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Who amongst the following is the speaker of the current Lok Sabha?
1. Sushma Swaraj
2. Sonia Gandhi
3. Sumitra Mahajan
4. Meira Kumar

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Correct Answer - Option 3 : Sumitra Mahajan

The correct answer is Sumitra Mahajan.

  • Sumitra Mahajan is the former speaker of the Lok Sabha (6 June 2014 to 16 June 2019).
    • She was the 16th speaker of the Lok Sabha.
    • She is the second woman after Meira Kumar to be elected as the Speaker of the Lok Sabha (the House of People).

  • The speaker of the current Lok Sabha is Om Birla (19 June 2019 to present).
  • Meira Kumar has been elected to the Lok Sabha (the lower house in the Indian parliament) five times.
    • She was elected unopposed as the first woman Speaker of the Lok Sabha from June 3, 2009, to 4 June 2014.
    • She replaced retiring Somnath Chatterjee.
    • She was appointed as Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment in 2004 under the leadership of Dr. Manmohan Singh.

  • Late Sushma Swaraj was the former Minister of External Affairs of India.
    • She was the second woman to hold the office, after Indira Gandhi.
    • She served as the first female Chief Minister of Delhi for a short period in 1998.
    • She is the first and only female MP to date to be honored with the 'Outstanding Parliamentarian Award' in 2004.
  • Subrahmanyam Jaishankar is an Indian diplomat and politician who is the current Minister of External Affairs of the Government of India since 31 May 2019.
  • Sonia Gandhi, Indian politician was president of the Indian National Congress (1998–2017) and chairperson of the United Progressive Alliance.

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