The president of the Chamber of Deputies (
Luxembourgish
Luxembourgish ( ; also ''Luxemburgish'', ''Luxembourgian'', ''Letzebu(e)rgesch''; Luxembourgish: ) is a West Germanic language that is spoken mainly in Luxembourg. About 400,000 people speak Luxembourgish worldwide.
As a standard form of th ...
: ''Chamberpresident'', French: ''Président de la Chambre des Députés'', German: ''Präsident der Abgeordnetenkammer'') is the
presiding officer in
Luxembourg
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's
unicameral
Unicameralism (from ''uni''- "one" + Latin ''camera'' "chamber") is a type of legislature, which consists of one house or assembly, that legislates and votes as one.
Unicameral legislatures exist when there is no widely perceived need for multi ...
national legislature, the
Chamber of Deputies
The chamber of deputies is the lower house in many bicameral legislatures and the sole house in some unicameral legislatures.
Description
Historically, French Chamber of Deputies was the lower house of the French Parliament during the Bourbon Res ...
.
Note that, during
recess, the chamber does not have a president. However, for continuity purposes, unless the president changes between one parliamentary session and another, the presidency is treated as though it is held continuously.
In addition, there were four
extraordinary session
In a legislature, a special session (also extraordinary session) is a period when the body convenes outside of the normal legislative session. This most frequently occurs in order to complete unfinished tasks for the year (often delayed by confli ...
s, for which the Presidents were selected by virtue of being the oldest members. In these cases, the Presidents were:
* 11 January 1858:
Mathias Ulrich
* 24 June 1872 – 27 June 1872
Michel Witry
Michel may refer to:
* Michel (name), a given name or surname of French origin (and list of people with the name)
* Míchel (nickname), a nickname (a list of people with the nickname, mainly Spanish footballers)
* Míchel (footballer, born 1963), ...
* 6 July 1979:
Jean-Pierre Urwald
* 16 July 1984:
Jean-Pierre Urwald
See also
*
List of presidents of the Council of State of Luxembourg
The president of the Council of State is the leader of Luxembourg's Council of State.
The president is appointed by the grand duke, along with two vice president
A vice president, also director in British English, is an officer in governme ...
Footnotes
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