situations.

A speaker usually presides the lower house. Different styles are employed to refer to those who preside upper houses or Senates.

By convention, speakers are normally addressed in Parliament as "Mister Speaker" if a man, or "Madam Speaker" if a woman. In other cultures, other styles are used, mainly being equivalents of English "chairman" or "president". Many bodies also have a speaker pro tempore (or deputy speaker), designated

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