Speaker of the Tripura Legislative Assembly
Seal of Tripura
Incumbent
Biswa Bandhu Sen
since 24 March 2023
Tripura Legislative Assembly
StyleThe Hon’ble (formal)
Mr. Speaker (informal)
Member ofTripura Legislative Assembly
Reports toGovernment of Tripura
ResidenceAgartala
AppointerMembers of the Legislative Assembly
Term lengthDuring the life of the Tripura Legislative Assembly (five years maximum)
Inaugural holderUpendra Kumar Roy

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.

Eligiblity

  • 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

No Portrait Name Constituency Term[2] Assembly Party
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

References

  1. ↑ "Welcome to the Official Website of Tripura Legislative Assembly". www.tripuraassembly.nic.in.
  2. ↑ "TRIPURA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY". legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in.
  3. ↑ "Tripura speaker Rebati Mohan Das resigns citing 'personal' reasons".
  4. ↑ "Tripura gets new assembly speaker". The Times of India. 25 September 2021.
  5. ↑ 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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