The Speaker of the Tripura Legislative Assembly is the presiding officer of the Legislative Assembly of Tripura, the main law-making body for the Indian state of Tripura. The Speaker is elected generally in the first meeting of the Tripura Legislative Assembly after the general elections for a term of 5 years from amongst the members of the assembly. The speaker is chosen from sitting members of the Tripura Legislative Assembly. The Speaker can be removed from office by a resolution passed in the assembly by an effective majority of its members. In the absence of Speaker, the meeting of Tripura Legislative Assembly is presided by the Deputy Speaker.
Eligibility Being a citizen of India; Not be less than 25 years of age; Not holding any office of profit under the Government of Tripura; and Not being a Criminal Offender.
List of the Speakers
No Portrait Name ConstituencyTerm Assembly Party 1 Upendra Kumar Roy 1 July 1963 11 January 1967 1st Indian National Congress 2 Manindra Lal BhowmikKailashahar 14 March 1967 20 January 19722nd Chandipur 29 March 1972 23 January 19783rd3 Sudhanwa Debbarma Takarjala 24 January 1978 6 January 1983 4th Communist Party of India (Marxist) 4 Amarendra SharmaDharmanagar 9 February 1983 4 February 19885th 5 Jyotirmoy NathKadamtala 29 February 1988 7 April 19936th Indian National Congress 6 Bimal SinhaKamalpur 14 May 1993 22 September 19957thCommunist Party of India (Marxist) 7Jitendra Sarkar Teliamura 12 October 1995 10 March 1998 23 March 1998 7 March 20038th8Ramendra Chandra DebnathJubarajnagar 20 March 2003 3 March 20089th 17 March 2008 6 March 201310th 15 March 2013 13 March 201811th 9Rebati Mohan DasPratapgarh 23 March 2018 2 September 202112th Bharatiya Janata Party 10Ratan Chakraborty Khayerpur 24 September 2021 12 March 2023 11Biswa Bandhu SenDharmanagar 24 March 2023 26 December 202513th 12Ram Pada Jamatia Bagma 18 March 2026 Incumbentsource:
List of the Deputy Speakers
No Portrait Name ConstituencyTerm Assembly Party 1 Md. Ersad Ali Choudhury 1 July 1963 11 January 1967 1st 2 Manoranjan Nath Dharmanagar South 21 March 1967 1 November 1971 2nd3 Usha Ranjan Sen Radhakishorpur 29 March 1972 4 November 1977 3rd 4 Jyotirmoy DasBelonia 27 January 1978 6 January 19834th 5 Bimal SinhaKamalpur 11 February 1983 4 February 19885th 6 Rati Mohan JamatiaBagma 14 March 1988 16 May 19926th 7 Gouri Sankar Reang Santirbazar 17 September 1992 28 February 1993 8Niranjan DebbarmaGolaghati 17 May 1993 9 October 1995 7th 9 Sunil Kumar Chowdhury Sabroom 12 October 1995 10 March 1998 10Subal Rudra Sonamura 26 March 1998 26 February 20038th 25 March 2003 3 March 20089th 11Bhanu Lal Saha Bishalgarh 19 March 2008 28 February 2013 10th 12Pabitra Kar Khayerpur 18 March 2013 08 March 2018 11th 13 Biswa Bandhu Sen Dharmanagar 21 June 2018 13 March 2023 12th 14 Ram Prasad Paul Suryamaninagar 28 March 2023 Incumbent 13th Source link:
Pro tem Speaker
List of Pro tem Speakers Niranjan Debbarma 2013 Ratan Chakraborty 2018 Binoy Bhusan Das 2023
See also Tripura Legislative Assembly Speaker of the Lok Sabha Speaker of the Lok Sabha List of current Indian legislative speakers and chairmen
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