The Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia Mrs. Nino Burjanadze took over the position until the results were announced on January 5, 2008.

The chairman of the Center Party, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, formed a new cabinet, and Lipponen took the position of Speaker of Parliament.

He represented Lincolnshire in the Parliament of 1555 and 1559, and Northamptonshire in that of 1563, and he took an active part in the proceedings of the House of Commons until his elevation to the peerage ; but there seems no good evidence for the story that he was proposed as Speaker in 1563.

Kerr wrote that " nothing else of relevance " took place between the two men, but by Scholes's account, he accused Kerr of bad faith for making an appointment to receive the Speaker, and then not waiting to hear from him before dissolving Parliament.

Michael Lord, a former Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means ( deputy Speaker of the House of Commons ) and MP for the town, took the title of Baron Framlingham on enoblement in order to avoid becoming ' Lord Lord '.

After the Democrats took control of the House in 2007 and increased their majority in 2009, Pelosi was elected Speaker of the House for the 110th and 111th Congresses.

As a barrister he took part in several notable cases, including Slade's Case, before earning enough political favour to be returned to Parliament, where he served first as Solicitor General and then as Speaker of the House of Commons.

In 1973, during Albert's second term as Speaker and Nixon's second term as president, Vice President Spiro Agnew was investigated for tax evasion and money laundering for bribes he took while he was Governor of Maryland.

( On 4 July 2006 the office was reformed, and the Baroness Hayman took the woolsack as the first Lord Speaker.

This structure took on a new significance with the emergence of political parties in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, as the tradition began whereby the members of the governing party would sit on the benches to the right of the Speaker and the opposition members on the benches to the left.

Enkhbayar, retained his seat, and took up the post as the Speaker of the Parliament for one year.

Tauscher became a target of liberal activists after the Democrats took back control of the House of Representatives in 2006, but is strongly supported by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer.

On 28 August 2008, Anwar, dressed in a dark blue traditional Malay outfit and black " songkok " hat, took the oath at the main chamber of Parliament house in Kuala Lumpur, as MP for Permatang Pauh at 10. 03 am before Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia.

Burns was one of the few MPs to refuse to shake the Speaker ’ s hand when he took the oath of allegiance and his remarks were branded " derogatory " by the primordial dwarfism medical charity, Walking with Giants Foundation who expressed very serious concern about the negative influence of the remarks from someone of Burns ' seniority.

Over the summer and autumn of 2003, a series of protracted negotiations took place between PC and CA " emissaries ": Bill Davis, Don Mazankowski and Loyola Hearn for the PCs and Gerry St. Germain, Ray Speaker and Scott Reid for the CA.

Werner Schultz took over the function of Speaker of the Bundestag group, which he held for the entirety fo the legislative period.

However, it ceased to function as the personal project of the Speaker, as it had originally ; instead, as the seniority system took root, it was captured by a coalition of conservative Democrats and Republicans.

He took office as Speaker of the Assembly on November 18, 2003.

Perry has said that his interest in politics probably began in November 1961, when his father took him to the funeral of U. S. Representative Sam Rayburn ( D-TX ), who during his long public career served as speaker of the Texas House for a short time at the age of 29 and then later for 17 years as the Speaker of the U. S. House of Representatives.

After the 2007 federal election, Labor member Harry Jenkins succeeded Hawker as Speaker of the House, and took office on 12 February 2008.

As the era of old south Democratic control, symbolized by iconic personalities Herman Talmadge and Georgia Speaker of the House Tom Murphy drew to an end, new Republican leaders took their place.

Scott accepted the nomination and a ballot took place, installing Anna Burke as the Deputy Speaker of the House.

During the government term that took office on 28 October 2001, the Government communicated plans to " complete Louis Kahn's plans " by constructing residences for the Speaker and Deputy Speaker.

Manager Lee Fohl, who had taken over in early 1915, acquired two minor league pitchers, Stan Coveleski and Jim Bagby and traded for center fielder Tris Speaker, who was engaged in a salary dispute with the Red Sox.

Cannon served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1903 to 1911, and historians generally consider him to be the most dominant Speaker in United States history, with such control over the House that he could often control debate.

Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | Speaker Cannon presides over the United States House of Representatives | House of Representatives during the 59th United States Congress | 59th Congress, 1906.

The House of Representatives is presided over by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

The Fundamental Law was also amended, making it more democratic, electing the entire Executive Committee by the PNC, instead of just the Chairman, separating the post of the Speaker of the PNC from the Chairman of the Executive Committee and affirmed the authority of the Executive Committee over the army.

This was accomplished at a meeting of the House in which most of the members were absent, and over which Randolph was presiding in the absence of the Speaker.

During his time as Speaker, Reed assiduously and dramatically increased the power of the Speaker over the House ; although the power of the Speaker had always waxed ( most notably during Henry Clay's tenure ) and waned, the position had previously commanded influence rather than outright power.

The Speaker rarely presides over routine House sessions, choosing instead to deputize a junior member to accomplish the task.

In a prelude to the presidential election, the Jacksonians bolstered their numbers in Congress in the 1826 Congressional elections ; Jackson ally Andrew Stevenson was chosen as the new Speaker of the House of Representatives over Adams ally Speaker John W. Taylor.

The Speaker does not usually personally preside over debates, instead delegating the duty to freshman members of the House from the majority party.

Examples include Tip O ' Neill, who was a vocal opponent of President Ronald Reagan's domestic and defense policies ; Newt Gingrich, who fought a bitter battle with President Bill Clinton for control of domestic policy ; Nancy Pelosi, who clashed with President George W. Bush over domestic policy and the Iraq War ; and current Speaker John Boehner, who regularly clashes with President Barack Obama over budget issues as well as social issues such as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

The Speaker may designate any Member of the House to act as Speaker pro tempore and preside over the House.

When the House resolves itself into a Committee of the Whole, the Speaker designates a member to preside over the Committee as the Chairman, who is addressed as " Mister Chairman " or " Madam Chairwoman.

In particular, the Speaker has great influence over the committee process.

Because joint sessions and joint meetings of both houses of Congress are held in the House chamber, the Speaker presides over all such joint sessions and meetings.

In the House of Commons, the sole mandatory duty of the Father of the House is to preside over the election of a new Speaker whenever that office becomes vacant.

Speaker led the Boston Red Sox to two World Series championships, and then carried the Cleveland Indians, as player-manager, to that team's first-ever World Series title.

For all intents and purposes, Speaker was assistant manager ( and according to some sources, player-manager ) of the Indians from the day he arrived ; manager Lee Fohl rarely made an important move without consulting Speaker.

As the Indians had a history of managers quitting mid-season, TSN correspondent Henry P. Edwards stated that, although the resignation was unexpected, the only real surprise would have been if Speaker had not been named player-manager.