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

States recognised by at least one United Nations member

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

Autonomous regions, dependencies and other territories

Region or territoryCountryAssemblyTitleNameAssumed office
AdjaraGeorgiaSupreme CouncilChairperson28 11 2016
ÅlandFinlandLegislative AssemblySpeaker4 11 2019
AlderneyUnited KingdomStatesPresident28 6 2019

SenatePresident

House of RepresentativesSpeaker4 1 2007
House of AssemblySpeaker17 7 2020
Regional CouncilPresident10 12 2018
EstatesPresident
Island CouncilGovernor4 5 2019
Island CouncilAdministrator13 3 2019
Legislative AssemblyPresident5 11 2012
ParliamentSpeaker29 3 2019
ParliamentPresident20 11 2012

SenatePresident

House of AssemblySpeaker
House of RepresentativesSpeaker15 6 2015
House of AssemblySpeaker12 3 2019
ParliamentPresident11 1 2018
Legislative AssemblySpeaker24 5 2017
ParliamentSpeaker22 5 2012
AssemblyPresident17 12 2015
EstatesSpeaker11 5 2017
Legislative AssemblySpeaker27 2 2009
LøgtingSpeaker14 9 2019
ParliamentSpeaker13 7 2019
AssemblyPresident17 5 2018
Regional CouncilPresident15 6 2018
People's AssemblyChairperson3 3 2017
ParliamentPresident26 1 2016
ParliamentSpeaker19 11 2019
Inatsisartut Speaker3 10 2018
LegislatureSpeaker7 1 2019
StatesBailiff12 5 2020
Legislative CouncilPresident12 10 2016
ParliamentSpeaker11 7 2019

TynwaldPresident19 7 2016

Legislative CouncilPresident19 7 2016

House of KeysSpeaker27 9 2016
States AssemblyBailiff17 10 2019
Legislative AssemblyChairperson30 9 2016
Jokargi KenesChairperson30 9 2016
Legislative AssemblyPresident17 7 2019
Legislative AssemblyPresident15 10 2019
Legislative AssemblySpeaker17 12 2019
Supreme AssemblyChairperson16 12 1995
CongressPresident24 5 2019
AssemblySpeaker11 1 2020

SenatePresident

House of RepresentativesSpeaker
AssemblySpeaker11 6 2020
Island CouncilMayor1 1 2020

SenatePresident2 1 2017

House of RepresentativesSpeaker9 1 2017
Territorial CouncilPresident15 7 2007
Legislative CouncilSpeaker8 3 2019
Territorial CouncilPresident2 4 2017
Territorial CouncilPresident24 10 2017
Regional CouncilPresident9 4 2019
Chief PleasSpeaker
ParliamentPresiding Officer12 5 2016
Regional AssemblyPresiding Officer5 11 2017
EstatesPresident25 9 2019
LandtagPresident25 1 2019
General FonoSpeaker10 3 2018
House of AssemblyPresiding OfficerVanessa Cutting-Thomas19 December 2019
Island CouncilAdministrator
House of AssemblySpeaker29 12 2016
LegislaturePresident14 5 2019
AssemblyPresident22 6 2012
National AssemblyPresiding Officer11 5 2016
Territorial AssemblyPresident29 11 2019
ParliamentPresident11 6 2019

[Sui generis] entities

International organisations

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.
OrganisationAssemblyTitleNameAssumed office
African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of StatesParliamentary AssemblyPresident21 10 2015
African Parliamentary UnionParliamentPresident4 11 2014
ParliamentPresident27 5 2015
ParliamentPresident22 7 2015
ParliamentSpeaker
Asia Cooperation DialogueParliamentary AssemblyPresident9 12 2013
Benelux UnionParliamentPresident1 1 2019
British–Irish CouncilParliamentary AssemblyCo-Chair
21 10 2014
1 12 2011
Central American Integration SystemParliamentPresident27 10 2015
Cotonou PartnershipJoint Parliamentary AssemblyCo-President
3 4 2016
9 4 2009
Commonwealth of Independent StatesInterparliamentary AssemblyChairperson21 9 2011
Commonwealth of NationsParliamentary AssociationPresident9 10 2014
Community of Latin American and Caribbean StatesParliamentPresident16 2 2016
Council of the Baltic Sea StatesAssemblyPresident1 1 2016
Council of EuropeAssemblyPresident
Legislative AssemblySpeaker19 12 2014
Eastern PartnershipParliamentary AssemblyCo-President
17 3 2015
16 2 2016
Economic Community of Central African StatesParliamentPresident4 6 2015
Economic Community of West African StatesParliamentSpeaker4 2 2016
French Citizens AbroadAssemblyPresident11 2 2016
Inter-Parliamentary UnionAssemblyPresident16 10 2014
International Organisation of La FrancophonieParliamentary AssemblyPresident12 7 2015
Latin America, the Caribbean and the European Union SummitParliamentary AssemblyCo-President
6 5 2015
6 5 2015
ParliamentPresident1 1 2016
Nordic CouncilParliamentary AssemblyPresident
North Atlantic Treaty OrganisationAssemblyPresident19 11 2018
Organisation for Security and Cooperation in EuropeParliamentary AssemblyPresident
Parliamentary UnionSecretary General25 5 2008
Parliamentary AssemblyChairperson28 3 2016
Union for the MediterraneanParliamentary AssemblyPresident8 1 2016
General AssemblyPresident17 9 2019