List of current presidents of legislatures

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

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Afghanistan | Leadership Council[a] | 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
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
House of Representatives | Speaker | Gerald Watt | non-partisan | 25 June 2014
Argentina
(National Congress)  | Senate | President[1] | Victoria Villarruel | LLA | 10 December 2023
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
House of Representatives | Speaker | Milton Dick | Labor | 26 July 2022
Austria
(Parliament)  | Federal Council | President[2] | Peter Samt | FPÖ | 1 July 2025
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
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
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
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
House of Representatives | Speaker  | Igor Sergeenko | Communist | 22 March 2024
Belgium
(Parliament)  | Senate | President | Vincent Blondel | LE | 21 February 2025
Chamber of Representatives | President | Peter De Roover | N-VA | 10 July 2024
Belize
(National Assembly)  | Senate | President | Carolyn Trench-Sandiford | PUP | 11 December 2020
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
National Assembly | Speaker  | Lungten Dorji | PDP | 25 January 2024
Bolivia
(Plurinational Legislative Assembly)  | Plurinational Legislative Assembly | President[1] | 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[3] | Nikola Špirić | SNSD | 16 February 2025
House of Representatives | Chairperson[4] | Denis Zvizdić | NiP | 1 December 2024
Botswana | National Assembly | Speaker | Dithapelo Keorapetse | UDC | 7 November 2024
Brazil
(National Congress)  | Federal Senate | President | Davi Alcolumbre | UNIÃO | 1 February 2025
Chamber of Deputies | President | Hugo Motta | Republicanos | 1 February 2025
Brunei | Legislative Council | Speaker  | Abdul Rahman Mohamed Taib | non-partisan | 11 February 2015
Bulgaria | National Assembly | Chairperson | Nataliya Kiselova | BSP | 6 December 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
National Assembly | President | Gelase Ndabirabe | CNDD-FDD | 7 August 2020
Cambodia
(Parliament)  | Senate | President | Sen Hun | CPP | 3 April 2024
National Assembly | President | Sudary Khuon | CPP | 22 August 2023
Cameroon
(Parliament)  | Senate | President  | Marcel Niat Njifenji | RDPC | 12 June 2013
National Assembly | President | Cavayé Yéguié Djibril | RDPC | 31 March 1992
Canada
(Parliament)  | Senate | Speaker | Raymonde Gagné | non-partisan | 16 May 2023
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
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[5] | Efraín Cepeda | Conservative | 20 July 2024
Chamber of Representatives | President[6] | 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
National Assembly | President | Isidore Mvouba | Party of Labour | 19 August 2017
Congo-Kinshasa
(Parliament)  | Senate | President | Modeste Bahati Lukwebo | AFDC | 5 March 2021
National Assembly | President | Vital Kamerhe | Union for the Congolese Nation  | 24 May 2024
Costa Rica | Legislative Assembly | Speaker[7] | 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
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
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 | Viviana Veloz | RC | 2 October 2024
Egypt | Senate | President  | Abdel-Wahab Abdel-Razeq | Nation's Future | 18 October 2020
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
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
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
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
National Assembly | President | Yaël Braun-Pivet | LREM | 28 June 2022
Gabon
(Parliament)  | Senate | President | Paulette Missambo | UN | 18 September 2023
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[8] | Anke Rehlinger | SPD | 1 November 2024
Bundestag | President | Julia Klöckner | CDU | 25 March 2025
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
House of Representatives | Speaker | Leo Cato |  | 31 August 2022
Guatemala | Congress | President[9] | 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
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 | Þórunn Sveinbjarnardóttir | Social Democratic Alliance | 5 February 2025
India
(Parliament)  | Rajya Sabha | Chairperson[1] | Jagdeep Dhankhar | non-partisan | 11 August 2022
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
Assembly of Experts[10] | 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 | Mark Daly | Fianna Fáil | 12 February 2025
Dáil Éireann | Ceann Comhairle | Verona Murphy | non-partisan | 18 December 2024
Israel | Knesset | Speaker | Amir Ohana | Likud | 29 December 2022
Italy
(Parliament)  | Senate | President | Ignazio La Russa | FdI | 13 October 2022
Chamber of Deputies | President | Lorenzo Fontana | Lega Nord | 14 October 2022
Ivory Coast
(Parliament)  | Senate | President | Kandia Camara | RDR | 12 October 2023
National Assembly | President | Adama Bictogo | RHDP | 7 June 2022
Jamaica
(Parliament)  | Senate  | President | Tom Tavares-Finson | Labour | 10 March 2016
House of Representatives  | Speaker | Juliet Holness | Labour | 26 September 2023
Japan
(National Diet)  | House of Councillors | President | Masakazu Sekiguchi | LDP | 11 November 2024
House of Representatives | Speaker | Fukushiro Nukaga | LDP | 20 October 2023
Jordan
(Parliament)  | Senate | President | Faisal al-Fayez | non-partisan | 25 October 2015
House of Representatives | Speaker | Ahmed Safadi | non-partisan | 15 November 2022[11]
Kazakhstan
(Parliament)  | Senate | Chairman  | Mäulen Äşimbaev | Nur Otan | 4 May 2020
