Speaker of the senate

Speaker of the senate

Speaker of the Senate is a title given to the presiding officer of the Senate in a small number of jurisdictions and mainly amongst English-speaking countries.
* The Speaker of the Canadian Senate presides over the Senate of Canada.
* The U.S. state of Tennessee has a Speaker of the Senate who presides over the upper house of the State Legislature.
* The U.S. state of Kentucky formerly had a Speaker of the Senate under a prior constitution; the office was briefly of significant importance during the Civil War due to the death of Linn Boyd who was then Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky.
* The Speaker of the Senate of Northern Ireland is now a defunct office.
* In the Republic of Ireland, the Cathaoirleach is the speaker of the Seanad Éireann.

ee also

*Chairman of the Senate (Pakistan)
*Marshal of the Senate (Poland)


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