This is a list of current presiding officers of the legislative assemblies of sovereign and unrecognized states, autonomous regions, dependencies and other territories, sui generis entities, and international organisations.
States recognised by the United Nations
State | Assembly | Title | Name | Assumed office |
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Afghanistan (National Assembly) | House of Elders | President | Fazal Hadi Muselimyar | 29 January 2011 |
House of Representatives | President | Mir Rahman Rahmani | 29 June 2019 | |
Albania | Parliament | Chairman | Gramoz Ruçi | 9 September 2017 |
Algeria (Parliament) | Council of the Nation | President | Salah Goudjil | 10 April 2019 |
People's National Assembly | President | Slimane Chenine | 10 July 2019 | |
Andorra | General Council | General Syndic | Roser Suñé Pascuet | 2 May 2019 |
Angola | National Assembly | President | Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos | 27 September 2012 |
Antigua and Barbuda (Parliament) | Senate | President | Alincia Williams-Grant | 25 June 2014 |
House of Representatives | Speaker | Gerald Watt | 25 June 2014 | |
Argentina (National Congress) | Senate | President[1] | Cristina Fernández de Kirchner | 10 December 2019 |
Provisional President | Claudia Ledesma Abdala | 10 December 2019 | ||
Chamber of Deputies | President | Sergio Massa | 10 December 2019 | |
Armenia | National Assembly | President | Ararat Mirzoyan | 14 January 2019 |
Australia (Parliament) | Senate | President | Scott Ryan | 13 November 2017 |
House of Representatives | Speaker | Tony Smith | 10 August 2015 | |
Austria (Parliament) | Federal Council | President[2] | Christian Buchmann | 1 January 2021 |
National Council | President | Wolfgang Sobotka | 20 December 2017 | |
Azerbaijan | National Assembly | Speaker | Sahiba Gafarova | 10 March 2020 |
Bahamas (Parliament) | Senate | President | Katherine Forbes-Smith | 24 May 2017 |
House of Assembly | Speaker | Halson Moultrie | 24 May 2017 | |
Bahrain (National Assembly) | Consultative Council | Chairman | Ali Saleh Al-Saleh | 15 December 2008 |
Council of Representatives | Chairwoman | Fawzia Zainal | 12 December 2018 | |
Bangladesh | Jatiya Sangsad | Speaker | Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury | 30 April 2013 |
Barbados (Parliament) | Senate | President | Richard Cheltenham | 5 June 2018 |
House of Assembly | Speaker | Arthur Holder | 5 June 2018 | |
Belarus (National Assembly) | Council of the Republic | Speaker | Natalya Kochanova | 6 December 2019 |
House of Representatives | Speaker | Vladimir Andreichenko | 27 October 2008 | |
Belgium (Parliament) | Senate | President | Stephanie D'Hose | 13 October 2020 |
Chamber of Representatives | President | Eliane Tillieux | 13 October 2020 | |
Belize (National Assembly) | Senate | President | Carolyn Trench-Sandiford | 11 December 2020 |
House of Representatives | Speaker | Valerie Woods | 11 December 2020 | |
Benin | National Assembly | President | Louis Vlavonou | 17 May 2019 |
Bhutan (Parliament) | National Council | Chairperson | Tashi Dorji | 10 May 2018 |
National Assembly | Speaker | Wangchuk Namgyel | 7 November 2018 | |
Bolivia (Plurinational Legislative Assembly) | Plurinational Legislative Assembly | President[1] | David Choquehuanca | 8 November 2020 |
Chamber of Senators | President | Andrónico Rodríguez | 3 November 2020 | |
Chamber of Deputies | President | Freddy Mamani Laura | 3 November 2020 | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Parliamentary Assembly) | House of Peoples | Chairman[3] | Bakir Izetbegović | 28 February 2021 |
House of Representatives | Chairwoman[4] | Borjana Krišto | 6 December 2020 | |
Botswana | National Assembly | Speaker | Phandu Skelemani | 5 November 2019 |
Brazil (National Congress) | Federal Senate | President | Rodrigo Pacheco | 1 February 2021 |
Chamber of Deputies | President | Arthur Lira | 1 February 2021 | |
Brunei | Legislative Council | Speaker | Abdul Rahman Mohamed Taib | 11 February 2015 |
Bulgaria | National Assembly | Chairperson | Iva Miteva | 15 April 2021 |
Burkina Faso | National Assembly | President | Alassane Bala Sakandé | 8 September 2017 |
Burundi (Parliament) | Senate | President | Révérien Ndikuriyo | 14 August 2015 |
National Assembly | President | Gelase Ndabirabe | 7 August 2020 | |
Cambodia (Parliament) | Senate | President | Chhum Say | 9 June 2015 |
National Assembly | President | Samrin Heng | 21 March 2006 | |
Cameroon (Parliament) | Senate | President | Marcel Niat Njifenji | 12 June 2013 |
