This is a list of current presidents of assembly
State | Assembly | Status | Name | Since |
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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 |