List of current presidents of legislatures

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This is a list of current presiding officers of the legislative assemblies of sovereign and unrecognized states, autonomous regions, dependencies and other territories, sui generis entities, and international organisations.

States recognised by the United Nations

State	Assembly	Title	Name	Political affiliation	Assumed office
Afghanistan	Leadership Council	Supreme Leader	Hibatullah Akhundzada	Taliban	15 August 2021
Albania	Parliament	Chairman	Elisa Spiropali	Socialist	30 July 2024
Algeria (Parliament)	Council of the Nation	President	Salah Goudjil	FLN	10 April 2019
Algeria (Parliament)	People's National Assembly	President	Ibrahim Boughali	non-partisan	8 July 2021
Andorra	General Council	General Syndic	Carles Enseñat Reig	Democrats for Andorra	26 April 2023
Angola	National Assembly	President	Carolina Cerqueira	MPLA	15 September 2022
Antigua and Barbuda (Parliament)	Senate	President	Alincia Williams-Grant	Labour	25 June 2014
Antigua and Barbuda (Parliament)	House of Representatives	Speaker	Gerald Watt	non-partisan	25 June 2014
Argentina (National Congress)	Senate	President	Victoria Villarruel	LLA	10 December 2023
	Senate	Provisional President	Bartolomé Abdala	PL	13 December 2023
	Chamber of Deputies	President	Martín Menem	LLA	10 December 2023
Armenia	National Assembly	President	Alen Simonyan	Civil Contract	2 August 2021
Australia (Parliament)	Senate	President	Sue Lines	Labor	26 July 2022
Australia (Parliament)	House of Representatives	Speaker	Milton Dick	Labor	26 July 2022
Austria (Parliament)	Federal Council	President	Franz Ebner	ÖVP	1 July 2024
Austria (Parliament)	National Council	President	Walter Rosenkranz	FPÖ	24 October 2024
Azerbaijan	National Assembly	Speaker	Sahiba Gafarova	New Azerbaijan	10 March 2020
Bahamas (Parliament)	Senate	President	Lashell Adderley	PLP	6 October 2021
Bahamas (Parliament)	House of Assembly	Speaker	Patricia Deveaux	PLP	6 October 2021
Bahrain (National Assembly)	Consultative Council	Chairman	Ali Saleh Al-Saleh	non-partisan	15 December 2008
Bahrain (National Assembly)	Council of Representatives	Chairman	Ahmed bin Salman Al-Musallam	non-partisan	12 December 2022
Bangladesh	Jatiya Sangsad	Speaker	Shawkat Ali (acting)	Awami League	6 August 2024
Barbados (Parliament)	Senate	President	Reginald Farley	Labour	15 September 2020
Barbados (Parliament)	House of Assembly	Speaker	Arthur Holder	Labour	5 June 2018
Belarus (National Assembly)	Council of the Republic	Speaker	Natalya Kochanova	non-partisan	6 December 2019
Belarus (National Assembly)	House of Representatives	Speaker	Igor Sergeenko	Communist	22 March 2024
Belgium (Parliament)	Senate	President	Valérie De Bue	MR	25 July 2024
Belgium (Parliament)	Chamber of Representatives	President	Peter De Roover	N-VA	10 July 2024
Belize (National Assembly)	Senate	President	Carolyn Trench-Sandiford	PUP	11 December 2020
Belize (National Assembly)	House of Representatives	Speaker	Valerie Woods	PUP	11 December 2020
Benin	National Assembly	President	Louis Vlavonou	Progressive Union	17 May 2019
Bhutan (Parliament)	National Council	Chairperson	Sangay Dorji	non-partisan	10 May 2023
Bhutan (Parliament)	National Assembly	Speaker	Lungten Dorji	PDP	25 January 2024
Bolivia (Plurinational Legislative Assembly)	Plurinational Legislative Assembly	President	David Choquehuanca	MAS	8 November 2020
	Chamber of Senators	President	Andrónico Rodríguez	MAS	3 November 2020
	Chamber of Deputies	President	Israel Huaytari Martínez	Independent	3 November 2023
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Parliamentary Assembly)	House of Peoples	Chairperson	Dragan Čović	HDZ BiH	16 June 2024
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Parliamentary Assembly)	House of Representatives	Chairperson	Nebojša Radmanović	SNSD	1 April 2024
Botswana	National Assembly	Speaker	Dithapelo Keorapetse	UDC	7 November 2024
Brazil (National Congress)	Federal Senate	President	Rodrigo Pacheco	PSD	1 February 2021
Brazil (National Congress)	Chamber of Deputies	President	Arthur Lira	PP	1 February 2021
Brunei	Legislative Council	Speaker	Abdul Rahman Mohamed Taib	non-partisan	11 February 2015
Bulgaria	National Assembly	Chairperson	Raya Nazaryan	GERB	20 June 2024
Burkina Faso	Transitional National Assembly	President	Ousmane Bougouma	non-partisan	11 November 2022
Burundi (Parliament)	Senate	President	Révérien Ndikuriyo	CNDD-FDD	14 August 2015
Burundi (Parliament)	National Assembly	President	Gelase Ndabirabe	CNDD-FDD	7 August 2020
Cambodia (Parliament)	Senate	President	Sen Hun	CPP	3 April 2024
Cambodia (Parliament)	National Assembly	President	Sudary Khuon	CPP	22 August 2023
Cameroon (Parliament)	Senate	President	Marcel Niat Njifenji	RDPC	12 June 2013
Cameroon (Parliament)	National Assembly	President	Cavayé Yéguié Djibril	RDPC	31 March 1992
Canada (Parliament)	Senate	Speaker	Raymonde Gagné	non-partisan	16 May 2023
