List of speakers of the Tripura Legislative Assembly explained

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.

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[2]			Assembly	Party
1		Upendra Kumar Roy		1 July 1963	11 January 1967		1st	Indian National Congress
2		Manindra Lal Bhowmik	Kailashahar	14 March 1967	20 January 1972		2nd
			Chandipur	29 March 1972	23 January 1978		3rd
3		Sudhanwa Debbarma	Takarjala	24 January 1978	6 January 1983		4th	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
4		Amarendra Sharma	Dharmanagar	9 February 1983	4 February 1988		5th
5		Jyotirmoy Nath	Kadamtala	29 February 1988	7 April 1993		6th	Indian National Congress
6		Bimal Sinha	Kamalpur	14 May 1993	22 September 1995		7th	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
7		Jitendra Sarkar	Teliamura	12 October 1995	10 March 1998
				23 March 1998	7 March 2003		8th
8		Ramendra Chandra Debnath	Jubarajnagar	20 March 2003	3 March 2008		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		12th	Bharatiya Janata Party
10		Ratan Chakraborty	Khayerpur	24 September 2021	12 March 2023
11		Biswa Bandhu Sen	Dharmanagar	24 March 2023			13th
source:[3] [4] [5]

See also

• Tripura Legislative Assembly
• Speaker of the Lok Sabha
• Speaker of the Lok Sabha
• List of current Indian legislative speakers and chairmen

Notes and References

1. Web site: Welcome to the Official Website of Tripura Legislative Assembly . www.tripuraassembly.nic.in.
2. Web site: TRIPURA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY . legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in.
3. News: Tripura speaker Rebati Mohan Das resigns citing 'personal' reasons .
4. News: Tripura gets new assembly speaker . The Times of India . 25 September 2021.
5. News: Kasyap . Mayank . Who is Biswabandhu Sen, the newly elected Speaker of Tripura Assembly? . 24 March 2023 . News9live . 24 March 2023.