BEIJING, April 19 (Xinhua) -- China's top political advisor Wang Yang met with Papali'i Li'o Taeu Masipa'u, speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Independent State of Samoa, on Tuesday via video link. Wang, chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) N...
Speaker Joy Burch told the Legislative Assembly this morning she is considering taking legal action in the Supreme Court, labelling the Prohibition Notice as “entirely without merit”. Photo: Region. UPDATED 1:30 pm:The Speaker of the Assembly is seeking legal advice following the ...
DAR ES SALAAM, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- The Speaker of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA), Daniel Kidega, on Monday praised the efforts made by Tanzanian President John Magufuli in developing the east African nation's economy. "I am appealing to Tanzanians and the East African region...
Nancy Hodges: Speaker and Trailblazer (First Female Speaker of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly in 1950)The British Columbia Legislative Assembly in the 1950s was a male stronghold and few thought...Boyes, MargaretCanadian Parliamentary Association...
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TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) – Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf met and held talks with the visiting Speaker of the Transitional Legislative Assembly of Burkina Faso Ousmane Bougouma in Tehran on Tuesday. During the meeting, the two sides discussed a host of issues on the bilateral...
House of Representatives, the British House of Commons, or other such legislative assembly. Also called loudspeaker. an electroacoustic device, often housed in a cabinet, that is connected as a component in an audio system, its function being to make speech or music audible. a book of ...
Zhao noted that the legislative bodies of China and the ROK have maintained close exchanges and cooperation for a long time, playing an important role in promoting the development of bilateral relations.He said the NPC of China is willing to work with the ROK National Assembly to uphold the ...
Related to speakership:Speaker of the house speak·er (spē′kər) n. 1. a.One who speaks. b.A spokesperson. 2.One who delivers a public speech. 3.oftenSpeakerThe presiding officer of a legislative assembly. 4.The person, sometimes the actual writer but often an assumed character, wh...
the presiding officer in any of numerous legislative bodies, including the House of Commons in Britain and Canada and the House of Representatives in the US, Australia, and New Zealand Collins Discovery Encyclopedia, 1st edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2005 ...