Canada (Parliament)	House of Commons	Speaker	Greg Fergus	Liberal	3 October 2023
Cape Verde	National Assembly	Speaker	Austelino Tavares Correia	MpD	19 May 2021
Central African Republic	National Assembly	President	Simplice Sarandji	non-partisan	5 May 2021
Chad	National Transitional Council	President	Haroun Kabadi	MPS	October 2021
Chile (National Congress)	Senate	President	José García Ruminot	Renovación Nacional	19 March 2024
Chile (National Congress)	Chamber of Deputies	President	Karol Cariola	PCCh	15 April 2024
China	National People's Congress	Chairman	Zhao Leji	Communist	10 March 2023
Colombia (Congress)	Senate	President	Efraín Cepeda	Conservative	20 July 2024
Colombia (Congress)	Chamber of Representatives	President	Jaime Raúl Salamanca	Green Alliance	20 July 2024
Comoros	Assembly of the Union	Speaker	Moustadroine Abdou	CRC	3 April 2020
Congo-Brazzaville (Parliament)	Senate	President	Pierre Ngolo	Party of Labour	12 September 2017
Congo-Brazzaville (Parliament)	National Assembly	President	Isidore Mvouba	Party of Labour	19 August 2017
Congo-Kinshasa (Parliament)	Senate	President	Modeste Bahati Lukwebo	AFDC	5 March 2021
Congo-Kinshasa (Parliament)	National Assembly	President	Vital Kamerhe	Union for the Congolese Nation	24 May 2024
Costa Rica	Legislative Assembly	Speaker	Rodrigo Arias Sánchez	PLN	1 May 2022
Croatia	Parliament	Speaker	Gordan Jandroković	HDZ	5 May 2017
Cuba	National Assembly of People's Power	President	Esteban Lazo Hernández	Communist	24 February 2013
Cyprus	House of Representatives	President	Annita Demetriou	DISY	10 June 2021
Czech Republic (Parliament)	Senate	President	Miloš Vystrčil	ODS	19 February 2020
Czech Republic (Parliament)	Chamber of Deputies	President	Markéta Pekarová Adamová	TOP 09	10 November 2021
Denmark	Folketing	Speaker	Søren Gade	Venstre	16 November 2022
Djibouti	National Assembly	President	Dileita Mohamed Dileita	UMP	5 March 2023
Dominica	House of Assembly	Speaker	Joseph Isaac	non-partisan	10 February 2020
Dominican Republic (Congress)	Senate	President	Eduardo Estrella	Dominicans for Change	16 August 2020
Dominican Republic (Congress)	Chamber of Deputies	President	Alfredo Pacheco	PRM	16 August 2020
East Timor	National Parliament	President	Maria Fernanda Lay	Fretilin	22 June 2023
Ecuador	National Assembly	President	Henry Kronfle	PSC	18 November 2023
Egypt	Senate	President	Abdel-Wahab Abdel-Razeq	Nation's Future	18 October 2020
Egypt	House of Representatives	Speaker	Hanafy Gebali	Nation's Future	12 January 2021
El Salvador	Legislative Assembly	President	Ernesto Castro	Nuevas Ideas	1 May 2021
Equatorial Guinea (Parliament)	Senate	President	Teresa Efua Asangono	PDGE	12 July 2013
Equatorial Guinea (Parliament)	Chamber of Deputies	President	Gaudencio Mohaba Mesu	PDGE	12 July 2013
Eritrea	National Assembly	President	Isaias Afwerki	PFDJ	24 May 1993
Estonia	Riigikogu	President	Lauri Hussar	Estonia 200	10 April 2023
Eswatini (Parliament)	Senate	President	Lindiwe Dlamini	non-partisan	October 2018
Eswatini (Parliament)	House of Assembly	Speaker	Jabulani Mabuza	non-partisan	6 October 2023
Ethiopia (Federal Parliamentary Assembly)	House of Federation	Speaker	Agegnehu Teshager	Prosperity	4 October 2021
Ethiopia (Federal Parliamentary Assembly)	House of Peoples' Representatives	Speaker	Tagesse Chafo	Prosperity	18 October 2018
Fiji	Parliament	Speaker	Naiqama Lalabalavu	People's Alliance	24 December 2022
Finland	Parliament	Speaker	Jussi Halla-aho	Finns Party	20 June 2023
France (Parliament)	Senate	President	Gérard Larcher	The Republicans	1 October 2014
France (Parliament)	National Assembly	President	Yaël Braun-Pivet	LREM	28 June 2022
Gabon (Parliament)	Senate	President	Paulette Missambo	UN	18 September 2023
Gabon (Parliament)	National Assembly	President	Jean-François Ndongou	PDG	15 September 2023
Gambia	National Assembly	Speaker	Fabakary Jatta	APRC	17 April 2022
Georgia	Parliament	Chairperson	Shalva Papuashvili	Georgian Dream	29 December 2021
Germany (Federal Assembly)	Bundesrat	President	Anke Rehlinger	SPD	1 November 2024
Germany (Federal Assembly)	Bundestag	President	Bärbel Bas	SPD	26 October 2021
Ghana	Parliament	Speaker	Alban Bagbin	NDC	7 January 2021
Greece	Parliament	Speaker	Konstantinos Tasoulas	New Democracy	18 July 2019
Grenada (Parliament)	Senate	President	Dessima Williams		31 August 2022
Grenada (Parliament)	House of Representatives	Speaker	Leo Cato		31 August 2022
Guatemala	Congress	President	Nery Ramos	Blue Party	14 January 2024
Guinea	National Assembly	President	Amadou Damaro Camara	RPG	22 April 2020
Guinea-Bissau	National People's Assembly	President	Domingos Simoes Pereira	PAIGC	17 July 2023
Guyana	National Assembly	Speaker	Manzoor Nadir	PPP/C	1 September 2020
Haiti (Parliament)	Senate	President	Vacant	TBD	TBD
Haiti (Parliament)	Chamber of Deputies	Speaker	Vacant	TBD	TBD
Honduras	National Congress	President	Luis Redondo	PSH	25 January 2022
Hungary	National Assembly	Speaker	László Kövér	Fidesz	6 August 2010
