List of last seven presiding Lok Sabha Speakers

Lok Sabha Speakers

The Speaker of the Lok Sabha is the presiding officier and the highest authority of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India. Take a look at the previous Speakers of Lok Sabha.

Om Birla

Om Birla (born 23 November 1962) is an Indian politician, agriculturist, and social worker who was the 17th Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 19 June 2019. He serves as a Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Kota-Bundi constituency in Rajasthan since 2014. He is currently serving as the Lok Sabha Speaker.

Sumitra Mahajan

Sumitra Mahajan is an Indian politician who was the Speaker of Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament from 2014 to 2019. She belongs to Bharatiya Janata Party. She represented the Indore constituency of Madhya Pradesh from 1989 to 2019 as the longest serving Woman Member of Parliament. She was the 16th Speaker of the Lok Sabha.

Meira Kumar

Meira Kumar is an Indian politician and former diplomat. She is from Congress and was Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment from 2004 to 2009. Meira Kumar was 15th Lok Sabha speaker.

Somnath Chatterjee

Somnath Chatterjee (25 July 1929 – 13 August 2018) was an Indian politician who was associated with the Communist Party of India (Marxist) for most of his life, though he had been a non affiliated independent during his last decade. Somnath Chatterjee was the 14th Speaker of the Lok Sabha.

Manohar Joshi

Manohar Gajanan Joshi (2 December 1937 – 23 February 2024) was an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra, who served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 1995 to 1999, and Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 2002 to 2004. He was 13th Speaker of the Lok Sabha.

G. M. C. Balayogi

Ganti Mohana Chandra Balayogi was an Indian lawyer and politician. He was serving as the Speaker of the 12th Lok Sabha when he died in a helicopter crash.

P. A. Sangma

Purno Agitok Sangma was an Indian politician who has served as the 4th CM of Meghalaya from 1988 to 1990 and th 11th Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 1996 to 1998.