National Assembly | President | Cavayé Yéguié Djibril | 31 March 1992 | |
Canada (Parliament) | Senate | Speaker | George Furey | 3 December 2015 |
House of Commons | Speaker | Anthony Rota | 5 December 2019 | |
Cape Verde | National Assembly | Speaker | Jorge Santos | 20 April 2016 |
Central African Republic | National Assembly | President | Simplice Sarandji | 5 May 2021 |
Chad | National Assembly | President | Haroun Kabadi | 23 June 2011 |
Chile (National Congress) | Senate | President | Adriana Muñoz d'Albora | 17 March 2020 |
Chamber of Deputies | President | Diego Paulsen | 7 April 2020 | |
China | National People's Congress | Chairman | Zhanshu Li | 17 March 2018 |
Colombia (Congress) | Senate | President[5] | Arturo Char Chaljub | 20 July 2020 |
Chamber of Representatives | President[6] | Germán Blanco Álvarez | 20 July 2020 | |
Comoros | Assembly of the Union | Speaker | Abdou Ousseni | 4 April 2015 |
Congo-Brazzaville (Parliament) | Senate | President | André Obami Itou | 1 December 2007 |
National Assembly | President | Isidore Mvouba | 19 August 2017 | |
Congo-Kinshasa (Parliament) | Senate | President | Alexis Thambwe Mwamba | 27 July 2019 |
National Assembly | President | Jeannine Mabunda | 24 April 2019 | |
Costa Rica | Legislative Assembly | Speaker[7] | Silvia Hernández Sánchez | 1 May 2021 |
Croatia | Parliament | Speaker | Gordan Jandroković | 5 May 2017 |
Cuba | National Assembly of People's Power | President | Esteban Lazo Hernández | 24 February 2013 |
Cyprus | House of Representatives | President | Demetris Syllouris | 2 June 2016 |
Czech Republic (Parliament) | Senate | President | Miloš Vystrčil | 19 February 2020 |
Chamber of Deputies | Chairperson | Radek Vondráček | 22 November 2017 | |
Denmark | Folketing | Speaker | Henrik Dam Kristensen | 21 June 2019 |
Djibouti | National Assembly | President | Mohamed Ali Houmed | 1 March 2015 |
Dominica | House of Assembly | Speaker | Joseph Isaac | 10 February 2020 |
Dominican Republic (Congress) | Senate | President | Eduardo Estrella | 16 August 2020 |
Chamber of Deputies | President | Alfredo Pacheco | 16 August 2020 | |
East Timor | National Parliament | President | Arão Noé da Costa Amaral | 13 June 2018 |
Ecuador | National Assembly | President | Guadalupe Llori | 15 May 2021 |
Egypt | Senate | President | Abdel-Wahab Abdel-Razeq | 18 October 2020 |
House of Representatives | Speaker | Hanafy Ali El Gebali | 12 January 2021 | |
El Salvador | Legislative Assembly | President | Ernesto Castro | 1 May 2021 |
Equatorial Guinea (Parliament) | Senate | President | Teresa Efua Asangono | 12 July 2013 |
Chamber of Deputies | President | Gaudencio Mohaba Mesu | 12 July 2013 | |
Eritrea | National Assembly | President | Isaias Afwerki | 24 May 1993 |
Estonia | Riigikogu | President | Jüri Ratas | 18 March 2021 |
Eswatini (Parliament) | Senate | President | Lindiwe Dlamini | October 2018 |
House of Assembly | Speaker | Petros Mavimbela | 12 October 2018 | |
Ethiopia (Federal Parliamentary Assembly) | House of Federation | Speaker | Keria Ibrahim | 30 April 2018 |
House of Peoples' Representatives | Speaker | Tagesse Chafo | 18 October 2018 | |
Fiji | Parliament | Speaker | Epeli Nailatikau | 11 February 2019 |
Finland | Parliament | Speaker | Anu Vehviläinen | 9 June 2020 |
France (Parliament) | Senate | President | Gérard Larcher | 1 October 2014 |
National Assembly | President | Richard Ferrand | 12 September 2018 | |
Gabon (Parliament) | Senate | President | Lucie Milebou Aubusson | 27 February 2015 |
National Assembly | President | Faustin Boukoubi | 11 January 2019 | |
Gambia | National Assembly | Speaker | Mariam Jack-Denton | 11 April 2017 |
Georgia | Parliament | Chairperson | Archil Talakvadze | 25 June 2019 |
Germany (Federal Assembly) | Bundesrat | President[8] | Reiner Haseloff | 1 November 2020 |
Bundestag | President | Wolfgang Schäuble | 4 October 2017 | |
Ghana | Parliament | Speaker | Alban Bagbin | 7 January 2021 |
Greece | Parliament | Speaker | Konstantinos Tasoulas | 18 July 2019 |
Grenada (Parliament) | Senate | President | Chester Humphrey | 20 February 2013 |
House of Representatives | Speaker | Micheal Pierre | 27 March 2013 | |
Guatemala | Congress | President[9] | Allan Rodríguez | 14 January 2020 |
Guinea | National Assembly | President | Claude Kory Kondiano | 13 January 2014 |
Guinea-Bissau | National People's Assembly | President | Cipriano Cassamá | 17 June 2014 |
Guyana | National Assembly | Speaker | Barton Scotland | 10 June 2015 |
Haiti (Parliament) | Senate | President | Carl Murat Cantave | 17 January 2019 |
