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Speakers of the House are the presiding officers of several nations' and smaller governmental units' legislative branches (or parts of those branches). Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... It has been suggested that Speakers of the House be merged into this article or section. ...
These are collections of speakers of various houses around the world:
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The term Speaker is usually the title given to the presiding officer of a country's lower house of parliament or congress (i.e., the House of Commons or House of Representatives).
Often the speaker performs his duties in a non-partisan manner, but in the United States, the Speaker is the most powerful position in the United States House of Representatives and participates in legislating.
Speaker of the Riksdag (Speaker of the Swedish parliament)
In New Zealand The Speaker of the House of Representatives is the individual who chairs the country's legislative body, The House of Representatives (commonly known as ' Parliament').
The Speaker is expected to conduct the functions of the office in a neutral manner, even though the Speaker is generally a member of the governing party.
The current Speaker is Margaret Wilson, a member of the Labour Party, which is the dominant party in the governing Labour/Progressive coalition.
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