haiti | Chamber of Deputies | Vacant | |||
Honduras | National Congress | Luis Rolando Redondo Guifarro | Male | 25 Jan 2022 | |
Hungary | National Assembly | László Kövér | Male | 1959 | 06 Aug 2010 |
Iceland | Parliament | Birgir Ármannsson | Male | 1968 | 01 Dec 2021 |
India | House of the People | Om Birla | Male | 1962 | 19 Jun 2019 |
Indonesia | House of Representatives | Puan Maharani | Female | 1973 | 02 Oct 2019 |
Iran (Islamic Republic of) | Islamic Parliament of Iran | Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf | Male | 1961 | 28 May 2020 |
Ireland | House of Representatives | Seán Ó Fearghaíl | Male | 1960 | 10 Mar 2016 |
Israel | Parliament | Amir Ohana | Male | 1976 | 29 Dec 2022 |
Italy | Chamber of Deputies | Lorenzo Fontana | Male | 1980 | 14 Oct 2022 |
Jamaica | House of Representatives | Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert | Female | 1956 | 15 Sep 2020 |
Japan | House of Representatives | Hiroyuki Hosoda | Male | 1944 | 10 Nov 2021 |
Jordan | House of Representatives | Ahmad Al Safadi | Male | 1967 | 13 Nov 2022 |
Kazakhstan | House of Representatives | Yerlan Koshanov | Male | 1962 | 01 Feb 2022 |
Kenya | National Assembly | Moses Masika Wetang'ula | Male | 1956 | 08 Sep 2022 |
Kiribati | House of Assembly | Tangariki Reete | Female | 1967 | 22 May 2020 |
Kuwait | National Assembly | Vacant | |||
Kyrgyzstan | Supreme Council | Shakiyev Nurlanbek Turgunbekovich | Male | 1977 | 05 Oct 2022 |
Lao People's Democratic Republic | National Assembly | Xaysomphone Phomvihane | Male | 1956 | 22 Mar 2021 |
Latvia | Parliament | Edvards Smiltēns | Male | 1984 | 01 Nov 2022 |
Lebanon | National Assembly | Nabih Berry | Male | 1938 | 20 Oct 1992 |
Lesotho | National Assembly | Tlohang Sekhamane | Male | 1955 | 25 Oct 2022 |
Liberia | House of Representatives | Bhofal Chambers | Male | 1961 | 15 Jan 2018 |
Libya | House of Representatives | Aguila Salah Issa | Male | 1944 | 04 Aug 2014 |
Liechtenstein | Diet | Albert Frick | Male | 1948 | 27 Mar 2013 |
Lithuania | Parliament | Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen | Female | 1983 | 13 Nov 2020 |
Luxembourg | Chamber of Deputies | Fernand Etgen | Male | 1957 | 06 Dec 2018 |
Madagascar | National Assembly | Christine Razanamahasoa | Female | 1951 | 16 Jul 2019 |
Malawi | National Assembly | Catherine Gotani Hara | Female | 1974 | 19 Jun 2019 |
Malaysia | House of Representatives | Johari Abdul | Male | 1955 | 19 Dec 2022 |
Maldives | People's Majlis | Mohamed Nasheed | Male | 1967 | 28 May 2019 |
Mali | Transitional National Council | Malick Diaw | Male | 1979 | 05 Dec 2020 |
Malta | House of Representatives | Angelo Farrugia | Male | 1955 | 06 Apr 2013 |
Marshall Islands | Parliament | Kenneth Kedi | Male | 1971 | 04 Jan 2016 |
Mauritania | National Assembly | Vacant | |||
Mauritius | National Assembly | Sooroojdev Phokeer | Male | 1951 | 21 Nov 2019 |
Mexico | Chamber of Deputies | Santiago Creel Miranda | Male | 1954 | 01 Sep 2022 |
Micronesia (Federated States of) | Congress | Esmond B. Moses | Male | 1974 | 11 May 2023 |
Monaco | National Council | Brigitte Boccone-Pagès | Female | 1959 | 06 Oct 2022 |
Mongolia | State Great Hural | Gombojav Zandanshatar | Male | 1970 | 01 Feb 2019 |
