The Speaker of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly is the presiding officer of the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh, the main law-making body for the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. The Speaker is elected in the very first meeting of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly after the general elections for a term of 5 years from amongst the members of the assembly. The Speaker must be a member of the assembly. The Speaker can be removed from office by a resolution passed in the assembly by an effective majority of its members. In the absence of Speaker, the meeting of the Legislative Assembly is presided by the Deputy Speaker.
List of the Speakers # Portrait Name Constituency TermParty1Jaiwant RamBhattiyat24 March 195231 October 1956Indian National Congress2 Desh Raj MahajanBanikhet4 January 196318 March 196720 March 196719 March 19723Kultar Chand RanaShahpur28 March 197229 June 19774Sarvan KumarPalampur30 June 197718 April 1979Janata Party5 Thakur Sen NegiKinnaur8 May 197921 June 1982Independent22 June 198214 September 19846Vidya StokesTheog11 March 198519 March 1990Indian National Congress7Radha Raman ShastriChopal20 March 199017 August 1990Bharatiya Janata Party(5)Thakur Sen NegiKinnaur20 August 199014 December 19938Kaul Singh ThakurDarang15 December 199312 March 1998Indian National Congress9Gulab Singh ThakurJogindernagar30 March 19987 March 200310 Gangu Ram MusafirPachhad11 March 20039 January 200811 Tulsi RamBharmour11 January 20081 January 2013Bharatiya Janata Party12Brij Behari Lal ButailPalampur9 January 20135 January 2018Indian National Congress13Rajeev BindalNahan10 January 201816 January 2020Bharatiya Janata Party14Vipin Singh ParmarSullah26 February 202013 December 202215Kuldeep Singh PathaniaBhattiyat5 January 2023IncumbentIndian National Congress
Pro tem Speaker
Chander Kumar 2022
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