Iceland	Althing	Speaker	Birgir Ármannsson	Independence	1 December 2021
India (Parliament)	Rajya Sabha	Chairperson	Jagdeep Dhankhar	non-partisan	11 August 2022
	Rajya Sabha	Deputy Chairperson	Harivansh Narayan Singh	JD(U)	9 August 2018
	Lok Sabha	Speaker	Om Birla	BJP	19 June 2019
Indonesia (People's Consultative Assembly)	People's Consultative Assembly	Speaker	Ahmad Muzani	Gerindra	4 October 2024
	Regional Representative Council	Speaker	Sultan Bachtiar Najamudin	non-partisan	2 October 2024
	People's Representative Council	Speaker	Puan Maharani	PDI-P	1 October 2019
Iran	Islamic Consultative Assembly	Speaker	Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf	Progress and Justice	28 May 2020
Iran	Assembly of Experts	Chairman	Mohammad-Ali Movahedi Kermani	Combatant Clergy Association	21 May 2024
Iraq	Council of Representatives	Speaker	Muhsin Al-Mandalawi	al-Hal	14 November 2023
Ireland (Oireachtas)	Seanad Éireann	Cathaoirleach	Jerry Buttimer	Fine Gael	16 December 2022
Ireland (Oireachtas)	Dáil Éireann	Ceann Comhairle	Seán Ó Fearghaíl	Fianna Fáil	10 March 2016
Israel	Knesset	Speaker	Amir Ohana	Likud	29 December 2022
Italy (Parliament)	Senate	President	Ignazio La Russa	FdI	13 October 2022
Italy (Parliament)	Chamber of Deputies	President	Lorenzo Fontana	Lega Nord	14 October 2022
Ivory Coast (Parliament)	Senate	President	Kandia Camara	RDR	12 October 2023
Ivory Coast (Parliament)	National Assembly	President	Adama Bictogo	RHDP	7 June 2022
Jamaica (Parliament)	Senate	President	Tom Tavares-Finson	Labour	10 March 2016
Jamaica (Parliament)	House of Representatives	Speaker	Juliet Holness	Labour	26 September 2023
Japan (National Diet)	House of Councillors	President	Hidehisa Otsuji	LDP	3 August 2022
Japan (National Diet)	House of Representatives	Speaker	Fukushiro Nukaga	LDP	20 October 2023
Jordan (Parliament)	Senate	President	Faisal al-Fayez	non-partisan	25 October 2015
Jordan (Parliament)	House of Representatives	Speaker	Ahmed Safadi	non-partisan	15 November 2022
Kazakhstan (Parliament)	Senate	Chairman	Mäulen Äşimbaev	Nur Otan	4 May 2020
Kazakhstan (Parliament)	Mazhilis	Chairman	Erlan Qoşanov	Amanat	1 February 2022
Kenya (Parliament)	Senate	Speaker	Amason Kingi	Kenya Kwanza	8 September 2022
Kenya (Parliament)	National Assembly	Speaker	Moses Wetangula	Kenya Kwanza	8 September 2022
Kiribati	House of Assembly	Speaker	Tangariki Reete	BKM	22 May 2020
Kuwait	National Assembly	Speaker	Ahmed Al-Sadoun	non-partisan	18 October 2022
Kyrgyzstan	Supreme Council	Chairman	Nurlanbek Shakiev	Ata-Zhurt	5 October 2022
Laos	National Assembly	President	Saysomphone Phomvihane	LPRP	22 March 2021
Latvia	Saeima	Speaker	Daiga Mieriņa	LZS	20 September 2023
Lebanon	Parliament	Speaker	Nabih Berri	Amal	20 October 1992
Lesotho (Parliament)	Senate	President	Tlohang Sekhamane	RFP	25 October 2022
Lesotho (Parliament)	National Assembly	Speaker	Sephiri Motanyane		12 June 2017
Liberia (Legislature)	Senate	President	Jeremiah Koung	MDR	22 January 2024
	Senate	President pro tempore	Nyonblee Karnga-Lawrence	UP	15 January 2024
	House of Representatives	Speaker	Johnathan Koffa	CDC	15 January 2024
Libya	General National Congress	President	Nouri Abusahmain	non-partisan	4 August 2014
Libya	House of Representatives	President	Aguila Saleh Issa	non-partisan	4 August 2014
Liechtenstein	Landtag	President	Albert Frick	FBP	27 March 2013
Lithuania	Seimas	Speaker	Saulius Skvernelis	DSVL	14 November 2024
Luxembourg	Chamber of Deputies	President	Claude Wiseler	CSV	21 November 2023
Madagascar (Parliament)	Senate	President	Richard Ravalomanana	TGV	14 October 2023
Madagascar (Parliament)	National Assembly	President	Justin Tokely	IRMAR	11 July 2024
Malawi	National Assembly	Speaker	Catherine Gotani Hara	Congress	19 June 2019
Malaysia (Parliament)	Dewan Negara	President	Awang Bemee Awang Ali Basah	GPS–PBB	22 July 2024
Malaysia (Parliament)	Dewan Rakyat	Speaker	Johari Abdul	PH–PKR	19 December 2022
Maldives	People's Majlis	Speaker	Abdul Raheem Abdulla	PNC	28 May 2024
Mali	National Assembly	President	Vacant	TBD	TBD
Malta	House of Representatives	Speaker	Angelo Farrugia	Labour	6 April 2013
Marshall Islands	Legislature	Speaker	Brenson Wase	non-partisan	3 January 2024
Mauritania (Parliament)	National Assembly	President	Mohamed Ould Meguett	El Insaf	19 June 2023
Mauritius	National Assembly	Speaker	Shirin Aumeeruddy-Cziffra		29 November 2024
Mexico (Congress)	Senate of the Republic	President	Gerardo Fernández Noroña	MORENA	1 September 2024
Mexico (Congress)	Chamber of Deputies	President	Sergio Gutiérrez Luna	MORENA	7 October 2024
Micronesia	Congress	Speaker	Esmond Moses	non-partisan	11 May 2023
Moldova	Parliament	President	Igor Grosu	PAS	29 July 2021
Monaco	National Council	President	Thomas Brezzo	Priorité Monaco	3 April 2024
Mongolia	State Great Khural	Chairman	Dashzegviin Amarbayasgalan	MAN	2 July 2024
Montenegro	Parliament	President	Andrija Mandić	NSD	30 October 2023
Morocco (Parliament)	House of Councillors	President	Hakim Benchamach	RNI	9 October 2021
