List of Speakers of the National Assembly of Guyana

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The Speaker is the presiding officer of the National Assembly in Guyana. The post was created in 1966 when the National Assembly came into being, although previous legislatures including the Legislative Council, House of Assembly and the Legislative Assembly also had Speakers.

The position of Speaker was introduced in 1953 following constitutional reforms that created the House of Assembly. The Speaker was initially appointed by the Governor, but following the 1961 constitutional reforms, was elected by members of the legislature. The first elected Speaker, Rahman Baccus Gajraj, was not a member of the Legislative Assembly.^[1] The second, Aubrey Percival Alleyne, was a member of the House of Assembly, and after election as Speaker, resigned from his role as an elected member and was replaced by the next person on the party's list.

The Speaker initially wore a full-bottomed wig and ceremonial gown, with the practice ceasing in 1969.^[1] The Speaker's Chair was a gift from the Government of India on 15 November 1966 to celebrate Guyanese independence.^[1]

List of Speakers

Name	Entered office	Left office
House of Assembly
Eustace Gordon Woolford	7 April 1953	21 December 1953
Interim Legislative Council
Eustace Gordon Woolford	5 January 1954	29 June 1957
Legislative Council
Donald Edward Jackson	21 August 1957	18 July 1961
Legislative Assembly
Rahman Baccus Gajraj	5 October 1961	25 September 1964
House of Assembly
Aubrey Percival Alleyne	31 December 1964	26 May 1966
National Assembly
Aubrey Percival Alleyne	26 May 1966	4 August 1967
Rahman Baccus Gajraj	16 February 1968	4 January 1971
Sase Narain	4 January 1971	10 June 1992
Derek Chunilall Jagan	17 December 1992	15 October 2000
Martin Zephyr	23 October 2000	15 February 2001
Hari Narayen Ramkaran	4 May 2001	2011
Raphael Trotman	2011	2015
Barton Scotland	10 June 2015

Note

Jagan died in office. Deputy speaker, Clarissa Riehl, served as acting speaker 15 - 23 October 2010 until a successor was elected.^[2]

References

1 2 3 Historical information events and dates on the Parliament of Guyana from 1718 to 2006 Parliament of Guyana
↑ Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership

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