Chamber of Deputies | Speaker | Gary Bodeau | 11 January 2018 | |
Honduras | National Congress | President | Mauricio Oliva | 25 January 2014 |
Hungary | National Assembly | Speaker | László Kövér | 6 August 2010 |
Iceland | Althing | Speaker | Steingrímur J. Sigfússon | 28 October 2017 |
India (Parliament) | Rajya Sabha | Chairman[1] | Venkaiah Naidu | 11 August 2017 |
Deputy Chairman | Harivansh Narayan Singh | 9 August 2018 | ||
Lok Sabha | Speaker | Om Birla | 19 June 2019 | |
Indonesia (People's Consultative Assembly) | Regional Representative Council | Speaker | La Nyalla Mattalitti | 2 October 2019 |
People's Representative Council | Speaker | Puan Maharani | 1 October 2019 | |
Iran | Islamic Consultative Assembly | Speaker | Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf | 28 May 2020 |
Iraq | Council of Representatives | Speaker | Mohamed al-Halbousi | 15 September 2018 |
Ireland (Oireachtas) | Seanad Éireann | Cathaoirleach | Mark Daly | 29 June 2020 |
Dáil Éireann | Ceann Comhairle | Seán Ó Fearghaíl | 10 March 2016 | |
Israel | Knesset | Speaker | Yariv Levin | 17 May 2020 |
Italy (Parliament) | Senate | President | Maria Elisabetta Alberti Casellati | 28 March 2018 |
Chamber of Deputies | President | Roberto Fico | 24 March 2018 | |
Ivory Coast (Parliament) | Senate | President | Jeannot Ahoussou-Kouadio | 5 April 2018 |
National Assembly | President | Amadou Soumahoro | 7 March 2019 | |
Jamaica (Parliament) | Senate | President | Tom Tavares-Finson | 10 March 2016 |
House of Representatives | Speaker | Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert | 15 September 2020 | |
Japan (National Diet) | House of Councillors | Speaker | Akiko Santō | 1 August 2019 |
House of Representatives | Speaker | Tadamori Oshima | 21 April 2015 | |
Jordan (Parliament) | Senate | President | Faisal al-Fayez | 25 October 2015 |
House of Representatives | Speaker | Atef Tarawneh | 3 November 2013 | |
Kazakhstan (Parliament) | Senate | Chairman | Mäulen Äşimbaev | 4 May 2020 |
Mazhilis | Chairman | Nurlan Nigmatulin | 22 June 2016 | |
Kenya (Parliament) | Senate | Speaker | Kenneth Lusaka | 31 August 2017 |
National Assembly | Speaker | Justin Muturi | 28 March 2013 | |
Kiribati | House of Assembly | Speaker | Tangariki Reete | 22 May 2020 |
Kuwait | National Assembly | Speaker | Marzouq Al-Ghanim | 6 August 2013 |
Kyrgyzstan | Supreme Council | Chairman | Talant Mamytov | 14 November 2020 |
Laos | National Assembly | President | Saysomphone Phomvihane | 22 March 2021 |
Latvia | Saeima | Speaker | Ināra Mūrniece | 4 November 2014 |
Lebanon | Parliament | Speaker | Nabih Berri | 20 October 1992 |
Lesotho (Parliament) | Senate | President | Mamonaheng Mokitimi | 11 July 2017 |
National Assembly | Speaker | Sephiri Motanyane | 12 June 2017 | |
Liberia (Legislature) | Senate | President[1] | Jewel Taylor | 22 January 2018 |
President pro tempore | Albert Tugbe Chie | 15 January 2018 | ||
House of Representatives | Speaker | Bhofal Chambers | 15 January 2018 | |
Libya | General National Congress | President | Nouri Abusahmain | 4 August 2014 |
House of Representatives | President | Aguila Saleh Issa | 4 August 2014 | |
Liechtenstein | Landtag | President | Albert Frick | 27 March 2013 |
Lithuania | Seimas | Speaker | Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen | 13 November 2020 |
Luxembourg | Chamber of Deputies | President | Fernand Etgen | 5 December 2018 |
Madagascar (Parliament) | Senate | President | Rivo Rakotovao | 31 October 2017 |
National Assembly | President | Christine Razanamahasoa | 17 July 2019 | |
Malawi | National Assembly | Speaker | Catherine Gotani Hara | 19 June 2019 |
Malaysia (Parliament) | Dewan Negara | President | Rais Yatim | 2 September 2020 |
Dewan Rakyat | Speaker | Azhar Azizan Harun | 13 July 2020 | |
Maldives | People's Majlis | Speaker | Mohamed Nasheed | 29 May 2019 |
Mali | National Assembly | President | Moussa Timbiné | 11 May 2020 |
Malta | House of Representatives | Speaker | Angelo Farrugia | 6 April 2013 |
Marshall Islands | Legislature | President | Kenneth Kedi | 4 January 2016 |
Mauritania (Parliament) | National Assembly | President | Cheikh Ahmed Baye | 9 October 2018 |
Mauritius | National Assembly | Speaker | Sooroojdev Phokeer | 21 November 2019 |
Mexico (Congress) | Senate | President | Mónica Fernández Balboa | 1 September 2019 |
Chamber of Deputies | President | Dulce María Sauri Riancho | 2 September 2020 | |
Micronesia | Congress | Speaker | Wesley Simina | 11 May 2015 |
