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To date all presiding officers have been appointed members of the Privy Council, and therefore entitled to use the style 'Right Honourable'. The current presiding officer is Alison Johnstone, who was elected on 13 May 2021, following the 2021 Scottish Parliament election.
Scotland United Kingdom: Parliament: Presiding Officer: Alison Johnstone: 13 May 2021 Sicily Italy: Regional Assembly: Presiding Officer: Gianfranco Miccichè: 5 November 2017 Sint Maarten Netherlands: Estates: President: William Marlin: 25 September 2019 South Tyrol Italy: Landtag: President Josef Noggler: 25 January 2019 Tokelau New Zealand ...
She is also the second Presiding Officer to be elected unopposed, after George Reid in 2003. [15] On 14 May 2021, SNP MSP Annabelle Ewing and Liberal Democrat Liam McArthur were elected as the two Deputy Presiding Officers. [18] This is the first time since the establishment of the Scottish Parliament in 1999 that neither the Presiding Officer ...
This is a complete list of the speakers of the Virginia House of Delegates.Elected by the members of the House, the Speaker is the presiding officer of that body. In addition to duties as chair, the adopted rules of the House of Delegates specify other powers and duties of the post.
Presiding Officer: Scottish Green: Alison Johnstone was elected Presiding Officer and consequently had to renounce her party affiliation. [7] 5 September 2022 Mid Scotland and Fife: Conservative: Conservative: Dean Lockhart resigned his seat in the Scottish Parliament. [5] He was succeeded by Roz McCall, who was sworn in on 20 September. [8] 28 ...
The Presiding Officer also represents the Scottish Parliament at home and abroad in an official capacity. [38] The Presiding Officer controls debates by calling on members to speak. The Presiding Officer rules on points of order raised by members, which are not subject to debate or appeal. The Presiding Officer may also discipline members who ...
Scotland: Meeting place: Scottish Parliament Building: Term: 11 May 2011 – 24 March 2016: Election: 2011: Government: Second Salmond government First Sturgeon government: Members: 129: Presiding Officer: Rt Hon Tricia Marwick: First Minister of Scotland: Alex Salmond (2011–14) Nicola Sturgeon (2014–16) Deputy First Minister: Nicola ...
This is a list of members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) who were returned to the fifth session of the Scottish Parliament.Of the 129 MSPs returned at the 2016 general election, 73 were returned from first past the post constituencies with a further 56 members returned from eight regions, each electing seven MSPs as a form of mixed member proportional representation.