Morocco (Parliament)	House of Representatives	President	Rachid Talbi Alami	RNI	9 October 2021
Mozambique	Assembly of the Republic	Speaker	Esperança Bias	FRELIMO	13 January 2020
Myanmar (Assembly of the Union)	House of Nationalities	Speaker	Vacant	TBD	TBD
Myanmar (Assembly of the Union)	House of Representatives	Speaker	T Khun Myat	Independent	1 March 2018
Namibia (Parliament)	National Council	Chairperson	Lukas Sinimbo Muha	SWAPO	15 December 2020
Namibia (Parliament)	National Assembly	Speaker	Peter Katjavivi	SWAPO	20 March 2015
Nauru	Parliament	Speaker	Marcus Stephen	non-partisan	27 August 2019
Nepal (Parliament)	National Assembly	Chairperson	Narayan Prasad Dahal	CPN (MC)	12 March 2018
Nepal (Parliament)	House of Representatives	Speaker	Dev Raj Ghimire	CPN (UML)	19 January 2023
Netherlands (States General)	Senate	President	Jan Anthonie Bruijn	VVD	2 July 2019
Netherlands (States General)	House of Representatives	Speaker	Martin Bosma	PVV	14 December 2023
New Zealand	House of Representatives	Speaker	Gerry Brownlee	National	5 December 2023
Nicaragua	National Assembly	President	Gustavo Porras Cortés	FSLN	9 January 2017
Niger	National Assembly	President	Vacant	TBD	TBD
Nigeria (National Assembly)	Senate	President	Godswill Akpabio	APC	13 June 2023
Nigeria (National Assembly)	House of Representatives	Speaker	Tajudeen Abbas	APC	13 June 2023
North Korea	Supreme People's Assembly	Standing Committee Chairman	Ryong-hae Choe	WPK	11 April 2019
North Korea	Supreme People's Assembly	Chairman	In-chol Pak	WPK	19 January 2023
North Macedonia	Assembly of the Republic	President	Afrim Gashi	Alternativa	28 May 2024
Norway	Storting	President	Masud Gharahkhani	Labour	25 November 2021
Oman (Council)	Council of State	Chairman	Yahya bin Mahfoudh al-Mantheri	non-partisan	8 March 2004
Oman (Council)	Consultative Assembly	Chairman	Khalid Al Mawali	non-partisan	29 October 2011
Pakistan (Parliament)	Senate	Chairman	Yusuf Raza Gilani	PPP	9 April 2024
Pakistan (Parliament)	National Assembly	Speaker	Ayaz Sadiq	PML(N)	1 March 2024
Palau (National Congress)	Senate	President	Hokkons Baules	non-partisan	19 January 2017
Palau (National Congress)	House of Delegates	Speaker	Sabino Anastacio	non-partisan	17 January 2013
Palestine	Legislative Council	Speaker	Aziz Dweik	Hamas	29 March 2006
Panama	National Assembly	President	Dana Castañeda	RM	1 July 2024
Papua New Guinea	National Parliament	Speaker	Job Pomat	non-partisan	2 August 2017
Paraguay (Congress)	Senate	President	Silvio Ovelar	ANR	1 July 2023
Paraguay (Congress)	Chamber of Deputies	Speaker	Raúl Luís Latorre	ANR	1 July 2023
Peru	Congress of the Republic	President	Eduardo Salhuana	APP	26 July 2024
Philippines (Congress)	Senate	President	Francis Escudero	NPC	20 May 2024
Philippines (Congress)	House of Representatives	Speaker	Martin Romualdez	Lakas–CMD	25 July 2022
Poland (National Assembly)	Senate	Marshal	Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska	Civic Platform	13 November 2023
Poland (National Assembly)	Sejm	Marshal	Szymon Hołownia	Poland 2050	13 November 2023
Portugal	Assembly of the Republic	President	José Pedro Aguiar-Branco	Social Democrat	27 March 2024
Qatar	Consultative Assembly	Chairman	Hassan bin Abdulla Al-Ghanim	non-partisan	27 October 2021
Romania (Parliament)	Senate	President	Nicolae Ciucă	National Liberal Party	13 June 2023
Romania (Parliament)	Chamber of Deputies	President	Alfred Simonis (acting)	Social Democratic Party	15 June 2023
Russia (Federal Assembly)	Federation Council	Chairwoman	Valentina Matviyenko	United Russia	21 September 2011
Russia (Federal Assembly)	State Duma	Chairman	Vyacheslav Volodin	United Russia	5 October 2016
Rwanda (Parliament)	Senate	President	Augustin Iyamuremye	Social Democratic	17 October 2019
Rwanda (Parliament)	Chamber of Deputies	President	Donatille Mukabalisa	Liberal	5 October 2013
Saint Kitts and Nevis	National Assembly	Speaker	Lanien Blanchette	SKNLP	25 October 2022
Saint Lucia (Parliament)	Senate	President	Alvina Reynolds	SLP	24 November 2022
Saint Lucia (Parliament)	House of Assembly	Speaker	Claudius Francis	SLP	17 August 2021
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	House of Assembly	Speaker	Rochelle Forde	Unity Labour	30 November 2020
Samoa	Legislative Assembly	Speaker	Papali’i Li’o Taeu Masipau	FAST	24 May 2021
San Marino	Grand and General Council	Captains Regent	Alessandro Rossi	non-partisan	1 April 2024
San Marino	Grand and General Council	Captains Regent	Milena Gasperoni	PSD	1 April 2024
São Tomé and Príncipe	National Assembly	Speaker	Celmira Sacramento	ADI	8 November 2022
Saudi Arabia	Consultative Assembly	Speaker	Abdullah ibn Muhammad Al ash-Sheikh	non-partisan	28 February 2009
Senegal	National Assembly	President	Malick Ndiaye	PASTEF	2 December 2024
Serbia	National Assembly	President	Ana Brnabić	SNS	20 March 2024
Seychelles	National Assembly	Speaker	Roger Mancienne	LDS	29 October 2020