Mazhilis | Chairman  | Erlan Qoşanov | Amanat | 1 February 2022
Kenya
(Parliament)  | Senate | Speaker  | Amason Kingi | Kenya Kwanza | 8 September 2022
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
National Assembly | Speaker | Sephiri Motanyane |  | 12 June 2017
Liberia
(Legislature)  | Senate | President[1] | Jeremiah Koung | MDR | 22 January 2024
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
House of Representatives | President | Aguila Saleh Issa | non-partisan | 4 August 2014
Liechtenstein | Landtag | President | Manfred Kaufmann | VU | 10 April 2025
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
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
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[12] | Gerardo Fernández Noroña | MORENA | 1 September 2024
Chamber of Deputies | President[13] | 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
House of Representatives | President | Rachid Talbi Alami | RNI | 9 October 2021
Mozambique | Assembly of the Republic | Speaker  | Margarida Talapa | FRELIMO | 13 January 2025
Myanmar
(Assembly of the Union)  | House of Nationalities | Speaker | Vacant  | TBD  | TBD
House of Representatives | Speaker | T Khun Myat | Independent  | 1 March 2018
Namibia
(Parliament)  | National Council | Chairperson | Lukas Sinimbo Muha | SWAPO | 15 December 2020
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
House of Representatives | Speaker | Dev Raj Ghimire | CPN (UML) | 19 January 2023
Netherlands
(States General)  | Senate | President | Jan Anthonie Bruijn | VVD | 2 July 2019
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
House of Representatives | Speaker | Tajudeen Abbas | APC | 13 June 2023
North Korea | Supreme People's Assembly | Standing Committee Chairman[14] | Ryong-hae Choe | WPK | 11 April 2019
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
Consultative Assembly | Chairman | Khalid Al Mawali | non-partisan | 29 October 2011
Pakistan
(Parliament)  | Senate | Chairman | Yusuf Raza Gilani | PPP | 9 April 2024
National Assembly | Speaker | Ayaz Sadiq | PML(N) | 1 March 2024
Palau
(National Congress)  | Senate | President  | Hokkons Baules | non-partisan | 19 January 2017
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[15] | Dana Castañeda | RM | 1 July 2024
Papua New Guinea | National Parliament | Speaker | Job Pomat | non-partisan | 2 August 2017
Paraguay
(Congress)  | Senate | President[16] | Silvio Ovelar | ANR | 1 July 2023
Chamber of Deputies | Speaker[17] | Raúl Luís Latorre | ANR | 1 July 2023
Peru | Congress of the Republic | President[18] | Eduardo Salhuana | APP | 26 July 2024
Philippines
(Congress)  | Senate | President | Francis Escudero | NPC | 20 May 2024
House of Representatives | Speaker | Martin Romualdez | Lakas–CMD | 25 July 2022
Poland
(National Assembly)  | Senate | Marshal | Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska | Civic Platform | 13 November 2023
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
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
State Duma | Chairman | Vyacheslav Volodin | United Russia | 5 October 2016
Rwanda
(Parliament)  | Senate | President  | Augustin Iyamuremye | Social Democratic | 17 October 2019
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
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[19] | Francesca Civerchia | PDCS | 1 October 2024
Dalibor Riccardi | Libera
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
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
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
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
National Legislative Assembly | Speaker  | Jemma Nunu Kumba | SPLM | 2 August 2021
Spain
(Cortes Generales)  | Senate | President | Pedro Rollán | PP | 17 August 2023
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[20] | Andrea Caroni | FDP/PLR | 2 December 2024
National Council | President[21] | Maja Riniker | FDP/PLR | 2 December 2024
Syria | People's Council | Speaker | Vacant  | TBD  | TBD
Tajikistan
(Supreme Assembly)  | National Assembly | Chairman  | Rustam Emomali | PDP | 17 April 2020
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[22] | 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 | Wade Mark | non-partisan | 23 May 2025
House of Representatives | Speaker | Jagdeo Singh | non-partisan | 23 May 2025
Tunisia
(Parliament)  | National Council of Regions and Districts | President  | Imed Derbali | non-partisan | 19 April 2024
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
House of Commons | Speaker | Lindsay Hoyle | non-partisan | 4 November 2019
United States
(Congress)  | Senate | President[1] | JD Vance | Republican Party | 20 January 2025
President pro tempore | Chuck Grassley | Republican Party | 3 January 2025
House of Representatives | Speaker | Mike Johnson | Republican Party | 25 October 2023
Uruguay
(General Assembly)  | Senate | President[1] | Carolina Cosse | FA | 1 March 2025
Chamber of Deputies | President[23] | Sebastián Valdomir | FA | 15 February 2025
Uzbekistan
(Oliy Majlis)  | Senate | Chairwoman  | Tanzila Norbaeva | non-partisan | 21 June 2019
Legislative Chamber | Chairman  | Nuriddinjon Ismailov | Oʻzlidep | 12 January 2015
Vanuatu | Parliament | Speaker | Stephen Dorrick Felix | LPV | 11 February 2025
Vatican City | Pontifical Commission | President | Raffaella Petrini | non-partisan | 1 March 2025
College of Cardinals[24] | Dean | Giovanni Battista Re | non-partisan | 18 January 2020
Venezuela | National Assembly | President[25] | Jorge Rodríguez | PSUV | 5 January 2021
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
House of Assembly | Speaker | Jacob Mudenda | ZANU-PF | 3 September 2013

