Speaker of the Chamber (Zamastan)

Speaker of the Chamber
Incumbent Alisha Fletcher since September 4th, 2022
Appointer	via general election within the party
Term length	2 Year Term susceptible for reelection Until party is elected out of office
Formation	1804

The Speaker of the Chamber, also commonly referred to as the Speaker of Congress, is the presiding officer of the Congressional Hall in Zamastan. The office was established in 1804 upon the independence of Zamastan. The Speaker is chosen by the political party that holds the most seats in the Congress Chamber. They are responsible for overseeing the Congress Chamber, and are voted out of office if the party they belong to loses a majority in the Chamber. Their unofficial roles involve ensuring that their legislative agenda is passed. The current Speaker of the Chamber is Alisha Fletcher. Prior to Fletcher, Natasha Chastain became Spealer when she succeeded Larious Maxwell following his resignation. Maxwell succeeded former-President Foley Sakzi, who was the leading member of the Blue Conservative Party. Speakers also perform various other administrative and procedural functions. Given these several roles and responsibilities, the Speaker usually does not personally preside over debates. That duty is instead delegated to members of the House from the majority party. Neither does the Speaker regularly participate in floor debates.

The Constitution does not explicitly require the speaker to be an incumbent member of the Congress Chamber, although every speaker thus far has been.

Partisan role

The Constitution of Zamastan does not spell out the political role of the speaker. As the office has developed historically, however, it has taken on a clearly partisan cast. The speaker, by tradition, is the head of the majority party in the Congress Chamber, outranking the majority leader. However, despite having the right to vote, the speaker usually does not participate in debate. The speaker is responsible for ensuring that the Chamber passes legislation supported by the majority party or coalition. In pursuing this goal, the speaker may use their power to determine when each bill reaches the floor. They also chair the majority party's steering committee in the Chamber. While the speaker is the functioning head of the Chamber majority party, the same is not true of the president pro tempore of the Senate, whose office is primarily ceremonial and honorary, but also chosen by the majority party.

List of speakers

Speaker of the Chamber 1960-Present
Key	Conservative Capitalist Party (Zamastan) (CCP)   Blue Conservative Party (Zamastan) (BCP)   Green Liberal Party (Zamastan) (GLP)   Progressive Party (Zamastan) (PPZ)   Libertarian House of Zamah St'an (Zamastan) (LHZ)   No Affiliated Party Independent Politician
No.	Portrait	Name (Years in office)	Term of office
69		Dewy Ravitt (1960-1962)	22 September 1960	22 September 1962
70		Amella Gavin (1962-1964)	22 September 1962	22 September 1964
71		Marcus Dupretio (1964-1968)	22 September 1964	22 September 1968
72		James Kossene (1968-1972)	22 September 1968	22 September 1972
73		Allen Aberweith (1972-1974)	22 September 1972	22 September 1974
74		Jason Crosbie (1974-1978)	22 September 1974	22 September 1978
75		Henry Killington (1978-1988)	22 September 1978	22 September 1988
76		Cain Blackwater (1988-1994)	22 September 1988	22 September 1994
77		Shauna Lultquist (1994-1996)	22 September 1994	22 September 1996
78		Randolph Forrest (1996-2000)	22 September 1996	22 September 2000
79		Dani Hawthorn (2000-2004)	22 September 2000	22 September 2004
80		Ellis Jackson (2004-2006)	22 September 2004	22 September 2006
81		Yerran Mann (2006-2012)	22 September 2006	22 September 2012
82		Foley Sakzi (2012-2019)	22 September 2012	17 November 2019
83		Larious Maxwell (2019-2020)	17 November 2019	15 August 2020
84		Natasha Chastain (2020-2022)	22 September 2020	4 September 2022
85		Alisha Fletcher (2022-)	4 September 2022	Incumbent