Sierra Leone	Parliament	Speaker	Abass Bundu	SLPP	25 April 2018
Singapore	Parliament	Speaker	Seah Kian Peng	PAP	2 August 2023
Slovakia	National Council	Speaker	Peter Pellegrini	Hlas–SD	25 October 2023
Slovenia (Parliament)	National Council	President	Marko Lotrič	non-partisan	19 December 2022
Slovenia (Parliament)	National Assembly	Speaker	Urška Klakočar Zupančič	GS	13 May 2022
Solomon Islands	National Parliament	Speaker	Patteson Oti	OUR Party	15 May 2019
Somalia (Federal Parliament)	Senate	Speaker	Abdi Hashim Abdelahi	non-partisan	22 January 2017
Somalia (Federal Parliament)	House of the People	Speaker	Aden Madobe	non-partisan	28 April 2022
South Africa (Parliament)	National Council of Provinces	Chairperson	Refilwe Mtsweni-Tsipane	ANC	15 June 2024
South Africa (Parliament)	National Assembly	Speaker	Thoko Didiza	ANC	14 June 2024
South Korea	National Assembly	Speaker	Won-shik Woo	non-partisan	5 June 2024
South Sudan (National Legislature)	Council of States	Speaker	Joseph Bol Chan	SPLM	5 August 2011
South Sudan (National Legislature)	National Legislative Assembly	Speaker	Jemma Nunu Kumba	SPLM	2 August 2021
Spain (Cortes Generales)	Senate	President	Pedro Rollán	PP	17 August 2023
Spain (Cortes Generales)	Congress of Deputies	President	Francina Armengol	PSOE	17 August 2023
Sri Lanka	Parliament	Speaker	Jagath Wickramaratne	NPP	17 December 2024
Sudan	Transitional Legislative Council	Speaker	Vacant	TBA	TBA
Suriname	National Assembly	Chairperson	Marinus Bee	ABOP	14 July 2020
Sweden	Riksdag	Speaker	Andreas Norlén	Moderates	24 September 2018
Switzerland (Federal Assembly)	Council of States	President	Andrea Caroni	FDP/PLR	2 December 2024
Switzerland (Federal Assembly)	National Council	President	Maja Riniker	FDP/PLR	2 December 2024
Syria	People's Council	Speaker	Hammouda Sabbagh	Ba'ath	28 September 2017
Tajikistan (Supreme Assembly)	National Assembly	Chairman	Rustam Emomali	PDP	17 April 2020
Tajikistan (Supreme Assembly)	Assembly of Representatives	Chairman	Mahmadtoir Zokirzoda	PDP	17 March 2020
Tanzania	National Assembly	Speaker	Tulia Ackson	CCM	6 January 2022
Thailand (National Assembly)	National Assembly	President	Wan Muhamad Noor Matha	Prachachat	5 July 2023
	Senate	President	Mongkol Surasajja	non-partisan	26 July 2024
	House of Representatives	Speaker	Wan Muhamad Noor Matha	Prachachat	5 July 2023
Togo	National Assembly	President	Kodjo Adedze	UNIR	14 June 2024
Tonga	Legislative Assembly	Speaker	Fatafehi Fakafanua	non-partisan	18 December 2017
Trinidad and Tobago (Parliament)	Senate	President	Nigel de Freitas	non-partisan	23 September 2015
Trinidad and Tobago (Parliament)	House of Representatives	Speaker	Bridgid Annisette-George	non-partisan	23 September 2015
Tunisia (Parliament)	National Council of Regions and Districts	Speaker	TBA
Tunisia (Parliament)	Assembly of the Representatives of the People	President	Ibrahim Bouderbala	non-partisan	13 March 2023
Turkey	Grand National Assembly	Speaker	Numan Kurtulmuş	AKP	7 June 2023
Turkmenistan	Assembly	Chairwoman	Dünýägözel Gulmanowa	TDP	6 April 2023
Tuvalu	Parliament	Speaker	Samuelu Teo	non-partisan	20 September 2019
Uganda	Parliament	Speaker	Anita Among	NRM	25 March 2022
Ukraine	Verkhovna Rada	Chairman	Ruslan Stefanchuk	Servant of the People	8 October 2021
United Arab Emirates	Federal National Council	Speaker	Saqr Ghobash	non-partisan	14 November 2019
United Kingdom (Parliament)	House of Lords	Lord Speaker	John McFall	non-partisan	1 May 2021
United Kingdom (Parliament)	House of Commons	Speaker	Lindsay Hoyle	non-partisan	4 November 2019
United States (Congress)	Senate	President	Kamala Harris	Democratic Party	20 January 2021
	Senate	President pro tempore	Patty Murray	Democratic Party	3 January 2023
	House of Representatives	Speaker	Mike Johnson	Republican Party	25 October 2023
Uruguay (General Assembly)	Senate	President	Beatriz Argimón	National	1 March 2020
	Senate	Vice President	José Carlos Mahía	Broad Front
	Chamber of Deputies	President	Ana Olivera	PCU	1 March 2024
Uzbekistan (Oliy Majlis)	Senate	Chairwoman	Tanzila Norbaeva	non-partisan	21 June 2019
Uzbekistan (Oliy Majlis)	Legislative Chamber	Chairman	Nuriddinjon Ismailov	Oʻzlidep	12 January 2015
Vanuatu	Parliament	Speaker	Seule Simeon	LM	15 June 2021
Vatican City	Pontifical Commission	President	Fernando Vérgez Alzaga	non-partisan	1 October 2021
Vatican City	College of Cardinals	Dean	Giovanni Battista Re	non-partisan	18 January 2020
Venezuela	National Assembly	President	Jorge Rodríguez	PSUV	5 January 2021
Venezuela	National Assembly	President	Dinorah Figuera (disputed)	Justice First	5 January 2023
Vietnam	National Assembly	Chairman	Đình Huệ Vương	Communist	31 March 2021
Yemen	House of Representatives	Speaker	Sultan al-Barakani	GPC	13 April 2019
Zambia	National Assembly	Speaker	Nelly Mutti	UPND	3 September 2021
Zimbabwe (Parliament)	Senate	President	Mabel Chinomona	ZANU-PF	11 September 2018
Zimbabwe (Parliament)	House of Assembly	Speaker	Jacob Mudenda	ZANU-PF	3 September 2013

