The Speaker of the Lok Sabha is the presiding officer and the highest authority of the Lok Sabha. It is the lower house of the Parliament of India. The speaker is elected generally in the first meeting of the Lok Sabha following general elections. The serving term of the Lok Sabha speaker is five years.
| S.No | Name of the Lok Sabha Speakers | Time Period |
| 1 | Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar | 1952-1956 |
| 2 | M. A. Ayyangar | 1956-1962 |
| 3 | Sardar Hukam Singh | 1962-1967 |
| 4 | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy | 1967-1969 |
| 5 | Gurdial Singh Dhillon | 1969-1975 |
| 6 | Bali Ram Bhagat | 1976-1977 |
| 7 | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy | 1977 |
| 8 | K. S. Hegde | 1977-1980 |
| 9 | Balram Jakhar | 1980-1989 |
| 10 | Rabi Ray | 1989-1991 |
| 11 | Shivraj Patil | 1991-1996 |
| 12 | P. A. Sangma | 1996-1998 |
| 12 | G. M. C. Balayogi | 1998-2002 |
| 13 | Manohar Joshi | 2002-2004 |
| 14 | Somnath Chatterjee | 2004-2009 |
| 15 | Meira Kumar | 2009-2014 |
| 16 | Sumitra Mahajan | 2014 – 2019 |
| 17 | Om Birla | 2019- incumbent |
List of Deputy Speakers of the Lok Sabha:
| S.No | Name of the Deputy Lok Sabha Speakers | Time Period |
| 1 | M. A. Ayyangar | 1952-1956 |
| 2 | Hukam Singh | 1956-1962 |
| 3 | S. V. Krishnamoorthy Rao | 1962-1967 |
| 4 | Raghunath Keshav Khadilkar | 1967-1969 |
| 5 | George Gilbert Swell | 1969-1977 |
| 6 | Godey Murahari | 1977-1979 |
| 7 | G. Lakshmanan | 1980-1984 |
| 8 | M. Thambidurai | 1985-1989 |
| 9 | Shivraj Patil | 1990-1991 |
| 10 | S. Mallikarjunaiah | 1991-1996 |
| 11 | Suraj Bhan | 1996-1997 |
| 12 | P. M. Sayeed | 1998-2004 |
| 13 | Charanjit Singh Atwal | 2004-2009 |
| 14 | Kariya Munda | 2009-2014 |
| 15 | M. Thambidurai | 2014-2019 |
