Speaker of the House of Representatives

The speaker of the Cypriot House of Representatives, is the presiding officer of the Cypriot House of Representatives. The office was established in 1960 by Article 72 of the Constitution of the Republic of Cyprus. The speaker is the parliamentary leader of the House and is simultaneously its presiding officer, and the institution's administrative head; responsible for chairing the House, appointing and supervising clerks, and addressing, on the behalf the House, the President of the Republic and other Officers of the State among other functions specified in the Constitution. The Speaker is second in the Cypriot presidential line of succession, after the vice president, but since the office has been vacant since the events of 1963 the speaker is de facto first in the line of succession. The current Speaker is the President of the Democratic Rally, Annita Demetriou. The 14th Speaker and first woman to occupy the office, she was elected on June 10th, 2021, at the beginning of the XI Legislative Period.