National Assemblies T-Z

Ukraine

Chairmen of the Supreme Soviet

       1938 - 20 Sep 1941 Mykhaylo Oleksiyevich Byrmusmenko ...... 1902-1941

1947 - 1953               Oleksandr Evdokymovych Korniychyk (1st Time)

1953 - 1959               Pavlo Grygorovych Tychyna .............. 1891-1967

1959 - 1973               Oleksandr Evdokymovych Korneichyk (2nd Time)

28 Jul 1973 - 25 Mar 1980 Mykhayl Ulyanovych Belyi ............... 1922-2001

25 Mar 1980 - 27 Mar 1985 Kostyantyn Merkuriyovych Symnyk ........ 1926-

27 Mar 1985 - 04 Jun 1990 Platon Grygorovych Kostyuk ............. 1924-2010

04 Jun      - 09 Jul 1990 Volodymyr Antonovych Ivashko ........... 1932-1994

09 Jul      - 23 Jul 1990 Ivan Stepanovych Plyushch .............. 1941-

23 Jul 1990 - 05 Dec 1991 Leonid Makarovych Kravchuk ............. 1934-

Chairmen of the Verkhovna Rada

05 Dec 1991 - 11 May 1994 Ivan Stepanovych Plyushch (1st Time)

18 May 1994 - 12 May 1998 Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Moroz ......... 1944-

                          (1st Time)

07 Jul 1998 - 21 Jan 2000 Oleksandr Mykhaylovych Tkachenko ....... 1939-

01 Feb 2000 - 14 May 2002 Ivan Stepanovych Plyushch (2nd Time)

28 May 2002 - 25 May 2006 Volodymyr Mykhaylovych Lytvyn .......... 1956-

                          (1st Time)

06 Jul 2006 - 04 Dec 2007 Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Moroz (2nd Time)

04 Dec 2007 - 12 Nov 2008 Arseniy Petrovych Yatsenyuk ............ 1974-

09 Dec 2008 - 13 Dec 2012 Volodymyr Mykhaylovych Lytvyn (2nd Time)

13 Dec 2012 - 22 Feb 2014 Volodymyr Vasilyovych Rybak ............ 1946-

22 Feb 2014 -             Oleksandr Valentynovych Turchynov ...... 1964-

                          (acting)

United Kingdom

Speakers of the House of Lords

01 May 1707 - 04 Jul 2006 The Lord Chancellors

04 Jul 2006 - 31 Aug 2011 Helene Valerie Hayman, Baroness Hayman . 1949-

01 Sep 2011 -             Frances Gertrude Clair D'Souza,

                           Baroness D'Souza

Speakers of the House of Commons

09 Mar 1943 - 31 Oct 1951 Douglas Clifton Brown,

                           Viscount Ruffside ..................... 1879-1958 C

01 Nov 1951 - 20 Oct 1959 William Shepherd Morrison,

                           Viscount Dunrossil .................... 1893-1961 C

20 Oct 1959 - 02 Sep 1965 Sir Henry Braustyn Hylton-Foster ...... 1905-1965 C

26 Oct 1965 - 12 Jan 1971 Horace Maybray King,

                           Baron Maybray-King .................... 1901-1986 L

12 Jan 1971 - 03 Feb 1976 Baron John Selwyn Brook Lloyd .......... 1904-1978 C

03 Feb 1976 - 15 Jun 1983 Thomas George Thomas,

                           Viscount Tonypandy .................... 1909-1997 L

15 Jun 1983 - 27 Apr 1992 Bruce Bernard Weatherill,

                           Baron Weatherill ...................... 1920-2007 C

27 Apr 1992 - 23 Oct 2000 Betty Boothroyd,

                           Baroness Boothroyd .................... 1929-     L

23 Oct 2000 - 21 Jun 2009 Michael John Martin,

                           Baron Springburn ...................... 1945-     L

22 Jun 2009 -             John Simon Bercow ...................... 1963-     C

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Northern Ireland

Speakers of the Northern Ireland House of Commons

1921 - 1929               Robert William Hugh O'Neill ............ 1883-1982 UUP

1929 - 1945               Henry George Hill Mulholland ........... 1888-1971 UUP

1945 - 1956               Charles Norman Lockhart Stronge ........ 1894-1981 UUP

                          (1st Time)

