Speaker of the Nitijela

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The Speaker of the Nitijela is the presiding officer and principal parliamentary leader of the Marshall Islands’ national legislature.

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Speaker of the Nitijela canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf parliamentary office
political position
presiding officer
appliesToJurisdiction Marshall Islands
appointedBy Nitijela
capitalOfJurisdiction Majuro
confersWith Council of Iroij
President of the Marshall Islands
country Republic of the Marshall Islands
linked to: Marshall Islands
countryUsesTitle Marshall Islands
domain national legislature of the Marshall Islands
electedBy members of the Nitijela
electionMethod election by members of parliament
governmentBranch legislative branch of the Marshall Islands
hasAuthorityOver parliamentary discipline in the Nitijela
recognition of speakers in debate
rulings on points of order
hasJurisdictionOver proceedings of the Nitijela
hasRole interprets parliamentary rules and procedures
maintains order in parliamentary debates
manages legislative agenda in the Nitijela
presiding officer of the Nitijela
principal parliamentary leader of the Nitijela
represents the Nitijela in its relations with other branches of government
isHeadOf officers of the Nitijela
isHighestRankingOfficerOf Nitijela
isPartOfPoliticalSystem parliamentary republic system of the Marshall Islands
isPositionIn unicameral legislature
isSimilarTo Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)
Speaker of the House of Representatives (United States)
Speaker of the Lok Sabha
languageOfWorkOrName English
Marshallese
legislativeBody Nitijela
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Majuro Atoll
officeCreatedFor Nitijela
officeHoldersAreUsually members of the Nitijela
officeType speaker of a national legislature
partOf Legislature of the Marshall Islands
Nitijela
positionHeldIn Nitijela
presidesOver Nitijela
sessions of the Nitijela
residence Marshall Islands
seat Majuro
styleOfAddress Madam Speaker
Mr. Speaker

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Nitijela headTitle Speaker of the Nitijela