Moldova | Parliament | President | Zinaida Greceanîi | 8 June 2019 |
Monaco | National Council | President | Stéphane Valeri | 22 February 2018 |
Mongolia | State Great Khural | Chairman | Gombojavyn Zandanshatar | 1 February 2019 |
Montenegro | Parliament | President | Aleksa Bečić | 23 September 2020 |
Morocco (Parliament) | House of Councillors | President | Hakim Benchamach | 13 October 2015 |
House of Representatives | President | Habib El Malki | 16 January 2017 | |
Mozambique | Assembly of the Republic | Speaker | Esperança Bias | 13 January 2020 |
Myanmar (Assembly of the Union) | House of Nationalities | Speaker | Mahn Win Khaing Than | 3 February 2016 |
House of Representatives | Speaker | T Khun Mat | 22 March 2018 | |
Namibia (Parliament) | National Council | Chairperson | Lukas Sinimbo Muha | 15 December 2020 |
National Assembly | Speaker | Peter Katjavivi | 20 March 2015 | |
Nauru | Parliament | Speaker | Marcus Stephen | 27 August 2019 |
Nepal (Parliament) | National Assembly | Chairperson | Ganesh Prasad Timilsina | 14 March 2018 |
House of Representatives | Speaker | Agni Sapkota | 27 January 2020 | |
Netherlands (States General) | Senate | President | Jan Anthonie Bruijn | 2 July 2019 |
House of Representatives | Speaker | Vera Bergkamp | 7 April 2021 | |
New Zealand | House of Representatives | Speaker | Trevor Mallard | 7 November 2017 |
Nicaragua | National Assembly | President | Gustavo Porras Cortés | 9 January 2017 |
Niger | National Assembly | President | Ousseini Tinni | 25 March 2016 |
Nigeria (National Assembly) | Senate | President | Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan | 11 June 2019 |
House of Representatives | Speaker | Femi Gbajabiamila | 11 June 2019 | |
North Korea | Supreme People's Assembly | President of the Presidium[10] | Ryong-hae Choe | 11 April 2019 |
Chairman | Thae-song Pak | 11 April 2019 | ||
North Macedonia | Assembly of the Republic | President | Talat Xhaferi | 27 April 2017 |
Norway | Storting | President | Tone Wilhelmsen Trøen | 15 March 2018 |
Oman (Council) | Council of State | Chairman | Yahya bin Mahfoudh al-Mantheri | 8 March 2004 |
Consultative Assembly | Chairman | Khalid Al Maawali | 29 October 2011 | |
Pakistan (Parliament) | Senate | Chairman | Sadiq Sanjrani | 12 March 2018 |
National Assembly | Speaker | Asad Qaiser | 15 August 2018 | |
Palau (National Congress) | Senate | President | Hokkons Baules | 19 January 2017 |
House of Delegates | Speaker | Sabino Anastacio | 17 January 2013 | |
Palestine | Legislative Council | Speaker | Aziz Dweik | 29 March 2006 |
Panama | National Assembly | President[11] | Marcos Castillero | 1 July 2019 |
Papua New Guinea | National Parliament | Speaker | Job Pomat | 2 August 2017 |
Paraguay (Congress) | Senate | President[12] | Óscar Rubén Salomón | 1 July 2020 |
Chamber of Deputies | Speaker[13] | Pedro Alliana | 1 July 2019 | |
Peru | Congress of the Republic | President[14] | Mirtha Vásquez (interim) | 16 November 2020 |
Philippines (Congress) | Senate | President | Tito Sotto | 21 May 2018 |
House of Representatives | Speaker | Lord Allan Velasco | 13 October 2020 | |
Poland (National Assembly) | Senate | Marshal | Tomasz Grodzki | 12 November 2019 |
Sejm | Marshal | Elżbieta Witek | 9 August 2019 | |
Portugal | Assembly of the Republic | President | Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues | 23 October 2015 |
Qatar | Consultative Assembly | Chairman | Ahmed bin Abdullah Al-Mahmoud | 14 November 2017 |
Romania (Parliament) | Senate | President | Anca Dragu | 21 November 2020 |
Chamber of Deputies | President | Ludovic Orban | 22 November 2020 | |
Russia (Federal Assembly) | Federation Council | Chairwoman | Valentina Matviyenko | 21 September 2011 |
State Duma | Chairman | Vyacheslav Volodin | 5 October 2016 | |
Rwanda (Parliament) | Senate | President | Augustin Iyamuremye | 17 October 2019 |
Chamber of Deputies | President | Donatille Mukabalisa | 5 October 2013 | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | National Assembly | Speaker | Anthony Michael Perkins | 30 June 2016 |
Saint Lucia (Parliament) | Senate | President | Jeannine Michele Giraudy-McInytre | 20 March 2018 |
House of Assembly | Speaker | Andy Daniel | 20 March 2018 | |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | House of Assembly | Speaker | Rochelle Forde | 30 November 2020 |
Samoa | Legislative Assembly | Speaker | Papali’i Li’o Taeu Masipau | 24 May 2021 |
San Marino | Grand and General Council | Captains Regent[15] | Gian Carlo Venturini | 1 April 2021 |