1956                      William Frederick McCoy ................ 1886-1976 UUP

1956 - 1969               Charles Norman Lockhart Stronge ........ 1894-1981 UUP

                          (2nd Time)

1969 - 1972               Ivan Neill ............................. 1906-2001 UUP

1982 - 1986               Sir James Alexander Kilfedder .......... 1928-1995 UPUP

Speakers of the Northern Ireland Assembly

01 Jul 1998 - 29 Nov 2004 John Thomas Alderdice, Lord Alderdice .. 1955-     A

08 May 2007               Eileen Bell ............................ 1943-     A

08 May 2007 -             William Hay ............................ 1950-     DUP

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Scotland

Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament

12 May 1999 - 07 May 2003 David Martin Scott Steel,

                           Baron Steel of Aikwood ................ 1938-     LD

07 May 2003 - 14 May 2007 George Newlands Reid ................... 1939-     SNP

14 May 2007 - 11 May 2011 Alexander Fergusson .................... 1949-     SCP

11 May 2011 -             Tricia Marwick ......................... 1953-     SNP

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Wales

Presiding Officer of the Welsh Assembly

12 May 1999 - 11 May 2011 Dafydd Elis Elis-Thomas,

                           Lord Elis Thomas ...................... 1946-     PC

11 May 2011 -             Dame Rosemary Janet Mair Butler ........ 1943-     L

U.S.S.R

Chairmen of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet

17 Jan 1938 - 15 Mar 1990 The Heads of State of the Soviet Union

15 Mar 1990 - 05 Sep 1991 Anatoly Ivanovich Lukyanov ............. 1930-     (R.SFSR)

Chairmen of the Soviet of the Union

12 Jan 1938 - 10 Feb 1946 Andrey Andreyevich Andreyev ............ 1895-1971 (R.SFSR)

12 Mar 1946 - 25 Feb 1947 Andrey Aleksandrovich Zhdanov .......... 1896-1948 (R.SFSR)

25 Feb 1947 - 12 Jun 1950 Ivan Andreyevich Parfenov .............. 1906-1992 (R.SFSR)

1950 - 1954               Mikhail Alekseyevich Yasnov ............ 1906-1991 (R.SFSR)

06 Jun 1954 - 14 Jul 1956 Aleksandr Petrovich Volkov ............. 1910-1990 (R.SFSR)

14 Jul 1956 - 18 Mar 1962 Pavel Pavlovich Lobanov ................ 1902-1984 (R.SFSR)

23 Apr 1962 - 14 Jun 1970 Ivan Vasilyevich Spiridonov ............ 1905-1991 (R.SFSR)

14 Jul 1970 - 11 Apr 1984 Aleksey Pavlovich Shitikov ............. 1912-1993 (R.SFSR)

1984 - 1988               Lev Nikolayevich Tolkunov .............. 1919-1989 (R.SFSR)