States recognised by at least one United Nations member

State	Assembly	Title	Name	Party	Assumed office
Abkhazia	People's Assembly	Speaker	Lasha Ashuba	non-partisan	12 April 2022
Kosovo	Assembly	Chairperson	Glauk Konjufca	Vetëvendosje	22 March 2021
Northern Cyprus	Assembly of the Republic	Speaker	Zorlu Töre	UBP	7 March 2022
South Ossetia	Parliament	Speaker	Alan Margiev	Nykhaz	24 June 2024
Republic of China (Taiwan)	Legislative Yuan	President	Han Kuo-yu	KMT	1 February 2024
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic	National Council	President	Hamma Salama	Polisario Front	16 March 2020

States not recognised by any United Nations members and governments in exile

State	Assembly	Title	Name	Party	Assumed office
Somaliland (Parliament)	House of Elders	Speaker	Suleiman Mahmud Adam	non-partisan	24 August 2004
Somaliland (Parliament)	House of Representatives	Speaker	Abdirizak Khalif	Waddani	3 August 2021
Central Tibetan Administration	Parliament	Speaker	Pema Jungney	non-partisan	1 December 2018
Transnistria	Supreme Council	Speaker	Aleksandr Korshunov	Renewal	6 February 2019
Syrian Salvation Government	General Shura Council	President	Mustafa al-Mousa	Tahir al-Sham	24 April 2020

