HISTORY

Appointments
Lok Sabha Speaker
▪ Om Birla was recently elected as the Speaker of the 18th Lok Sabha recently.
▪ The Speaker of Lok Sabha is elected by the Lok Sabha from amongst its members.
Note
▪ The offices of Speaker and Deputy Speaker originated in India in 1921 under the provisions of the Government of India Act of 1919.
▪ Article 93 of the Constitution states that the Lok Sabha shall choose two members to be its Speaker and Deputy Speaker.
▪ Frederick Whyte – First Speaker of Central Legislative Assembly (1921)
▪ Vithalbhai J. Patel – First Indian and the first elected Speaker of the Central Legislative Assembly (1925)
▪ G.V. Mavalankar – First Speaker of Lok Sabha (1946)
New NATO Chief
▪ Mark Rutte is set to become the NATO’s Secretary General.
▪ He was formerly the Prime Minister of Netherlands.
About North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
✓ Formation – April 4, 1949
✓ Members – 32 countries
✓ Headquarters – Brussels, Belgium