24 May 1988 - 25 May 1989 Yury Nikolayevich Khristoradnov ........ 1929-     (R.SFSR)

03 Jun 1989 - 31 Mar 1990 Evgeny Maksimovich Primakov ............ 1929-     (R.SFSR)

03 Apr 1990 - 21 Oct 1991 Ivan Dmitryevich Laptev ................ 1934-     (R.SFSR)

21 Oct 1991 - 02 Jan 1992 Konstantin Dmitryevich Lubenchenko ..... 1945-     (R.SFSR)

Chairmen of the Soviet of the Nationalities

12 Jan 1938 - 10 Feb 1946 Nikolay Mikhailovich Shvernik .......... 1888-1970 (R. SFSR)

12 Mar 1946 - 12 Jun 1950 Vasily Vasilyevich Kuznetsov ........... 1901-1990 (R. SFSR)

12 Jun 1950 - 20 Apr 1954 Zhumbai Shayakhmet ..................... 1902-1966 (Kaz. SSR)

20 Apr 1954 - 27 Mar 1958 Vilis Tenis Latsis ..................... 1904-1966 (Lat. SSR)

27 Mar 1958 - 02 Aug 1966 Janis Voldemar Peive ................... 1906-1976 (Lat. SSR)

02 Aug 1966 - 14 Jul 1970 Justas Ignac Paleckis .................. 1899-1980 (Lit. SSR)

14 Jul 1970 - 25 Jul 1974 Yadgar Sadi Nasriddin .................. 1920-2006 (Uz. SSR)

25 Jul 1974 - 11 Apr 1984 Vitaljis Peteris Rubenis ............... 1914-1994 (Lat. SSR)

11 Apr 1984 - 25 May 1989 August Eduard Voss ..................... 1916-1994 (Lat. SSR)

06 Jun 1989 - 05 Sep 1991 Rafiq Nishan Ulu Nishan ................ 1926-    (Uz.SSR)

Chairman of the House of the Republics

29 Oct      - 26 Dec 1991 Anuarbek Turlybekuly Alimzhan .......... 1930-1993 (Kaz. SSR)

United States

        Senate                    Congress

Presidents pro tempore of the Senate

06 Jan 1945 - 03 Jan 1947 Kenneth Douglas McKellar ............... 1869-1957 D

                          (1st Time)

04 Jan 1947 - 03 Jan 1949 Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg ............. 1884-1951 R

03 Jan 1949 - 03 Jan 1953 Kenneth Douglas McKellar (2nd Time)

03 Jan 1953 - 03 Jan 1955 Henry Styles Bridges ................... 1898-1961 R

05 Jan 1955 - 03 Jan 1957 Walter Franklin George ................. 1878-1957 D

03 Jan 1957 - 03 Jan 1969 Carl Trumbal Hayden .................... 1877-1972 D

03 Jan 1969 - 21 Jan 1971 Richard Brevard Russell ................ 1897-1971 D

22 Jan 1971 - 27 Jul 1972 Allen Joseph Ellender .................. 1890-1972 D

28 Jul 1972 - 27 Dec 1978 James Oliver Eastland .................. 1904-1986 D

15 Jan 1979 - 05 Dec 1980 Warren Grant Magnuson .................. 1905-1989 D

                          (1st Time)

05 Dec      - 06 Dec 1980 Milton Ruben Young ..................... 1897-1983 R

06 Dec 1980 - 03 Jan 1981 Warren Grant Magnuson (2nd Time)

05 Jan 1981 - 03 Jan 1987 James Strom Thurmond ................... 1902-2003 R

                          (1st Time)

06 Jan 1987 - 03 Jan 1989 John Cornelius Stennis ................. 1901-1995 D

03 Jan 1989 - 03 Jan 1995 Robert Carlyle Byrd .................... 1917-2010 D

                          (1st Time)

04 Jan 1995 - 03 Jan 2001 James Strom Thurmond (2nd Time)

03 Jan      - 20 Jan 2001 Robert Carlyle Byrd (2nd Time)

20 Jan     - 06 Jun 2001 James Strom Thurmond (3rd Time)

06 Jun 2001 - 03 Jan 2003 Robert Carlyle Byrd (3rd Time)

07 Jan 2003 - 03 Jan 2007 Theodore Fulton Stevens ................ 1923-2010 R

04 Jan 2007 - 28 Jun 2010 Robert Carlyle Byrd (4th Time)

28 Jun 2010 - 17 Dec 2012 Daniel Ken Inouye ...................... 1924-     D

17 Dec 2012 -             Patrick Joseph Leahy ................... 1940-     D

Speakers of the House of Respresentatives

16 Sep 1940 - 03 Jan 1947 Samuel Taliferro Rayburn ............... 1882-1961 D

                          (1st Time)

03 Jan 1947 - 03 Jan 1949 Joseph William Martin, Jr. ............. 1884-1968 R

                          (1st Time)

