Speaker of the House of Representatives

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legislative position parliamentary office presiding officer public office

The Speaker of the House of Representatives is the presiding officer and highest authority of the lower chamber in a parliamentary legislature, responsible for overseeing debates, maintaining order, and representing the house.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Speaker of the House 20
Speaker of the House of Representatives canonical 17
President of the House of Representatives 3

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative position ⓘ
parliamentary office ⓘ
presiding officer ⓘ
public office ⓘ
authorityDerivedFrom constitution ⓘ
parliamentary law ⓘ
standing orders of the House ⓘ
hasResponsibility announcing results of votes ⓘ
calling the House to order ⓘ
disciplining members who breach order ⓘ
enforcing the rules of procedure ⓘ
ensuring fair debate ⓘ
ensuring members follow standing orders ⓘ
ensuring the security and decorum of the chamber ⓘ
maintaining order during sessions ⓘ
managing the agenda in the chamber ⓘ
overseeing debates ⓘ
protecting the rights of all members ⓘ
putting questions to a vote ⓘ
representing the House in ceremonial functions ⓘ
representing the House in its relations with the head of state ⓘ
representing the House in its relations with the upper chamber ⓘ
hasRole decider on points of order ⓘ
guardian of parliamentary procedure ⓘ
highest authority in the House of Representatives ⓘ
interpreter of parliamentary rules ⓘ
maintainer of order in the chamber ⓘ
manager of legislative business in the chamber ⓘ
official spokesperson of the House in formal capacities ⓘ
overseer of debates ⓘ
presiding officer of the House of Representatives ⓘ
recognizer of members to speak ⓘ
representative of the House institutionally ⓘ
signatory of acts and resolutions of the House ⓘ
isAnalogousTo Speaker of the lower house in other bicameral parliaments ⓘ
isHeadOf House of Representatives ⓘ
isHighestAuthorityIn House of Representatives ⓘ
isPartOf legislative branch of government ⓘ
parliamentary leadership ⓘ
isPresidingOfficerOf House of Representatives ⓘ
isUsuallyElectedBy members of the House of Representatives ⓘ
mayHavePower to cast tie‑breaking votes in some systems ⓘ
to determine which motions are taken up ⓘ
to rule members out of order ⓘ
positionIn House of Representatives ⓘ
lower house of a legislature ⓘ
parliamentary system ⓘ
requires election by members of the House of Representatives ⓘ
termDependsOn rules of the specific legislature ⓘ

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Subject: Speaker of the House of Representatives
Description of subject: The Speaker of the House of Representatives is the presiding officer and highest authority of the lower chamber in a parliamentary legislature, responsible for overseeing debates, maintaining order, and representing the house.

Referenced by (46)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Diet → hasLeaderTitle → Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ
Massachusetts House of Representatives → elects → Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ
this entity surface form: Speaker of the House
House of Representatives of Australia → presidingOfficerTitle → Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ
House of Representatives of Puerto Rico → presidingOfficerTitle → Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ
this entity surface form: Speaker of the House
House of Representatives of Puerto Rico → leaderTitle → Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ
this entity surface form: Speaker of the House
House of Representatives of Japan → presidingOfficerTitle → Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ
New Zealand Parliament → hasLeaderTitle → Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ
this entity surface form: Speaker of the House
House Majority Whip → worksWith → Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ
this entity surface form: Speaker of the House
Georgia House of Representatives → presidingOfficerTitle → Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ
this entity surface form: Speaker of the House
House of Representatives of the Philippines → leadershipPosition → Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ
this entity surface form: Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines
House of Representatives of Jamaica → presidingOfficerTitle → Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ
Parliament of Morocco → presidingOfficerLowerHouseTitle → Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ
this entity surface form: President of the House of Representatives
House of Representatives → presidingOfficerTitle → Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ
subject surface form: House of Representatives (Netherlands)
this entity surface form: President of the House of Representatives
House of Representatives of Nigeria → officeTitleOfPresidingOfficer → Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ
Connecticut General Assembly → housePresidingOfficerTitle → Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ
this entity surface form: Speaker of the House
Connecticut House of Representatives → hasPresidingOfficerTitle → Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ
this entity surface form: Speaker of the House
the House → presidingOfficerTitle → Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ
House of Representatives chamber → presidingOfficer → Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ
this entity surface form: Speaker of the House
Mississippi House of Representatives → elects → Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ
this entity surface form: Speaker of the House
Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan → nativeName → Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ
this entity surface form: 衆議院議長
Kentucky General Assembly → headOfGovernmentRole → Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ
this entity surface form: Speaker of the House (House presiding officer)
Kentucky House of Representatives → presidingOfficerTitle → Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ
this entity surface form: Speaker of the House
Speaker of the National Assembly → nativeLabel → Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ
this entity surface form: 국회의장
Shūgiin → presidingOfficerTitle → Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ
Majority Leader → relatedTo → Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ
this entity surface form: Speaker of the House
町村 信孝 → 代表的役職 → Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ
subject surface form: 町村信孝
this entity surface form: 衆議院議長
Vermont House of Representatives → presidingOfficerTitle → Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ
this entity surface form: Speaker of the House
Ohio House of Representatives → presidingOfficerTitle → Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ
this entity surface form: Speaker of the House
Arkansas General Assembly → hasLeaderTitle → Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ
this entity surface form: Speaker of the House
Arkansas House of Representatives → leaderTitle → Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ
this entity surface form: Speaker of the House
Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution → establishes → Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ
this entity surface form: the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives
Louisiana State Legislature → houseLeaderTitleLowerHouse → Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ
this entity surface form: Speaker of the House
Wyoming House of Representatives → presidingOfficerTitle → Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ
this entity surface form: Speaker of the House
House of Representatives of Morocco → presidentTitle → Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ
this entity surface form: President of the House of Representatives
Parliament of Malta → hasLeader → Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ
Parliament of Malta → elects → Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ
National Assembly → hasLeaderLowerHouseTitle → Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ
subject surface form: National Assembly (Nigeria)
Australian parliamentary broadcasting → supervisedBy → Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ
House of Representatives of Thailand → presidingOfficerTitle → Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ
House of Representatives of Fiji → presidingOfficerTitle → Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ
House of Representatives in its relations with external bodies → involves → Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ
Federal Parliament → presidingOfficerLowerHouseTitle → Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ
subject surface form: Federal Parliament of Nepal
House of Representatives of Antigua and Barbuda → presidingOfficerTitle → Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ
HoR (Nepal) → presidingOfficerTitle → Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ
House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago → presidingOfficerTitle → Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ
this entity surface form: Speaker of the House
Michigan House of Representatives → presidingOfficerTitle → Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ
this entity surface form: Speaker of the House