list of Speakers of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India


  1. Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar (1952-1956)
  2. M. A. Ayyangar (1956-1962)
  3. Hukam Singh (1962-1967)
  4. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1967-1969)
  5. Gurdial Singh Dhillon (1969-1975)
  6. Bali Ram Bhagat (1976-1977)
  7. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1977-1979)
  8. K. S. Hegde (1979-1980)
  9. Balram Jakhar (1980-1989)
  10. Rabi Ray (1989-1991)
  11. Shivraj Patil (1991-1996)
  12. P. A. Sangma (1996-1998)
  13. G. M. C. Balayogi (1998-2002)
  14. Manohar Joshi (2002-2004)
  15. Somnath Chatterjee (2004-2009)
  16. Meira Kumar (2009-2014)
  17. Sumitra Mahajan (2014-2019)
  18. Om Birla (2019-present)

Note: The Lok Sabha was not in existence before 1952, as it was established after India became a republic in 1950. The Speaker of the Constituent Assembly, which drafted the Indian Constitution, was G. V. Mavalankar.