Speaker of the National Assembly of Guyana

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The Speaker of the National Assembly of Guyana is the presiding officer responsible for overseeing parliamentary debates, maintaining order, and ensuring the rules and procedures of the legislature are followed.

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Label Occurrences
Speaker of the National Assembly of Guyana canonical 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf parliamentary office ⓘ
political position ⓘ
presiding officer ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction unicameral parliament of Guyana ⓘ
appointedBy National Assembly of Guyana ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of Guyana ⓘ
country Guyana ⓘ
countryCapital Georgetown, Guyana ⓘ
currentHolder Manzoor Nadir ⓘ
currentHolderAssumedOffice September 1, 2020 ⓘ
duty acts impartially in the discharge of duties ⓘ
protects the rights of all members of the National Assembly ⓘ
upholds the privileges of the National Assembly ⓘ
governmentBranch legislature of Guyana ⓘ
inauguralHolder Rahman Gajraj ⓘ
inauguralHolderOfficeStart 1953 ⓘ
jurisdiction Co‑operative Republic of Guyana ⓘ
linked to: Guyana
legislativeBody National Assembly of Guyana ⓘ
officeHoldersInclude Basil Williams (acting) ⓘ
Bhuruth Narine "B.H." Benn ⓘ
Derek Jagan ⓘ
Dudley Gladstone Phillips ⓘ
Martin Zephyr ⓘ
Ralph Ramkarran ⓘ
Sase Narain ⓘ
officeLocation Parliament Building, Georgetown, Guyana ⓘ
power may determine the admissibility of questions and motions ⓘ
may discipline members for disorderly conduct ⓘ
may order a member to withdraw from the chamber ⓘ
may rule on points of order ⓘ
may suspend a sitting in cases of grave disorder ⓘ
relatedOffice Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Guyana ⓘ
residenceCountry Guyana ⓘ
role announces results of votes ⓘ
calls members to speak during debates ⓘ
ensures rules and procedures of the legislature are followed ⓘ
interprets standing orders of the National Assembly ⓘ
maintains order in the chamber ⓘ
oversees parliamentary debates ⓘ
presiding officer of the National Assembly of Guyana ⓘ
puts questions to a vote ⓘ
represents the National Assembly in its relations with external bodies ⓘ
represents the National Assembly in its relations with the executive ⓘ
selectionMethod elected by members of the National Assembly ⓘ
style Madam Speaker ⓘ
Mr. Speaker ⓘ
symbol Coat of arms of Guyana ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Government of Guyana → officeHolderTitle → Speaker of the National Assembly of Guyana ⓘ
Parliament of Guyana → hasLeaderInNationalAssembly → Speaker of the National Assembly of Guyana ⓘ