Officers
As per Article 93 of Indian Constitution, the Lok Sabha has a Speaker and a Deputy Speaker. By convention, they are elected by a resolution passed by simple majority. The 15th Lok Sabha elected Meira Kumar as the speaker on 3rd June 2009, which is its first woman speaker to date.
The Lok Sabha has also a separate non-elected Secretariat staff.
Read more about this topic: Members Of The Lok Sabha
Famous quotes containing the word officers:
“I sometimes compare press officers to riflemen on the Somme—mowing down wave upon wave of distortion, taking out rank upon rank of supposition, deduction and gossip.”
—Bernard Ingham (b. 1932)
“I then went to the Parade. I saw the King. It was a glorious sight.... As a loadstone moves needles, or a storm bows the lofty oaks, did Frederick the Great make the Prussian officers submissive bend as he walked majestic in the midst of them.”
—James Boswell (1740–1795)
“Now for civil service reform. Legislation must be prepared and executive rules and maxims. We must limit and narrow the area of patronage. We must diminish the evils of office-seeking. We must stop interference of federal officers with elections. We must be relieved of congressional dictation as to appointments.”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)