Speaker of the House is a political term referring to a number of people:
- In the United Kingdom and Canada, the Speaker of the House of Commons is the individual elected to preside over the elected House of Commons. Politics Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The House of Commons is the name of the elected Lower house of the Bicameral Parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In the UK, it may also erroneously be used as "Speaker of the House of Lords" when in fact that title is Lord Speaker. The Lord Speaker is the speaker of the House of Lords in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
- As of 2000, the Speaker of the House of Commons is Michael Martin (Labour), MP for Glasgow North East, who has was initially elected in 2000 and has been re-elected twice. Michael John Martin MP (born 3 July 1945 is the current Speaker of the House of Commons in the United Kingdom. The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the For other things called Glasgow North East see Glasgow North East.
- In the USA, the Speaker of the House of Representatives presides over the Lower House of Congress, the House of Representatives
- Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat, was elected to this post at the beginning of the 110th Congress in January 2007. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Speaker of the United States House of Representatives is the presiding officer&mdashor speaker &mdashof the United States House of Representatives. House of Representatives is the name of any of many legislative bodies in many countries and sub-national states Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro Pelosi (born March 26 1940 is the current Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. She represents California's 8th congressional district. California's 8th congressional district covers most of the City and County of San Francisco, California, USA, except for the south-western parts of
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