List of current presidents of assembly

This is a list of current presidents of assembly

UN States, Vatican City, Taiwan, and Kosovo

State Assembly Status Name Since
Afghanistan House of Elders President Fazal Hadi Muselimyar 29 January 2011
House of Representatives President Abdul Raouf Ibrahimi 27 February 2011
Albania People's Assembly Chairman Jozefina Topalli 3 September 2005
Andorra General Council General syndic Josep Dallerès Codina[1] 19 May 2009
Argentina Senate[2] President Julio Cobos 10 December 2007
Provisional president José Pampuro 22 February 2007
Chamber of Deputies President Eduardo Fellner 10 December 2007
Armenia National Assembly Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan 29 September 2008
Austria Bundesrat President Susanne Neuwirth 1 July 2011
Nationalrat President Barbara Prammer 30 October 2006
Belarus Council of the Republic Chairman Anatoly Rubinov 24 May 2010
House of Representatives Speaker Vladimir Andreichenko 27 October 2008
Belgium Senate President Sabine de Bethune 11 October 2011
Chamber of Representatives President André Flahaut 20 July 2010
Bolivia Chamber of Senators President Ana María Romero 20 January 2010
Chamber of Deputies President Héctor Arce 20 January 2010
Bosnia and Hercegovina House of Peoples Chairman Dušanka Majkić[3] 14 July 2010
House of Representatives Chairman Denis Bećirović 20 May 2011
Botswana National Assembly President Margaret Nnananyana Nasha 21 October 2009
Brazil Federal Senate President José Sarney 2 February 2009
Chamber of Deputies President Marco Maia 17 December 2010
Brunei Legislative Council President Pengiran Indera Mahkota 2004?
Bulgaria National Assembly President Tsetska Tsacheva 14 July 2009
Burma House of Nationalities President Khin Aung Myint 31 janvier 2011
House of Representatives Speaker Shwe Mann 31 janvier 2011
Burundi Senate President Gabriel Ntisezerana 20 August 2010
National Assembly President Pie Ntavyohanyuma 17 March 2007
Canada Senate Speaker Noël A. Kinsella 8 February 2006
House of Commons Speaker Andrew Scheer 2 June 2011
Cape Verde National Assembly Speaker Basilio Mosso Ramos 11 March 2011
Chad National Assembly Speaker Haroun Kabadi 23 June 2011
Chile Senate Chairman Guido Girardi Lavín 15 March 2011
Chamber of Deputies Speaker Patricio Melero Abaroa 15 March 2011
Colombia Senate President Juan Manuel Corzo Román 20 July 2011
Chamber of Representatives President Simón Gaviria Muñoz 20 July 2011
Croatia Sabor President Luka Bebic 11 January 2008
Cyprus House of Representatives President Yiannakis Omirou 2 June 2011
Czech Republic Senate President Milan Štěch 24 November 2010
Chamber of Deputies Speaker Miroslava Němcová[4] 1 May 2010
Denmark Folketing Speaker Mogens Lykketoft 30 September 2011
Ecuador National Assembly Speaker Francisco Vergara Ortiz 31 July 2009
Egypt Shura Council President Mohamed Safwat El Sherif 2004
People’s Assembly of Egypt Speaker (vacant)[5] February 2011
Equatorial Guinea Chamber of People’s Representatives President Ángel Serafín Seriche Dougan 23 June 2008
Estonia Riigikogu President[6] Ene Ergma[7] 2 April 2007
Ethiopia House of the Federation President Kassa Tekeleberihan Gebrehiwot 4 October 2010
House of Peoples’ Representatives President Abadula Gemeda Dego 4 October 2010
Fiji Senate President (vacant) 5 December 2006
House of Representatives Speaker (vacant) 5 December 2006
Finland Eduskunta/Riksdag Speaker Eero Heinäluoma 23 June 2011
France Senate President Jean-Pierre Bel 1 October 2011
National Assembly President Bernard Accoyer 26 June 2007
Gambia National Assembly Speaker Abdoulie Bojang 12 November 2010
Germany Bundesrat President Horst Seehofer 1 November 2011
Bundestag President Norbert Lammert 18 October 2005
Greece Vouli President Philippos Petsalnikos 15 October 2009
Guatemala Congress of the Republic President José Roberto Alejos Cambara 14 January 2009
Guinea Transitional National Council (CNT) President Rabiatou Sérah Diallo February 2010
Guinea-Bissau National People's Assembly Speaker Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo (acting) 3 March 2009
Haiti Senate President Rodolphe Joazile 28 April 2011
Chamber of Deputies Speaker Sorel Jacinthe 26 April 2011