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São Tomé and Príncipe | National Assembly | Speaker | Delfim Neves | 22 November 2018 |
Saudi Arabia | Consultative Assembly | Speaker | Abdullah ibn Muhammad Al ash-Sheikh | 28 February 2009 |
Senegal | National Assembly | President | Moustapha Niasse | 30 July 2012 |
Serbia | National Assembly | President | Ivica Dačić | 22 October 2020 |
Seychelles | National Assembly | Speaker | Roger Mancienne | 29 October 2020 |
Sierra Leone | Parliament | Speaker | Abass Bundu | 25 April 2018 |
Singapore | Parliament | Speaker | Chuan-Jin Tan | 11 September 2017 |
Slovakia | National Council | Speaker | Boris Kollár | 20 March 2020 |
Slovenia (Parliament) | National Council | President | Alojz Kovšca | 12 December 2017 |
National Assembly | Speaker | Dejan Židan | 23 August 2018 | |
Solomon Islands | National Parliament | Speaker | John Patteson Oti | 15 May 2019 |
Somalia | Federal Parliament | Speaker | Mohamed Mursal Sheikh Abdirahman | 30 April 2018 |
South Africa (Parliament) | National Council of Provinces | Chairperson | Amos Masondo | 23 May 2019 |
National Assembly | Speaker | Thandi Modise | 22 May 2019 | |
South Korea | National Assembly | Speaker | Byeong-seug Park | 5 June 2020 |
South Sudan (National Legislature) | Council of States | Speaker | Joseph Bol Chan | 5 August 2011 |
National Legislative Assembly | Speaker | Anthony Lino Makana | 4 August 2016 | |
Spain (Cortes Generales) | Senate | President | Pilar Llop | 3 December 2019 |
Congress of Deputies | President | Meritxell Batet | 21 May 2019 | |
Sri Lanka | Parliament | Speaker | Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena | 20 August 2020 |
Sudan | Transitional Legislative Council | Speaker | TBA | TBA |
Suriname | National Assembly | Chairperson | Marinus Bee | 14 July 2020 |
Sweden | Riksdag | Speaker | Andreas Norlén | 24 September 2018 |
Switzerland (Federal Assembly) | Council of States | President[16] | Alex Kuprecht | 30 November 2020 |
National Council | President[17] | Andreas Aebi | 30 November 2020 | |
Syria | People's Council | Speaker | Hammouda Sabbagh | 28 September 2017 |
Tajikistan (Supreme Assembly) | National Assembly | Chairman | Rustam Emomali | 17 April 2020 |
Assembly of Representatives | Chairman | Mahmadtoir Zokirzoda | 17 March 2020 | |
Tanzania | National Assembly | Speaker | Job Ndugai | 17 November 2015 |
Thailand (National Assembly) | Senate | President | Pornpetch Wichitcholchai | 24 May 2019 |
House of Representatives | Speaker | Chuan Leekpai | 28 May 2019 | |
Togo | National Assembly | President | Yawa Djigbodi Tségan | 23 January 2019 |
Tonga | Legislative Assembly | Speaker | Fatafehi Fakafanua | 18 December 2017 |
Trinidad and Tobago (Parliament) | Senate | President | Christine Kangaloo | 23 September 2015 |
House of Representatives | Speaker | Bridgid Annisette-George | 23 September 2015 | |
Tunisia | Assembly of the Representatives of the People | President | Rached Ghannouchi | 13 November 2019 |
Turkey | Grand National Assembly | Speaker | Mustafa Şentop | 24 February 2019 |
Turkmenistan (National Council) | People's Council | Chairperson[18] | Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow | 14 April 2021 |
Deputy Chairperson | Kasymguly Babaýew | 14 April 2021 | ||
Assembly | Chairwoman | Gülşat Mämmedowa | 30 March 2018 | |
Tuvalu | Parliament | Speaker | Samuelu Teo | 20 September 2019 |
Uganda | Parliament | Speaker | Jacob Oulanyah | 24 May 2021 |
Ukraine | Verkhovna Rada | Chairman | Dmytro Razumkov | 29 August 2019 |
United Arab Emirates | Federal National Council | Speaker | Amal Al Qubaisi | 18 November 2015 |
United Kingdom (Parliament) | House of Lords | Lord Speaker | John McFall | 1 May 2021 |
House of Commons | Speaker | Lindsay Hoyle | 4 November 2019 | |
United States (Congress) | Senate | President[1] | Kamala Harris | 20 January 2021 |
President pro tempore | Patrick Leahy | 20 January 2021 | ||
House of Representatives | Speaker | Nancy Pelosi | 3 January 2019 | |
Uruguay (General Assembly) | Senate | President[1] | Beatriz Argimón | 1 March 2020 |
Vice President | Gloria Rodríguez Santo | 10 March 2020 | ||
Chamber of Deputies | President[19] | Alfredo Fratti | 1 March 2021 | |
Uzbekistan (Supreme Assembly) | Senate | Chairwoman | Tanzila Norbaeva | 21 June 2019 |
Legislative Chamber | Chairman | Nuriddinjon Ismailov | 12 January 2015 | |
Vanuatu | Parliament | Speaker | Gracia Shadrack | 20 April 2020 |
Vatican City | Pontifical Commission | President | Giuseppe Bertello | 1 October 2011 |
