The Speaker is the presiding officer of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, the main law-making body for the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The speaker is elected by the members of the assembly, from amongst them.
| Speaker of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
|---|---|
Emblem of Tamil Nadu | |
Incumbent since 12 May 2021M. Appavu | |
| Member of | Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly |
| Appointer | Members of the assembly |
| Term length | Term of the assembly (five years maximum) |
| Inaugural holder | J. Shivashanmugam Pillai Pulavar K. Govindan |
| Deputy | K. Pitchandi |
President of the Madras Legislative Council
Madras Legislative Council, the first representative legislature for the Madras Presidency was established in December 1920. The presiding officer of the council was known as the president. P. Rajagopalachari was nominated as the first president and took office on 17 December 1920.
| No. | Name | Image | Assumed office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | P. Rajagopalachari | December 1920 | February 1925 | |
| 2 | L. D. Swamikannu Pillai | February 1925 | September 1925 | |
| 3 | M. Ratnaswami | September 1925 | 1926 | |
| 4 | C. V. S. Narasimha Raju | 1926 | 1930 | |
| 5 | B. Ramachandra Reddi | 1930 | 1937 |
Chairman of Madras Legislative Council
The Government of India Act 1935 enabled the introduction of provincial autonomy in 1937, and the [ Madras Legislative Council]] became the upper chamber of a bicameral legislature. The presiding officer of the council was called as the chairman of the council. This agreement continued after Indian Independence till the abolition of the council in 1986.
| No. | Name | Image | Took office | Left office | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | U. Rama Rao | 1937 | 1945 | INC | ||
| 2 | R. B. Ramakrishna Raju | 1946 | 1952 | |||
| 3 | P. V. Cherian | 1952 | 20 April 1964 | |||
| 4 | M. A. Manickavelu Naicker | 1964 | 1970 | |||
| 5 | C. P. Chitrarasu | 1970 | 1976 | DMK | ||
| 6 | M. P. Sivagnanam | 1976 | 1986 | TAK | ||
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Madras Presidency
The Madras Legislative Assembly was established as a part of the bicameral legislature in 1937. The presiding officer of the assembly was known as the speaker.
| No. | Name | Image | Took office | Left office | Political Party | Deputy Speaker | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bulusu Sambamurti | 1937 | 1942 | INC | Rukmini Lakshmipathi | ||
| – | Vacant | 1942 | 1946 | ||||
| 2 | J. Shivashanmugam Pillai | 1946 | 1952 | INC | Ammanna Raja | ||
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Madras State
Madras State, the precursor to the present day state of Tamil Nadu, was created after India became a republic on 26 January 1950. It comprised present-day Tamil Nadu and parts of present-day Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala. The first legislature of the Madras State to be elected on the basis of universal suffrage was constituted on 1 March 1952, after the general elections held in January 1952.
| No. | Name | Image | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political party | Deputy Speaker | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | J. Shivashanmugam Pillai | 6 May 1952 | 16 August 1955 | 3 years, 102 days | INC | B. Baktavatsalu Naidu | ||
| 2 | N. Gopala Menon | 27 September 1955 | 1 November 1956 | 1 year, 35 days | ||||
| 3 | U. Krishna Rao | 30 April 1957 | 3 August 1961 | 4 years, 95 days | ||||
| 4 | S. Chellapandian | 31 March 1962 | 14 March 1967 | 4 years, 348 days | K. Parthasarathi | |||
| 5 | S. P. Adithanar | 17 March 1967 | 12 August 1968 | 1 year, 148 days | DMK | Pulavar K. Govindan | ||
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Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Madras State was renamed as Tamil Nadu in January 1969.
| No. | Name | Image | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political party | Deputy Speaker | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pulavar K. Govindan | 22 February 1969 | 14 March 1971 | 2 years, 20 days | DMK | G. R. Edmund | ||
| 2 | K. A. Mathiazagan | 24 March 1971 | 2 December 1972 | 1 year, 253 days | P. Seenivasan | |||
| – | P. Seenivasan (acting) | 2 December 1972 | 3 August 1973 | 244 days | ||||
| (1) | Pulavar K. Govindan | 3 August 1973 | 3 July 1977 | 3 years, 334 days | N. Ganapathy | |||
| 4 | Munu Adhi | 6 July 1977 | 18 June 1980 | 2 years, 348 days | AIADMK | S. Thirunavukkarasu | ||
| 5 | K. Rajaram | 21 June 1980 | 24 February 1985 | 4 years, 248 days | P. H. Pandian | |||
| 6 | P. H. Pandian | 27 February 1985 | 5 February 1989 | 3 years, 344 days | V. P. Balasubramanian | |||
| 7 | M. Tamilkudimagan | 8 February 1989 | 30 June 1991 | 2 years, 142 days | DMK | V. P. Duraisamy | ||
| 8 | Sedapatti R. Muthiah | 3 July 1991 | 21 May 1996 | 4 years, 323 days | AIADMK | K. Ponnuswamy (1991-1993) | ||
| S. Gandhirajan (1993-1996) | ||||||||
| 9 | P. T. R. Palanivel Rajan | 23 May 1996 | 21 May 2001 | 4 years, 363 days | DMK | Parithi Ilamvazhuthi | ||
| 10 | K. Kalimuthu | 24 May 2001 | 1 February 2006 | 4 years, 253 days | AIADMK | A. Arunachalam | ||
| – | A. Arunachalam (acting) | 1 February 2006 | 12 May 2006 | 100 days | ||||
| 11 | R. Avudaiappan | 19 May 2006 | 15 May 2011 | 4 years, 361 days | DMK | V. P. Duraisamy | ||
| 12 | D. Jayakumar | 27 May 2011 | 29 September 2012 | 6 years, 125 days | AIADMK | P. Dhanapal | ||
| 13 | P. Dhanapal | 10 October 2012 | 3 May 2021 | 8 years, 205 days | V. Jayaraman | |||
| 14 | M. Appavu | 12 May 2021 | Incumbent | 4 years, 227 days | DMK | K. Pitchandi | ||
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