Autonomous regions, dependencies and other territories

Region or territory	Country	Assembly	Title	Name	Assumed office
Adjara	Georgia	Supreme Council	Chairperson	Davit Gabaidze	28 November 2016
Åland	Finland	Legislative Assembly	Speaker	Roger Nordlund	4 November 2019
Alderney	United Kingdom	States	President	William Tate	28 June 2019
American Samoa (Fono)	United States	Senate	President	Tuaolo Fruean	January 8, 2021
American Samoa (Fono)	United States	House of Representatives	Speaker	Savali Talavou Ale	4 January 2007
Anguilla	United Kingdom	House of Assembly	Speaker	Barbara Webster-Bourne	17 July 2020
Aosta Valley	Italy	Regional Council	President	Alberto Bertin	20 October 2020
Aruba	Netherlands	Estates	President	Edgar Vrolijk	8 July 2021
Ascension Island	United Kingdom	Island Council	Governor	Philip Rushbrook	4 May 2019
Ascension Island	United Kingdom	Island Council	Administrator	Nigel Phillips	13 August 2022
Azores	Portugal	Legislative Assembly	President	Luís Garcia	16 November 2020
Bangsamoro	Philippines	Parliament	Speaker	Pangalian Balindong	29 March 2019
Basque Country	Spain	Parliament	President	Bakartxo Tejeria	20 November 2012
Bermuda (Parliament)	United Kingdom	Senate	President	Joan Dillas-Wright	8 September 2017
Bermuda (Parliament)	United Kingdom	House of Assembly	Speaker	Dennis Lister	2017
Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	House of Representatives	Speaker	Simon Pentanu	15 June 2015
British Virgin Islands	United Kingdom	House of Assembly	Speaker	Corine George-Massicote	26 May 2022
Catalonia	Spain	Parliament	President	Anna Erra	9 June 2023
Cayman Islands	United Kingdom	Legislative Assembly	Speaker	Alden McLaughlin	23 November 2023
Cook Islands	New Zealand	Parliament	Speaker	Tai Tura	22 May 2012
Corsica	France	Assembly	President	Marie-Antoinette Maupertuis	1 July 2021
Curaçao	Netherlands	Estates	President	Charetti America-Francisca	11 May 2021
Falkland Islands	United Kingdom	Legislative Assembly	Speaker	Keith Biles	27 February 2009
Faroe Islands	Denmark	Løgting	Speaker	Bjørt Samuelsen	22 December 2022
Flanders	Belgium	Parliament	Speaker	Liesbeth Homans	2 October 2019
French Polynesia	France	Assembly	President	Antony Géros	11 May 2023
Friuli-Venezia Giulia	Italy	Regional Council	President	Mauro Bordin
Gagauzia	Moldova	People's Assembly	Chairperson	Dmitri Constantinov	4 February 2022
Galicia	Spain	Parliament	President	Miguel Ángel Santalices Vieira	26 January 2016
Gibraltar	United Kingdom	Parliament	Speaker	Karen Ramagge Prescott	10 November 2023
Greenland	Denmark	Inatsisartut	Speaker	Hans Enoksen	16 April 2021
Guam	United States	Legislature	Speaker	Therese M. Terlaje	4 January 2021
Guernsey	United Kingdom	States	Bailiff	Richard McMahon	12 May 2020
Hong Kong	China	Legislative Council	President	Andrew Leung	12 October 2016
Iraqi Kurdistan	Iraq	Parliament	Speaker	Rewaz Fayeq	11 July 2019
Isle of Man (Tynwald)	United Kingdom	Tynwald	President	Laurence Skelly	20 July 2021
		Legislative Council	President	Laurence Skelly	20 July 2021
		House of Keys	Speaker	Juan Watterson	27 September 2016
Jersey	United Kingdom	States Assembly	Bailiff	Tim Le Cocq	17 October 2019
Karakalpakstan	Uzbekistan	Jokargi Kenes	Chairperson	Amanbai Orynbaev	26 August 2022
Macau	China	Legislative Assembly	President	Hoi In Kou	17 July 2019
Madeira	Portugal	Legislative Assembly	President	José Manuel Rodrigues	15 October 2019
Montserrat	United Kingdom	Legislative Assembly	Speaker	Teresina Bodkin	17 December 2019
Nakhchivan	Azerbaijan	Supreme Assembly	Chairperson	Anar Ibrahimov	5 October 2023
New Caledonia	France	Congress	President	Roch Wamytan	24 May 2019
Northern Ireland	United Kingdom	Assembly	Speaker	Edwin Poots	3 February 2024
Northern Mariana Islands (Commonwealth Legislature)	United States	Senate	President	Edith DeLeon Guerrero	January 9, 2023
Northern Mariana Islands (Commonwealth Legislature)	United States	House of Representatives	Speaker	Edmund Villagomez	January 13, 2021
Niue	New Zealand	Assembly	Speaker	Hima Douglas	11 June 2020
Pitcairn Islands	United Kingdom	Island Council	Mayor	Simon Young	1 January 2023
Puerto Rico (Legislative Assembly)	United States	Senate	President	José Luis Dalmau	23 February 2021
Puerto Rico (Legislative Assembly)	United States	House of Representatives	Speaker	Tatito Hernández	2 January 2021
Saint Barthélemy	France	Territorial Council	President	Xavier Lédée	3 April 2022
Saint Helena	United Kingdom	Legislative Council	Speaker	John Cranfield	8 March 2019
Saint Martin	France	Territorial Council	President	Daniel Gibbs	2 April 2017
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	France	Territorial Council	President	Bernard Briand	13 October 2020
Sardinia	Italy	Regional Council	President	Michele Pais	9 April 2019
Sark	United Kingdom	Chief Pleas	Speaker	Arthur Rolfe
Scotland	United Kingdom	Parliament	Presiding Officer	Alison Johnstone	13 May 2021
Sicily	Italy	Regional Assembly	Presiding Officer	Gianfranco Miccichè	5 November 2017
Sint Maarten	Netherlands	Estates	President	William Marlin	25 September 2019
South Tyrol	Italy	Landtag	President	Josef Noggler	25 January 2019
Tokelau	New Zealand	General Fono	Speaker	Kelihiano Kalolo	13 March 2023
Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago	House of Assembly	Presiding Officer	Abby Taylor	9 December 2021
Tristan da Cunha	United Kingdom	Island Council	Administrator	Philip Kendall	September 2023
Turks and Caicos Islands	United Kingdom	House of Assembly	Speaker	Gordon Burton	5 March 2021
U.S. Virgin Islands	United States	Legislature	President	Novelle Francis	9 January 2023
Vojvodina	Serbia	Assembly	President	Momo Čolaković	6 November 2023
Wales	United Kingdom	National Assembly	Presiding Officer	Elin Jones	11 May 2016
Wallis and Futuna	France	Territorial Assembly	President	Munipoese Muliʻakaʻaka	25 March 2022
Wallonia	Belgium	Parliament	President	Jean-Claude Marcourt	13 September 2019

Sui generis entities

Entity	Assembly	Title	Name	Assumed office
European Union	Council of Ministers	Presidents	Belgium	1 January 2024
European Union	Parliament	President	Roberta Metsola	11 January 2022
Sovereign Military Order of Malta	Council Complete of State	Grand Commander	Ludwig von Rumerstein	31 May 2014
Sovereign Military Order of Malta	Chapter General	Grand Master	Matthew Festing	11 March 2008

International organisations

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There are several international parliaments, some that are directly elected and some that are appointed from among member states respective legislatures in the form of an inter-parliamentary institution.