Venezuela | National Assembly | President[20] (disputed) | Juan Guaidó | 5 January 2019 |
Jorge Rodríguez | 5 January 2021 | |||
Vietnam | National Assembly | Chairman | Đình Huệ Vương | 31 March 2021 |
Yemen | Consultative Council | President | Mohamed Aidross | 14 January 2018 |
House of Representatives | Speaker | Sultan al-Barakani | 13 April 2019 | |
Zambia | National Assembly | Speaker | Patrick Matibini | 6 October 2011 |
Zimbabwe (Parliament) | Senate | President | Mabel Chinomona | 11 September 2018 |
House of Assembly | Speaker | Jacob Mudenda | 3 September 2013 |
States recognised by at least one United Nations member
State | Assembly | Title | Name | Assumed office |
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Abkhazia | People's Assembly | Speaker | Valery Kvarchia | 12 April 2017 |
Kosovo | Assembly | Chairperson | Glauk Konjufca | 22 March 2021 |
Northern Cyprus | Assembly of the Republic | Speaker | Önder Sennaroğlu | 18 January 2021 |
South Ossetia | Parliament | Speaker | Alan Tadtaev | 20 June 2019 |
Republic of China (Taiwan) | Legislative Yuan | President | Shyi-kun Yu | 1 February 2020 |
Western Sahara | National Council | President | Khatri Addouh | 2 July 2010 |
States not recognised by any United Nations members and governments in exile
State | Assembly | Title | Name | Assumed office |
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Artsakh | National Assembly | President | Arthur Tovmasyan | 21 May 2020 |
Donetsk People's Republic | People's Council | Chairman | Volodymyr Bidyovka | 20 November 2018 |
Luhansk People's Republic | People's Council | Chairman | Denis Miroshnichenko | 21 December 2017 |
Somaliland (Parliament) | House of Elders | Speaker | Suleiman Mahmud Adam | 24 August 2004 |
House of Representatives | Speaker | Bashe Mohamed Farah | 6 August 2017 | |
Central Tibetan Administration | Parliament | Speaker | Pema Jungney | 1 December 2018 |
Transnistria | Supreme Council | Speaker | Alexander Korshunov | 6 February 2019 |
Autonomous regions, dependencies and other territories
Region or territory | Country | Assembly | Title | Name | Assumed office |
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Adjara | Georgia | Supreme Council | Chairperson | Davit Gabaidze | 28 November 2016 |
Åland Islands | Finland | Legislative Assembly | Speaker | Roger Nordlund | 4 November 2019 |
Alderney | United Kingdom | States | President | William Tate | 28 June 2019 |
American Samoa (Fono) | United States | Senate | President | Gaoteote Tofau | 2009 |
House of Representatives | Speaker | Savali Tavalou Ale | 4 January 2007 | ||
Anguilla | United Kingdom | House of Assembly | Speaker | Barbara Webster-Bourne | 17 July 2020 |
Aosta Valley | Italy | Regional Council | President | Emily Rini | 10 December 2018 |
Aruba | Netherlands | Estates | President | Juan Thijsen | November 2017 |
Ascension Island | United Kingdom | Island Council | Governor | Philip Rushbrook | 4 May 2019 |
Administrator | Steven Chandler | 13 March 2019 | |||
Azores | Portugal | Legislative Assembly | President | Luís Garcia | 16 November 2020 |
Bangsamoro | Philippines | Parliament | Speaker | Pangalian Balindong | 29 March 2019 |
Basque Country | Spain | Parliament | President | Bakartxo Tejeria | 20 November 2012 |
Bermuda (Parliament) | United Kingdom | Senate | President | Joan Dillas-Wright | 2017 |
House of Assembly | Speaker | Dennis Lister | 2017 | ||
Bougainville | Papua New Guinea | House of Representatives | Speaker | Simon Pentanu | 15 June 2015 |
British Virgin Islands | United Kingdom | House of Assembly | Speaker | Julian Willock | 12 March 2019 |
Catalonia | Spain | Parliament | President | Roger Torrent | 11 January 2018 |
Cayman Islands | United Kingdom | Legislative Assembly | Speaker | McKeeva Bush | 24 May 2017 |
Cook Islands | New Zealand | Parliament | Speaker | Niki Rattle | 22 May 2012 |
Corsica | France | Assembly | President | Jean-Guy Talamoni | 17 December 2015 |
Curaçao | Netherlands | Estates | Speaker | Charetti America-Francisca | 11 May 2021 |
Falkland Islands | United Kingdom | Legislative Assembly | Speaker | Keith Biles | 27 February 2009 |
Faroe Islands | Denmark | Løgting | Speaker | Jógvan á Lakjuni | 14 September 2019 |
Flanders | Belgium | Parliament | Speaker | Liesbeth Homans | 2 October 2019 |
French Polynesia | France | Assembly | President | Gaston Tong Sang | 17 May 2018 |
Friuli-Venezia Giulia | Italy | Regional Council | President | Piero Mauro Zanin | 15 June 2018 |