Honduras National Congress President Juan Orlando Hernández 23 January 2010
Hungary National Assembly of Hungary President László Kövér 6 August 2010
Iceland Althing President Ásta R. Jóhannesdóttir 15 May 2009
Iran Islamic Consultative Assembly Speaker Ali Larijani 2 May 2008
Iraq Council of Representatives of Iraq Speaker Usama al-Nujayfi 11 November 2010
Ireland Seanad Éireann Cathaoirleach Paddy Burke 25 May 2011
Dáil Éireann Ceann Comhairle Sean Barrett 9 March 2011
Italy Senate President Renato Schifani 29 April 2008
Chamber of Deputies President Gianfranco Fini 30 April 2008
Jamaica Senate President Oswald Harding[8] 27 September 2007
Parliament of Jamaica Speaker Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert 12 July 2011
Japan House of Councillors President (vacant) 5 November 2011
House of Representatives Speaker Takahiro Yokomichi 16 September 2009
Jordan Senate President Taher Al-Masri December 2009
House of Representatives Speaker Abdulkareem Al-Doghmi 26 October 2011
Kazakhstan Senate President Kayrat Mami 15 April 2011
Mazhilis Speaker Ural Mukhamejanov 13 October 2008
Kenya National Assembly President Kenneth Marende 15 January 2008
Kiribati House of Assembly Speaker Taomati T. Iuta[9] 17 September 2007
Kosovo Assembly Chairman Jakup Krasniqi 9 January 2008
Kyrgyzstan Supreme Council Chairman Ahmatbek Keldibekov 17 December 2010
Laos Sapha Heng Xat President Thongsing Thammavong 8 June 2006
Latvia Saeima Speaker Solvita Aboltina 2 November 2010
Lebanon National Assembly Speaker Nabih Berri 20 November 1992
Lesotho Senate President Morena Letapata Makhaola 9 March 2007
National Assembly Speaker Ntlhoi Motsamai 1999
Libya National Transitional Council President Mustafa Abdul Jalil[10] 5 March 2011
Liechtenstein Landtag President Arthur Brunhart 18 March 2009
Lithuania Seimas Speaker Irena Degutienė 17 September 2009
Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies President Laurent Mosar 28 July 2009
Macedonia Sobranie President Trajko Veljanoski 21 June 2008
Madagascar Higher Transitional Council President Dolin Rasolosoa 14 October 2010
Transitional Congress President Raharinaivo Andrianantoandro 15 October 2010
Malta House of Representatives Speaker Michael Frendo 29 April 2010
Marshall Islands Nitijela President Alvin T. Jacklick 2 November 2009
Mexico Senate President José González Morfín 1 September 2011
Chamber of Deputies President Emilio Chuayffet Chemor 1 September 2011
Moldova Parliament Chairman Marian Lupu[11] 30 December 2010
Monaco National Council President Jean-François Robillon 11 January 2010
Montenegro Parliament President Ranko Krivokapic 30 July 2003
Nauru Parliament Speaker Ludwig Scotty[12] 1 November 2010
The Netherlands First Chamber of the States-General Chairman Fred de Graaf 28 June 2011
Second Chamber of the States-General Chairman Gerdi Verbeet 6 December 2006
Niger National Assembly Speaker Hama Amadou 19 April 2011
Nigeria Senate President David Mark 5 June 2007
House of Representatives Speaker Aminu Tambuwal 6 June 2011
Norway Storting President Dag Terje Andersen 8 October 2009
Oman State Council Speaker Yehya Bin Mahfooz Al-Manthari 8 March 2004
Consultative Council President Sheikh Khalid bin Hilal bin Nasir Al Mawali 29 October 2011
Panama National Assembly Speaker Héctor Aparicio 1 July 2011
Paraguay Senate President Jorge Oviedo Matto 1 July 2011
Chamber of Deputies Speaker Víctor Bogado González[13] 1 July 2010
Peru Congress of the Republic President Daniel Abugattás Majluf 27 July 2011
Poland Senate Marshal Bogdan Borusewicz 20 October 2005
Sejm Marshal Ewa Kopacz 8 November 2011
Portugal Assembly of the Republic President Assunção Esteves 21 June 2011
Romania Senate President Vasile Blaga 28 November 2011
Chamber of Deputies President Roberta Anastase 19 December 2008
Russia Federation Council Chairman Valentina Matvienko 21 September 2011
State Duma Chairman Boris Gryzlov 29 December 2003
Rwanda Senate Chairman Vincent Biruta 10 October 2003
Chamber of Deputies Speaker Jean Damascène Ntawukuliryayo 10 October 2011
Samoa Fono Speaker Laaulialemalietoa Leuatea Polataivao Fosi 19 March 2011
São Tomé and Príncipe National Assembly Speaker Evaristo do Espírito Santo Carvalho 11 September 2010
