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unusual facts about Speaker of the National Assembly


Women in South Africa

In 1994 women won election to eighty of the 400 seats in the National Assembly, the only directly elected house of parliament, and a woman, Frene Ginwala, was elected Speaker of the National Assembly.


25th South African Parliament

The Speaker of the National Assembly is Max Sisulu of the ANC and the Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces is M. J. Mahlangu, also of the ANC.


see also

Benigno Aquino

Benigno Aquino, Sr. (1894–1947), cabinet member, senator, and Speaker of the National Assembly of the Philippines

Milan Kučan

He rose to speaker of the National Assembly in 1978, and in 1982 he became representative for the Slovene Communists in the League of Communists of Yugoslavia's Central Committee in Belgrade.