Gagauzia | Moldova | People's Assembly | Chairperson | Vladimir Kyssa | 3 March 2017 |
Galicia | Spain | Parliament | President | Miguel Ángel Santalices Vieira | 26 January 2016 |
Gibraltar | United Kingdom | Parliament | Speaker | Melvyn Farrell | 19 November 2019 |
Greenland | Denmark | Inatsisartut | Speaker | Hans Enoksen | 16 April 2021 |
Guam | United States | Legislature | Speaker | Therese M. Terlaje | 4 January 2021 |
Guernsey | United Kingdom | States | Bailiff | Richard McMahon | 12 May 2020 |
Hong Kong | China | Legislative Council | President | Andrew Leung | 12 October 2016 |
Iraqi Kurdistan | Iraq | Parliament | Speaker | Rewaz Fayeq | 11 July 2019 |
Isle of Man (Tynwald) | United Kingdom | Tynwald | President | Steve Rodan | 19 July 2016 |
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House of Keys | Speaker | Juan Watterson | 27 September 2016 | ||
Jersey | United Kingdom | States Assembly | Bailiff | Tim Le Cocq | 17 October 2019 |
Karakalpakstan | Uzbekistan | Jokargi Kenes | Chairperson | Musa Erniyazov | 30 September 2016 |
Macau | China | Legislative Assembly | President | Hoi In Kou | 17 July 2019 |
Madeira | Portugal | Legislative Assembly | President | José Manuel Rodrigues | 15 October 2019 |
Montserrat | United Kingdom | Legislative Assembly | Speaker | Teresina Bodkin | 17 December 2019 |
Nakhchivan | Azerbaijan | Supreme Assembly | Chairperson | Vasif Talibov | 16 December 1995 |
New Caledonia | France | Congress | President | Rock Wamytan | 24 May 2019 |
Northern Ireland | United Kingdom | Assembly | Speaker | Alex Maskey | 11 January 2020 |
Northern Mariana Islands (Commonwealth Legislature) | United States | Senate | President | Victor Borja Hocog | 2018 |
House of Representatives | Speaker | Blas Jonathan Tenorio Attao | 2018 | ||
Niue | New Zealand | Assembly | Speaker | Hima Douglas | 11 June 2020 |
Pitcairn Islands | United Kingdom | Island Council | Mayor | Charlene Warren-Peu | 1 January 2020 |
Puerto Rico (Legislative Assembly) | United States | Senate | President | Thomas Rivera Schatz | 2 January 2017 |
House of Representatives | Speaker | Carlos Johnny Méndez | 9 January 2017 | ||
Saint Barthélemy | France | Territorial Council | President | Bruno Magras | 15 July 2007 |
Saint Helena | United Kingdom | Legislative Council | Speaker | John Cranfield | 8 March 2019 |
Saint Martin | France | Territorial Council | President | Daniel Gibbs | 2 April 2017 |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | France | Territorial Council | President | Stéphane Lenormand | 24 October 2017 |
Sardinia | Italy | Regional Council | President | Michele Pais | 9 April 2019 |
Sark | United Kingdom | Chief Pleas | Speaker | Arthur Rolfe | |
Scotland | United Kingdom | Parliament | Presiding Officer | Alison Johnstone | 13 May 2021 |
Sicily | Italy | Regional Assembly | Presiding Officer | Gianfranco Miccichè | 5 November 2017 |
Sint Maarten | Netherlands | Estates | President | William Marlin | 25 September 2019 |
South Tyrol | Italy | Landtag | President | Josef Noggler | 25 January 2019 |
Tokelau | New Zealand | General Fono | Speaker | Fofo Tuisano | 10 March 2018 |
Tobago | Trinidad and Tobago | House of Assembly | Presiding Officer | Oswald Williams | 22 October 2020 |
Tristan da Cunha | United Kingdom | Island Council | Administrator | Sean Burns | November 2016 |
Turks and Caicos Islands | United Kingdom | House of Assembly | Speaker | Gordon Burton | 5 March 2021 |
U.S. Virgin Islands | United States | Legislature | President | Donna Frett-Gregory | 11 January 2021 |
Vojvodina | Serbia | Assembly | President | István Pásztor | 22 June 2012 |
Wales | United Kingdom | National Assembly | Presiding Officer | Elin Jones | 11 May 2016 |
Wallis and Futuna | France | Territorial Assembly | President | Atoloto Kolokilagi | 29 November 2019 |
Wallonia | Belgium | Parliament | President | Christophe Collignon | 11 June 2019 |
Sui generis entities
Entity | Assembly | Title | Name | Assumed office |
---|---|---|---|---|
European Union | Council of Ministers | Presidents[21] | Germany's Ministers | 1 July 2020 |
Parliament | President | David Sassoli | 3 July 2019 | |
Sovereign Military Order of Malta | Council Complete of State | Grand Commander | Ludwig von Rumerstein | 31 May 2014 |
Chapter General | Grand Master | Matthew Festing | 11 March 2008 |
International organisations
There are several international parliaments, some that are directly elected and some that are appointed from among member states respective legislatures in the form of an inter-parliamentary institution.