San Marino Grand and General Council Presidents Gabriele Gatti 1 October 2011
Matteo Fiorini 1 October 2011
Serbia National Assembly President Slavica Djukic Dejanovic 25 June 2008
Seychelles National Assembly Speaker Patrick Herminie 29 May 2007
Singapore Parliament Speaker Michael Palmer 10 October 2011
Slovakia National Council Speaker Pavol Hrusovský[14] 13 October 2011
Slovenia National Council President Blaž Kavčič 12 December 2007
National Assembly Speaker Ljubo Germič 2 September 2011
South Africa National Council of Provinces President Mninwa Johannes Mahlangu[15] 21 November 2004
National Assembly Speaker Max Sisulu 6 May 2009
South Sudan Legislative Assembly Speaker James Wani Igga 2005
Spain Senate President Francisco Javier Rojo García 2 April 2004
Congress of Deputies President José Bono Martínez 1 April 2008
The Sudan Council of States President Adam Hamid Musa 24 May 2010
National Assembly Speaker Ahmed Ibrahim Al-Tahir 2001
Sweden Riksdag Speaker Per Westerberg 2 October 2006
Switzerland Council of States President Hans Altherr 5 December 2011
National Council President Hansjörg Walter 5 December 2011
Tanzania National Assembly Speaker Anne Makinda 12 November 2010
Thailand Senate Speaker Teeradej Meepien 9 May 2011
House of Representatives Speaker Somsak Kiatsuranont 2 August 2011
Togo National Assembly President Abass Bonfoh 2005
Tonga Fale Alea Speaker Lord Lasike 21 December 2010
Tunisia Constituent Assembly President Mustapha Ben Jaafar 22 November 2011
Chamber of Councillors President Mekki Aloui (acting) 25 January 2011
Chamber of Deputies Speaker Sahbi Karoui (acting) 2011
Turkey Grand National Assembly Speaker Cemil Çiçek 4 July 2011
Tuvalu Parliament Speaker Kamuta Latasi[16] 24 December 2010
Uganda Parliament Speaker Rebecca Kadaga 19 May 2011
Ukraine Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn[17] 9 December 2008
United Arab Emirates Federal National Council (FNC) Speaker Mohammad Al Murr 15 November 2011
United Kingdom House of Lords Lord Speaker Frances D’Souza, Baroness D’Souza 1 September 2011
Black Rod David Leakey 1 February 2011
House of Commons Speaker John Bercow 22 June 2009
United States Senate President[18] Joe Biden 20 January 2009
President pro tempore Daniel Inouye 28 June 2010
Senate majority leader Harry Reid 4 January 2007
House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner 5 January 2011
Uruguay Senate President Danilo Astori 1 March 2010
Chamber of Representatives President Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou 1 March 2011
Vanuatu Parliament President Dunstan Hilton 6 September 2011
Vatican City Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State[19] President Giovanni Lajolo 2006
Venezuela National Assembly Speaker Fernando Soto Rojas 5 January 2011
Vietnam National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung 23 July 2011
Yemen Consultative Council Speaker Abdul Rahman Ali Othman October 2011
Assembly of Representatives Speaker Yahia Al Rai Février 2008
Zambia National Assembly Speaker Patrick Matibini 6 October 2011
Zimbabwe Senate President Edna Madzongwe 30 November 2005
House of Assembly Speaker Lovemore Moyo 25 August 2008

Notes

  1. ^ Previously from 19 January 1994 - 10 March 1997.
  2. ^ The vice president of Argentina is the titular president of the Senate.
  3. ^ Previously from 26 Feb 2009 - 14 Mar 2009.
  4. ^ Acting to 24 June 2010.
  5. ^ Assembly dissolved.
  6. ^ Chairman (esimees) in Estonian, in English language often translated as "Speaker".
  7. ^ Previously from 31 March 2003 - 23 March 2006.
  8. ^ Previously from 1980-84.
  9. ^ Previously from January to March 2003.
  10. ^ In rebellion to 23 August 2011.
  11. ^ Previously from 24 Mar 2005 - 5 May 2009.
  12. ^ Previously from the late 1990s to 2000.
  13. ^ Previously from 2005-2007.
  14. ^ Previously from 15 October 2002 - 7 February 2006.
  15. ^ Acting to 17 January 2005.
  16. ^ Previously from 2006 - September 2010.
  17. ^ Previously from 28 May 2002 - 25 May 2006.
  18. ^ The U.S. vice president.
  19. ^ Not a parliamentary assembly but the legislative body of Vatican City.

See also