03 Jan 1949 - 03 Jan 1953 Samuel Taliferro Rayburn(2nd Time)

03 Jan 1953 - 03 Jan 1955 Joseph William Martin, Jr. (2nd time)

05 Jan 1955 - 16 Nov 1961 Samuel Taliferro Rayburn (3rd Time)

10 Jan 1962 - 03 Jan 1971 John William McCormack ................. 1891-1980 D

21 Jan 1971 - 03 Jan 1977 Carl Bert Albert ....................... 1908-2000 D

04 Jan 1977 - 03 Jan 1987 Thomas Philip O'Neill, Jr. ............. 1912-1994 D

06 Jan 1987 - 06 Jun 1989 James Claude Wright .................... 1922-     D

06 Jun 1989 - 03 Jan 1995 Thomas Stephen Foley ................... 1929-     D

04 Jan 1995 - 03 Jan 1999 Newton Leroy Gingrich .................. 1943-     R

06 Jan 1999 - 03 Jan 2007 John Dennis Hastert .................... 1942-     R

04 Jan 2007 - 03 Jan 2011 Nancy Patricia D'Alessandro Pelosi ..... 1940-     D

05 Jan 2011 -             John Andrew Boehner .................... 1949-     R

Uzbekistan

Chairmen of the Supreme Soviet

19 Jul 1938 - 1946        Usman Yusup

1946 - 1958               Arif Khakim

       1958 - 30 May 1961 Rasul Gulam

30 May 1961 - 22 Mar 1963 Mirzamahmud Musakhan

22 Mar 1963 - 13 Apr 1967 Abid Sadik

13 Apr 1967 - 14 Mar 1980 Sagdy Sirazhdin

14 Mar 1980 - 20 Dec 1983 Asadilla Khodzha

20 Dec 1983 - 30 Mar 1985 Erkin Yusup

30 Mar 1985 - 09 Apr 1988 Pulat Khabibulla

09 Apr 1988 - 24 Mar 1990 Rasul Gulam

24 Mar 1990 - 12 Jun 1991 Mirzaolim Ibragim

12 Jun 1991 -    Dec 1993 Shavkat Yuldash

   Dec 1993 - 27 Jan 2005 Erkin Khalil

Chairmen of the Legislative Chamber

27 Jan 2005 - 23 Jan 2008 Erkin Khalil

23 Jan 2008 -             Diloram Tashmukhamed

Chairmen of the Senate

27 Jan 2005 - 24 Feb 2006 Murat Sharifkhodja

24 Feb 2006 -             Ilgizar Sabir

Yugoslavia

Presidents of the Federal Assembly

1943 - 1945               Dr. Ivan Ribar ........................ 1881-1968 (HR)

1945                     Lazar Sokolov ......................... 1914-1984 (MK)

29 Nov 1945 - 25 Dec 1953 Vladimir Simić ........................ 1894-1974

25 Dec 1953 - 16 Jan 1954 Milovan Djilas ........................ 1911-1995 (CG)

29 Jan 1954 - 15 Mar 1957 Mo�a Pijade ........................... 1890-1957 (SB)

26 Mar 1957 - 29 Jun 1963 Petar Stambolić ....................... 1912-2007 (SB)

29 Jun 1963 - 16 May 1967 Edvard Kardelj ........................ 1910-1979 (SL)

16 May 1967 - 08 May 1971 Milentije Popović ..................... 1913-1971 (SB)

29 May 1971 - 15 May 1974 Mijalko Todorović ..................... 1913-1999 (SB)

15 May 1974 - 15 May 1978 Kiro Gligorov ......................... 1917-2012 (MK)

15 May 1978 - 14 May 1982 Dragoslav Marković .................... 1920-2005 (SB)

14 May 1982 - 13 May 1983 Raif Dizdarević ....................... 1926-     (BH)

13 May 1983 - 15 May 1984 Vojo Srzentić ......................... 1934-     (CG)

15 May 1984 - 15 May 1985 Dusan Alimpić ......................... 1921-2002 (SB)

15 May 1985 - 15 May 1986 Ilijaz Kurtesi ........................ 1927-     (KS)

15 May 1986 - 15 Jul 1987 Ivo Vrandečić ......................... 1927-     (HR)

15 Jul 1987 - 15 May 1988 Marjan Rozić .......................... 1932-     (SL)

15 May 1988 - 15 May 1989 Du�an Popovski ........................ 1930-     (MK)

15 May 1989 - 11 Jun 1992 Slobodan Gligorijević ................. 1920-     (SB)

11 Jun 1992 - 1996        Milo� Radulović                                   (CG)

       1996               Radmilo Bogdanović                                (SB)

       1996 - 03 Mar 2003 Srdja Bo�ović                                     (CG)

03 Mar 2003 - 04 Mar 2004 Dragoljub Mićunović ................... 1930-     (SB)

04 Mar      - 26 Mar 2004 Milorad Drljević

26 Mar 2004 - 05 Jun 2006 Zoran �ami ............................ 1948      (SB)

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