The Speaker of the Tripura Legislative Assembly[1] is the presiding officer of the Legislative Assembly of Tripura, the main law-making body for the Indian state of Tripura. The Speaker is elected generally in the first meeting of the Tripura Legislative Assembly after the general elections for a term of 5 years from amongst the members of the assembly. The speaker is chosen from sitting members of the Tripura Legislative 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 Tripura Legislative Assembly is presided by the Deputy Speaker.
Speaker of the Tripura Legislative Assembly | |
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![]() Seal of Tripura | |
since 24 March 2023 | |
Tripura Legislative Assembly | |
Style | The Hon’ble (formal) Mr. Speaker (informal) |
Member of | Tripura Legislative Assembly |
Reports to | Government of Tripura |
Residence | Agartala |
Appointer | Members of the Legislative Assembly |
Term length | During the life of the Tripura Legislative Assembly (five years maximum) |
Inaugural holder | Upendra Kumar Roy |
Eligiblity
edit- Being a citizen of India;
- Not be less than 25 years of age;
- Not holding any office of profit under the Government of Tripura; and
- Not being a Criminal Offender.
List of the Speakers of Tripura
editNo | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Term[2] | Assembly | Party | |||
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1 | Upendra Kumar Roy | 1 July 1963 | 11 January 1967 | 3 years, 194 days | 1st | Indian National Congress | |||
2 | Manindra Lal Bhowmik | Kailashahar | 14 March 1967 | 20 January 1972 | 10 years, 315 days | 2nd | |||
Chandipur | 29 March 1972 | 23 January 1978 | 3rd | ||||||
3 | Sudhanwa Debbarma | Takarjala | 24 January 1978 | 6 January 1983 | 4 years, 347 days | 4th | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | ||
4 | Amarendra Sharma | Dharmanagar | 9 February 1983 | 4 February 1988 | 4 years, 360 days | 5th | |||
5 | Jyotirmoy Nath | Kadamtala | 29 February 1988 | 7 April 1993 | 5 years, 38 days | 6th | Indian National Congress | ||
6 | Bimal Sinha | Kamalpur | 14 May 1993 | 22 September 1995 | 2 years, 131 days | 7th | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | ||
7 | Jitendra Sarkar | Teliamura | 12 October 1995 | 10 March 1998 | 7 years, 146 days | ||||
23 March 1998 | 7 March 2003 | 8th | |||||||
8 | Ramendra Chandra Debnath | Jubarajnagar | 20 March 2003 | 3 March 2008 | 14 years, 358 days | 9th | |||
17 March 2008 | 6 March 2013 | 10th | |||||||
15 March 2013 | 13 March 2018 | 11th | |||||||
9 | Rebati Mohan Das | Pratapgarh | 23 March 2018 | 2 September 2021 | 3 years, 163 days | 12th | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
10 | Ratan Chakraborty | Khayerpur | 24 September 2021 | 12 March 2023 | 1 year, 169 days | ||||
11 | Biswa Bandhu Sen | Dharmanagar | 24 March 2023 | 13th | |||||
source:[3][4][5] |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Welcome to the Official Website of Tripura Legislative Assembly". www.tripuraassembly.nic.in.
- ^ "TRIPURA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY". legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in.
- ^ "Tripura speaker Rebati Mohan Das resigns citing 'personal' reasons".
- ^ "Tripura gets new assembly speaker". The Times of India. 25 September 2021.
- ^ Kasyap, Mayank (24 March 2023). "Who is Biswabandhu Sen, the newly elected Speaker of Tripura Assembly?". News9live. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
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