Organisation | Assembly | Title | Name | Assumed office |
---|---|---|---|---|
African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States | Parliamentary Assembly | President[22] | Netty Baldeh | 21 October 2015 |
African Parliamentary Union | Parliament | President | Rachid Talbi Alami | 4 November 2014 |
African Union | Parliament | President | Roger Nkodo Dang | 27 May 2015 |
Andean Community | Parliament | President | Luis Fernando Duque | 22 July 2015 |
Arab League | Parliament | Speaker | Ahmed bin Mohammed Al-Jarwan | 2012 |
Asia Cooperation Dialogue | Parliamentary Assembly | President | Nayyar Hussain Bukhari | 9 December 2013 |
Benelux Union | Parliament | President | Gusty Graas | 1 January 2019 |
British–Irish Council | Parliamentary Assembly | Co-Chair(s) | Frank Feighan Laurence Robertson | 21 October 2014 1 December 2011 |
Central American Integration System | Parliament | President | José Antonio Alvarado Correa | 27 October 2015 |
Cotonou Partnership | Joint Parliamentary Assembly | Co-President(s) | Netty Baldeh Louis Michel | 3 April 2016 9 April 2009 |
Commonwealth of Independent States | Interparliamentary Assembly | Chairperson | Valentina Matviyenko | 21 September 2011 |
Commonwealth of Nations | Parliamentary Association | President | Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury | 9 October 2014 |
Community of Latin American and Caribbean States | Parliament | President | Gabriela Rivadeneira | 16 February 2016 |
Council of the Baltic Sea States | Assembly | President[23] | Jānis Vucāns | 1 January 2016 |
Council of Europe | Assembly | President | iliane Maury Pasquier | July 2018 |
East African Community | Legislative Assembly | Speaker | Daniel Kidega | 19 December 2014 |
Eastern Partnership | Parliamentary Assembly | Co-President(s) | Victor Dolidze Marian Lupu | 17 March 2015 16 February 2016 |
Economic Community of Central African States | Parliament | President[24] | Santiago Nchama | 4 June 2015 |
Economic Community of West African States | Parliament | Speaker | Moustapha Cissé | 4 February 2016 |
French Citizens Abroad | Assembly | President[25] | Jean-Marc Ayrault | 11 February 2016 |
Inter-Parliamentary Union | Assembly | President | Saber Hossain Chowdhury | 16 October 2014 |
International Organisation of La Francophonie | Parliamentary Assembly | President | Aubin Minaku | 12 July 2015 |
Latin America, the Caribbean and the European Union Summit | Parliamentary Assembly | Co-President(s) | Ramón Jáuregui Atondo Roberto Requião | 6 May 2015 6 May 2015 |
Mercosur | Parliament | President | Jorge Taiana | 1 January 2016 |
Nordic Council | Parliamentary Assembly | President[26] | Henrik Dam Kristensen | 2016 |
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation | Assembly | President | Madeleine Moon | 19 November 2018 |
Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe | Parliamentary Assembly | President | Gigi Tsereteli | November 2017 |
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation | Parliamentary Union | Secretary General | Mahmut Erol Kilic | 25 May 2008 |
Turkic Council | Parliamentary Assembly | Chairperson | Baktykozha Izmukhambetov | 28 March 2016 |
Union for the Mediterranean | Parliamentary Assembly | President | Lhou Lmarbouh | 8 January 2016 |
United Nations | General Assembly | President[27] | Tijjani Muhammad-Bande | 17 September 2019 |
See also
- List of legislatures by country
- List of current dependent territory leaders
- List of current defence ministers
- List of current finance ministers
- List of current foreign ministers
- List of current heads of state and government
- List of current interior ministers
- List of current longest ruling non-royal national leaders
- List of current Permanent Representatives to the United Nations
- List of current presidents
- List of current state leaders by date of assumption of office
- List of current vice presidents
- List of heads of state by diplomatic precedence
- List of spouses of heads of state
- List of state leaders by year
- Lists of office-holders
- Lists of state leaders by year
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f The Vice President is the ex officio presiding officer.
- ^ The Austrian President of the Federal Council rotates every six months.
- ^ The Bosnian Chairperson of the House of Peoples rotates every eight months among the three members of the Collegium.
- ^ The Bosnian Chairperson of the House of Representatives rotates every eight months among the three members of the Collegium.
- ^ The Colombian President of the Senate rotates annually.
- ^ The Colombian President of the Chamber of Representatives rotates annually.
- ^ The Costa Rican Speaker of the Legislative Assembly rotates annually.
- ^ The German President of the Bundesrat rotates annually.
- ^ The Guatemalan President of the Congress rotates annually.
- ^ The North Korean President of the Presidium is the ex officio presiding officer.
- ^ The Panamanian President of the National Assembly rotates annually.
- ^ The President of the Senate of Paraguay rotates annually.
- ^ The President of the Chamber of Deputies of Paraguay rotates annually.
- ^ The President of the Congress of Peru rotates annually.
- ^ The Sammarinese Captains Regent rotate every eight months.
- ^ The Swiss President of the Council of States rotates annually.
- ^ The Swiss President of the National Council rotates annually.
- ^ The President is the ex officio presiding officer.
- ^ The Uruguayan President of the Chamber of Representatives rotates annually.
- ^ The President of the Venezuelan National Assembly rotates annually.
- ^ The European President of the Council of Ministers rotates every six months.
- ^ The ACP Assembly President rotates biannually.
- ^ The Baltic Assembly President rotates annually.
- ^ The CEMAC Parliament President rotates annually
- ^ The French Foreign Minister is the ex officio presiding officer.
- ^ The Nordic Assembly President rotates annually.
- ^ The UNGA President rotates annually.
External links
- Inter-Parliamentary Union