## States recognised by at least one United Nations member

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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

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Somaliland
(Parliament)  | House of Elders | Speaker  | Suleiman Mahmud Adam | non-partisan | 24 August 2004
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

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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 | 8 January 2021
House of Representatives | Speaker | Savali Talavou Ale | 4 January 2007
Anguilla |  United Kingdom | House of Assembly | Speaker | Tara Carter | 11 March 2025
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
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
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 | Josep Rull | 10 June 2024
Cayman Islands |  United Kingdom | Parliament | Speaker | Ezzard Miller | 6 May 2025
Cook Islands |  New Zealand | Parliament | Speaker | Tai Tura | 22 March 2021
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
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 | 9 January 2023
House of Representatives | Speaker | Edmund Villagomez | 13 January 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
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[26] | September 2023
Turks and Caicos Islands |  United Kingdom | Parliament | 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 | Parliament | 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

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European Union | Council of Ministers | Presidents[27] | Belgium | 1 January 2024
Parliament | President | Roberta Metsola | 11 January 2022
Sovereign Military Order of Malta | Council Complete of State  | Grand Commander  | Ludwig von Rumerstein | 31 May 2014
Chapter General  | Grand Master | Matthew Festing | 11 March 2008

## International organisations

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This section needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (August 2018)

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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.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (April 2016)

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African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States | Parliamentary Assembly  | President[28] | 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[29] | 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[30] | 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[31] | 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[32] | Dennis Francis | 5 September 2023

## See also

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* List of legislatures by country
* List of current dependent territory leaders
* List of current defence ministers
* List of current finance ministers
* List of current foreign ministers
* List of current heads of state and government
* List of current interior ministers
* List of current legislatures
* List of current permanent representatives to the United Nations
* List of current state leaders by date of assumption of office
* List of current vice presidents
* List of heads of state by diplomatic precedence
* List of spouses of heads of state
* List of state leaders by year
* Lists of office-holders

## Notes

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1. ^ Advisory body

1. ^ a b c d e f The Vice President is the ex officio presiding officer.
2. ^ President of the Austrian Federal Council rotates every six months.
3. ^ Chairperson of the House of Peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina rotates every eight months among the three members of the Collegium.
4. ^ Chairperson of the House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina rotates every eight months among the three members of the Collegium.
5. ^ President of the Colombian Senate rotates annually.
6. ^ President of the Colombian Chamber of Representatives rotates annually.
7. ^ Speaker of the Costa Rican Legislative Assembly rotates annually.
8. ^ President of the German Bundesrat rotates annually.
9. ^ President of the Guatemalan Congress rotates annually.
10. ^ An electoral college.
11. ^ "MP Ahmad Safadi elected Lower House Speaker". Jordan Times. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
12. ^ President of the Mexican Senate rotates annually.
13. ^ President of the Mexican Chamber of Deputies rotates annually.
14. ^ Chairman of the SPA Standing Committee is the ex officio presiding officer.
15. ^ President of the Panamian National Assembly rotates annually.
16. ^ President of the Paraguayan Senate is elected annually.
17. ^ President of the Paraguayan Chamber of Deputies is elected annually.
18. ^ President of the Peruvian Congress rotates annually.
19. ^ Sammarinese Captains Regent rotate every six months.
20. ^ President of the Swiss Council of States rotates annually.
21. ^ President of the Swiss National Council rotates annually.
22. ^ Speaker of the House of Representatives is the ex officio presiding officer.
23. ^ President of the Uruguayan Chamber of Representatives rotates annually.
24. ^ An electoral college.
25. ^ President of the Venezuelan National Assembly rotates annually.
26. ^ "Philip Kendall sworn-in as Tristan Administrator".
27. ^ The European President of the Council of Ministers rotates every six months.
28. ^ The ACP Assembly President rotates biannually.
29. ^ The Baltic Assembly President rotates annually.
30. ^ The CEMAC Parliament President rotates annually
31. ^ The Nordic Assembly President rotates annually.
32. ^ The UNGA President rotates annually.

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