Montenegro | Parliament | Danijela Djurović | Female | 1973 | 28 Apr 2022 |
Morocco | House of Representatives | Rachid Talbi El Alami | Male | 1958 | 09 Oct 2021 |
Mozambique | Assembly of the Republic | Esperança Laurinda Francisco Nhiuane Bias | Female | 1958 | 13 Jan 2020 |
Myanmar | House of Representatives (Suspended) | Vacant | |||
Namibia | National Assembly | Peter Katjavivi | Male | 1941 | 20 Mar 2015 |
Nauru | Parliament | Marcus Stephen | Male | 1969 | 27 Aug 2019 |
Nepal | House of Representatives | Dev Raj Ghimire | Male | 1956 | 19 Jan 2023 |
Netherlands | House of Representatives | Vera Bergkamp | Female | 1971 | 07 Apr 2021 |
New Zealand | House of Representatives | Adrian Rurawhe | Male | 1961 | 24 Aug 2022 |
Nicaragua | National Assembly | Gustavo Porras Cortés | Male | 1954 | 09 Jan 2017 |
Nigeria | House of Representatives | Vacant | |||
North Macedonia | Assembly of the Republic | Talat Xhaferi | Male | 1962 | 27 Apr 2017 |
Norway | Parliament | Masud Gharahkhani | Male | 1982 | 25 Nov 2021 |
Oman | Shura Council | Sheikh Khalid bin Hilal Al Maawali | Male | 1975 | 29 Oct 2011 |
Pakistan | National Assembly | Raja Pervaiz Ashraf | Male | 1950 | 16 Apr 2022 |
Palau | House of Delegates | Sabino Anastacio | Male | 1953 | 17 Jan 2013 |
Panama | National Assembly | Crispiano Adames | Male | 1961 | 01 Jul 2021 |
Papua New Guinea | National Parliament | Job Pomat | Male | 1960 | 02 Aug 2017 |
Paraguay | Chamber of Deputies | Carlos María López | Male | 1969 | 01 Jul 2022 |
Peru | Congress of the Republic | José Daniel Williams Zapata | Male | 1951 | 12 Sep 2022 |
Philippines | House of Representatives | Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez | Male | 1963 | 25 Jul 2022 |
Poland | Sejm | Elżbieta Witek | Female | 1957 | 09 Aug 2019 |
Portugal | Assembly of the Republic | Augusto Ernesto Santos Silva | Male | 1956 | 29 Mar 2022 |
Qatar | Shura Council | Hassan Abdulla Al-Ghanim | Male | 1955 | 26 Oct 2021 |
Republic of Korea | National Assembly | Jin-pyo Kim | Male | 1947 | 04 Jul 2022 |
Republic of Moldova | Parliament | Igor Grosu | Male | 1972 | 29 Jul 2021 |
Romania | Chamber of Deputies | Ion-Marcel Ciolacu | Male | 1967 | 23 Nov 2021 |
Russian Federation | State Duma | Vyacheslav Volodin | Male | 1964 | 05 Oct 2016 |
Rwanda | Chamber of Deputies | Donatille Mukabalisa | Female | 1960 | 05 Oct 2013 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | National Assembly | Lanein Blanchette | Female | 1986 | 25 Oct 2022 |
Saint Lucia | House of Assembly | Claudius Francis | Male | 1959 | 17 Aug 2021 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | House of Assembly | Rochelle Forde | Female | 1974 | 30 Nov 2020 |
Samoa | Legislative Assembly | Papali’i Li’o Oloipola Taeu Masipau | Male | 1953 | 24 May 2021 |
San Marino | Great and General Council | Alessandro Scarano | Male | 1983 | 01 Apr 2023 |
San Marino | Great and General Council | Adele Tonnini | Female | 1977 | 01 Apr 2023 |
Sao Tome and Principe | National Assembly | Celmira Sacramento | Female | 1975 | 08 Nov 2022 |
Saudi Arabia | Shura Council | Abdullah Al Sheikh | Male | 1949 | 28 Feb 2009 |
Senegal | National Assembly | Amadou Mame Diop | Male | 1965 | 12 Sep 2022 |
Serbia | National Assembly | Vladimir Orlić | Male | 1983 | 02 Aug 2022 |