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Organisation	Assembly	Title	Name	Assumed office
African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States	Parliamentary Assembly	President	Netty Baldeh	21 October 2015
African Parliamentary Union	Parliament	President	Rachid Talbi Alami	4 November 2014
African Union	Parliament	President	Roger Nkodo Dang	27 May 2015
Andean Community	Parliament	President	Cristina Reyes Hidalgo	14 July 2023
Arab League	Parliament	Speaker	Abdel Al Asoomi	October 2020
Asia Cooperation Dialogue	Parliamentary Assembly	President	Nayyar Hussain Bukhari	9 December 2013
Benelux Union	Parliament	President	Gusty Graas	1 January 2019
British–Irish Council	Parliamentary Assembly	Co-chair(s)	Frank Feighan Laurence Robertson	21 October 2014 1 December 2011
Central American Integration System	Parliament	President	Silvia García Polanco	October 2021
Cotonou Partnership	Joint Parliamentary Assembly	Co-president(s)	Carlos Zorrinho Peter Kenilorea
Commonwealth of Independent States	Interparliamentary Assembly	Chairperson	Valentina Matviyenko	21 September 2011
Commonwealth of Nations	Parliamentary Association	President	Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury	9 October 2014
Community of Latin American and Caribbean States	Parliament	President	Gabriela Rivadeneira	16 February 2016
Council of the Baltic Sea States	Assembly	President	Jānis Vucāns	1 January 2016
Council of Europe	Assembly	President	iliane Maury Pasquier	July 2018
East African Community	Legislative Assembly	Speaker	Daniel Kidega	19 December 2014
Eastern Partnership	Parliamentary Assembly	Co-president(s)	Victor Dolidze Marian Lupu	17 March 2015 16 February 2016
Economic Community of Central African States	Parliament	President	Santiago Nchama	4 June 2015
Economic Community of West African States	Parliament	Speaker	Moustapha Cissé	4 February 2016
Assembly of French Citizens Abroad	Assembly	President	Hélène Degryse	5 December 2021
Inter-Parliamentary Union	Assembly	President	Saber Hossain Chowdhury	16 October 2014
International Organisation of La Francophonie	Parliamentary Assembly	President	François Paradis
Latin America, the Caribbean and the European Union Summit	Parliamentary Assembly	Co-president(s)	Ramón Jáuregui Atondo Roberto Requião	6 May 2015 6 May 2015
Mercosur	Parliament	President	Jorge Taiana	1 January 2016
Nordic Council	Parliamentary Assembly	President	Henrik Dam Kristensen	2016
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation	Assembly	President	Michał Szczerba	3 October 2023
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe	Parliamentary Assembly	President	Gigi Tsereteli	November 2017
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation	Parliamentary Union	Secretary General	Mouhamed Khouraichi Niass
Turkic Council	Parliamentary Assembly	Chairperson	Baktykozha Izmukhambetov	28 March 2016
Union for the Mediterranean	Parliamentary Assembly	President	Lhou Lmarbouh	8 January 2016
United Nations	General Assembly	President	Dennis Francis	5 September 2023

Notes

Advisory body

^ The Vice President is the ex officio presiding officer.
President of the Austrian Federal Council rotates every six months.
Chairperson of the House of Peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina rotates every eight months among the three members of the Collegium.
Chairperson of the House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina rotates every eight months among the three members of the Collegium.
President of the Colombian Senate rotates annually.
President of the Colombian Chamber of Representatives rotates annually.
Speaker of the Costa Rican Legislative Assembly rotates annually.
President of the German Bundesrat rotates annually.
President of the Guatemalan Congress rotates annually.
An electoral college.
"MP Ahmad Safadi elected Lower House Speaker". Jordan Times. 2022-11-14. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
President of the Mexican Senate rotates annually.
President of the Mexican Chamber of Deputies rotates annually.
Chairman of the SPA Standing Committee is the ex officio presiding officer.
President of the Panamian National Assembly rotates annually.
President of the Paraguayan Senate is elected annually annually.
President of the Paraguayan Chamber of Deputies is elected annually.
President of the Peruvian Congress rotates annually.
Sammarinese Captains Regent rotate every six months.
President of the Swiss Council of States rotates annually.
President of the Swiss National Council rotates annually.
Speaker of the House of Representatives is the ex officio presiding officer.
President of the Uruguayan Chamber of Representatives rotates annually.
An electoral college.
President of the Venezuelan National Assembly rotates annually.
"Philip Kendall sworn-in as Tristan Administrator".
The European President of the Council of Ministers rotates every six months.
The ACP Assembly President rotates biannually.
The Baltic Assembly President rotates annually.
The CEMAC Parliament President rotates annually
The Nordic Assembly President rotates annually.
The UNGA President rotates annually.

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