| Speaker of the Tripura Legislative Assembly | |
|---|---|
 Seal of Tripura | |
| Incumbent Biswa Bandhu Sen 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 |
| Deputy | List of deputy speakers of the Tripura Legislative Assembly |
The Speaker of the Tripura Legislative Assembly 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.
Eligibility
- 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 | 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 | |||||
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See also
- Tripura Legislative Assembly
- Speaker of the Lok Sabha
- Speaker of the Lok Sabha
- List of current Indian legislative speakers and chairmen
References
- "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.