Seychelles | National Assembly | Roger Mancienne | Male | 1947 | 28 Oct 2020 |
Sierra Leone | Parliament | Abass Chernor Bundu | Male | 1948 | 25 Apr 2018 |
Singapore | Parliament | Chuan-Jin Tan | Male | 1969 | 11 Sep 2017 |
Slovakia | National Council | Boris Kollár | Male | 1965 | 20 Mar 2020 |
Slovenia | National Assembly | Urška Klakočar Zupančič | Female | 1977 | 13 May 2022 |
Solomon Islands | National Parliament | Patteson John Oti | Male | 1956 | 15 May 2019 |
Somalia | House of the People | Sheikh Adan Mohamed Nur (Madobe) | Male | 1956 | 28 Apr 2022 |
South Africa | National Assembly | Nosiviwe Noluthando Mapisa-Nqakula | Female | 1956 | 19 Aug 2021 |
South Sudan | Transitional National Legislative Assembly | Jemma Nunu Kumba | Female | 1966 | 02 Aug 2021 |
Spain | Congress of Deputies | Meritxell Batet | Female | 1973 | 03 Dec 2019 |
Sri Lanka | Parliament | Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana | Male | 1945 | 20 Aug 2020 |
Sudan | National Assembly (Suspended) | Vacant | |||
Suriname | National Assembly | Marinus Bee | Male | 1971 | 15 Jul 2020 |
Sweden | Parliament | Andreas Norlén | Male | 1973 | 24 Sep 2018 |
Switzerland | National Council | Martin Candinas | Male | 1980 | 28 Nov 2022 |
Syrian Arab Republic | People's Assembly | Hammouda Sabbagh | Male | 1959 | 28 Sep 2017 |
Tajikistan | House of Representatives | Zokirzoda Mahmadtohir | Male | 1956 | 17 Mar 2020 |
Thailand | House of Representatives | Chuan Leekpai | Male | 1938 | 25 May 2019 |
Timor-Leste | National Parliament | Vacant | |||
Togo | National Assembly | Yawa Djigbodi Tsegan | Female | 1971 | 23 Jan 2019 |
Tonga | Legislative Assembly | Lord Fakafanua | Male | 1985 | 18 Dec 2017 |
Trinidad and Tobago | House of Representatives | Bridgid Annisette-George | Female | 1958 | 23 Sep 2015 |
Tunisia | Assembly of People's Representatives | Brahim Bouderbala | Male | 1952 | 13 Mar 2023 |
Türkiye | Grand National Assembly of Türkiye | Vacant | |||
Turkmenistan | Assembly | Dunyagozel Akmuhammedovna Gulmanova | Female | 1989 | 06 Apr 2023 |
Tuvalu | Parliament of Tuvalu | Samuelu Penitala Teo | Male | 1957 | 19 Sep 2019 |
Uganda | Parliament | Anita Annet Among | Female | 1973 | 25 Mar 2022 |
Ukraine | Parliament | Ruslan Stefanchuk | Male | 1975 | 08 Oct 2021 |
United Arab Emirates | Federal National Council | Saqr Ghobash | Male | 1952 | 14 Nov 2019 |
United Kingdom | House of Commons | Sir Lindsay Hoyle | Male | 1957 | 04 Nov 2019 |
United Republic of Tanzania | National Assembly | Tulia Ackson | Female | 1976 | 01 Feb 2022 |
United States of America | House of Representatives | Kevin McCarthy | Male | 1965 | 07 Jan 2023 |
Uruguay | House of Representatives | Sebastián Andújar Álvarez de Ron | Male | 1974 | 01 Mar 2023 |
Uzbekistan | Legislative Chamber | Nuriddin Ismoilov | Male | 1959 | 12 Jan 2015 |
Vanuatu | Parliament | Simeon Davidson Seoule | Male | 1970 | 15 Jun 2021 |
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | National Assembly | Vacant | |||
Yemen | House of Representatives | Sultan Saeed Al Barkani | Male | 1956 | 13 Apr 2019 |
Zambia | National Assembly | Nelly Butete Kashumba Mutti | Female | 1956 | 03 Sep 2021 |
Zimbabwe | National Assembly | J.F.N. Mudenda | Male | 1946 | 03 Sep 2013 |