Speaker of the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives

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The Speaker of the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives is the presiding officer and leading legislative authority of the territory’s lower house, responsible for overseeing proceedings and guiding its lawmaking agenda.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative leadership position ⓘ
political office ⓘ
presiding officer ⓘ
public office in the Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ
appointedBy Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives ⓘ
canBeRemovedBy vote of the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives ⓘ
chamber lower house ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
eligibleOfficeHolders members of the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch of the Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ
governs plenary sessions of the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver committee assignments in the House ⓘ
legislative calendar of the House ⓘ
hasJurisdiction Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ
hasSubordinatePosition Vice Speaker of the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives ⓘ
hierarchicalPosition highest-ranking officer of the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives ⓘ
inception 1978 ⓘ
isSimilarTo Speaker of a state or territorial lower house in the United States ⓘ
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ
rules of procedure of the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives ⓘ
legislativeBody Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Chamorro Time Zone ⓘ
officeHolderRole leading legislative authority of the House ⓘ
presiding officer of the House ⓘ
officeScope territorial ⓘ
officeType leadership position within a territorial legislature ⓘ
partOf Legislature of the Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ
Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives ⓘ
government of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ
positionHeldIn Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives ⓘ
reportsTo Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives as a collective body ⓘ
residence Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ
responsibleFor enforcing House rules ⓘ
guiding the House lawmaking agenda ⓘ
maintaining order during House sessions ⓘ
overseeing House proceedings ⓘ
recognizing members to speak ⓘ
referring bills to committees ⓘ
representing the House in official functions ⓘ
scheduling legislative business ⓘ
signing bills and resolutions passed by the House ⓘ
seatOfGovernment Saipan ⓘ
selectionMethod elected by members of the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives ⓘ
termLength coextensive with membership term in the House unless replaced ⓘ

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Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives → headOfGovernmentBody → Speaker of the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives ⓘ
Arnold I. Palacios → positionHeld → Speaker of the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives ⓘ