History · Polity

Lok Sabha Speakers

Every Speaker of the Lok Sabha since 1952. Re-elected Speakers are shown once per continuous tenure. Tenure in years, months and days, counted to 7 November 2026 for the person in office.

Exam facts

• Current SpeakerOm Birla (since 19 Jun 2019)
• Longest tenureDr Balram Jakhar: 9 yrs 10 months 26 days
• Shortest tenure (not counting acting)N. Sanjiva Reddy (second term): 3 months 17 days
• ConstitutionArticle 93
• Elected byMembers of the Lok Sabha
• First woman SpeakerMeira Kumar (2009)
• Casting voteOnly in case of a tie (Article 100)
• DecidesWhether a bill is a Money Bill (Article 110)

Full list with tenure

1. 1
   G. V. Mavalankar15 May 1952 – 27 Feb 19563 yrs 9 months 12 daysFirst Speaker; died in office
2. 2
   M. A. Ayyangar8 Mar 1956 – 31 Mar 19626 yrs 23 days
3. 3
   Sardar Hukam Singh17 Apr 1962 – 16 Mar 19674 yrs 10 months 27 days
4. 4
   N. Sanjiva Reddy17 Mar 1967 – 19 Jul 19692 yrs 4 months 2 daysResigned to contest the presidential election
5. 5
   G. S. Dhillon8 Aug 1969 – 1 Dec 19756 yrs 3 months 23 days
6. 6
   Bali Ram Bhagat15 Jan 1976 – 25 Mar 19771 yr 2 months 10 days
7. 4
   N. Sanjiva Reddy (second term)26 Mar 1977 – 13 Jul 19773 months 17 daysLeft to become President
8. 7
   K. S. Hegde21 Jul 1977 – 21 Jan 19802 yrs 6 months
9. 8
   Dr Balram Jakhar22 Jan 1980 – 18 Dec 19899 yrs 10 months 26 daysLongest-serving Speaker
10. 9
    Rabi Ray19 Dec 1989 – 9 Jul 19911 yr 6 months 20 days
11. 10
    Shivraj Patil10 Jul 1991 – 22 May 19964 yrs 10 months 12 days
12. 11
    P. A. Sangma23 May 1996 – 23 Mar 19981 yr 10 monthsFirst Speaker from the North-East and from a tribal community
13. 12
    G. M. C. Balayogi24 Mar 1998 – 3 Mar 20023 yrs 11 months 7 daysFirst Dalit Speaker; died in office
14. 13
    Manohar Joshi10 May 2002 – 2 Jun 20042 yrs 23 days
15. 14
    Somnath Chatterjee4 Jun 2004 – 31 May 20094 yrs 11 months 27 days
16. 15
    Meira Kumar4 Jun 2009 – 4 Jun 20145 yrsFirst woman Speaker
17. 16
    Sumitra Mahajan6 Jun 2014 – 17 Jun 20195 yrs 11 days
18. 17
    Om Birla19 Jun 2019 – present7 yrs 4 months 19 days so farRe-elected 26 June 2024 for a second term