List of speakers of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly
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List of speakers
[edit]| Election year | Assembly | Party in Majority | Name | Term | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1st | INC | Kalyanji V. Mehta | 1 May 1960 – 19 August 1960 | 110 days | |
| Mansinhji Rana | 19 August 1960 – 19 March 1962 | 1 year, 212 days | ||||
| 1962 | 2nd | Fatehali Palejwala | 19 March 1962 – 17 March 1967 | 4 years, 363 days | ||
| 1967 | 3rd | INC(O) | Raghavji Leuva | 17 March 1967 – 28 June 1975 | 8 years, 103 days | |
| 1972 | 4th | INC | ||||
| 1975 | 5th | INC(O) | Kundanlal Dholakia | 28 June 1975 – 28 March 1977 | 1 year, 273 days | |
| Manubhai Palkhiwala (Acting Speaker) | 28 March 1977 – 21 April 1977 | 24 days | ||||
| JP | Kundanlal Dholakia | 21 April 1977 – 20 June 1980 | 3 years, 60 days | |||
| 1980 | 6th | INC | Natwarlal Shah | 20 June 1980 – 8 January 1990 | 9 years, 202 days | |
| 1985 | 7th | |||||
| Karsandas Soneri (Acting Speaker) | 8 January 1990 – 19 January 1990 | 11 days | ||||
| JD | Barjorji Pardiwala | 19 January 1990 – 16 March 1990 | 56 days | |||
| 1990 | 8th | INC | Shashikant Lakhani | 16 March 1990 – 12 November 1990 | 241 days | |
| Manubhai Parmar (Acting Speaker) | 12 November 1990 – 11 February 1991 | 91 days | ||||
| Himatlal Mulani | 11 February 1991 – 21 March 1995 | 4 years, 38 days | ||||
| 1995 | 9th | BJP | Harishchandra Patel | 21 March 1995 – 16 September 1996 | 1 year, 179 days | |
| Chandubhai Dabhi (Acting Speaker) | 16 September 1996 – 29 October 1996 | 43 days | ||||
| Gumansinhji Vaghela | 29 October 1996 – 19 March 1998 | 1 year, 141 days | ||||
| 1998 | 10th | Dhirubhai Shah | 19 March 1998 – 27 December 2002 | 4 years, 283 days | ||
| 2002 | 11th | Prof. Mangaldas Patel | 27 December 2002 – 18 January 2008 | 5 years, 22 days | ||
| 2007 | 12th | Ashok Bhatt | 18 January 2008 – 29 September 2010 | 2 years, 254 days | ||
| Prof. Mangaldas Patel (Acting Speaker) | 29 September 2010 – 23 February 2011 | 147 days | ||||
| Ganpat Vasava | 23 February 2011 – 26 December 2012 | 1 year, 307 days | ||||
| Vajubhai Vala (Acting Speaker) | 26 December 2012 - 19 January 2013[1] | 24 days | ||||
| Neema Acharya (Acting Speaker)[1] | 19 January 2013 – 22 January 2013 | 3 days | ||||
| 2012 | 13th | Vajubhai Vala | 23 January 2013[2] - 30 August 2014[3] | 1 year, 219 days | ||
| Mangubhai C. Patel (Acting Speaker) | 30 August 2014 – 9 November 2014 | 71 days | ||||
| Ganpat Vasava | 9 November 2014 – 7 August 2016 | 1 year, 272 days | ||||
| Parbatbhai Patel (Acting Speaker) | 7 August 2016 – 22 August 2016 | 15 days | ||||
| Ramanlal Vora[4] | 22 August 2016 – 19 February 2018 | 1 year, 181 days | ||||
| 2017 | 14th | Rajendra Trivedi | 19 February 2018 – 13 September 2021 | 3 years, 206 days | ||
| Dr. Nimaben Acharya | 13 September 2021 – 20 December 2022 | 1 year, 98 days | ||||
| 2022 | 15th | Shankar Chaudhary[5] | 20 December 2022 - Incumbent | 1 year, 285 days | ||
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Gujarat: Vala resigns as speaker to be made speaker". Daily News and Analysis. 23 January 2013. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
- ^ Balan, Premal (23 January 2013). "Vaju Vala unanimously elected new speaker of Gujarat Assembly". Business Standard. Gandhinagar. Archived from the original on 15 February 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
- ^ "Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala to take oath as Karnataka Guv on Sept 1". One India News. 30 August 2014. Archived from the original on 10 September 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
- ^ "Ramanlal Vora elected unopposed new Speaker of Gujarat Assembly". Business Standard News. 22 August 2016. Archived from the original on 23 August 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- ^ Shankar Chaudhary appointed as Gujarat Legislative Assembly Speaker, 20 December 2022