Term length One Legislature | Formation 1921 | |
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Style Mr.Speaker (Acting Speaker), The Honourable (Deputy Speaker) Appointer House of Representatives Website |
The Deputy Speaker of the House of the Representatives of Malta acts as a deputy to the Speaker. Whenever the Speaker is absent from the House. It is the Deputy Speaker that assumes the role of Acting Speaker. Unlike the Speaker, the Deputy Speaker can only be appointed from inside the House and he does not lose his original vote even when he is Acting Speaker.
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Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives of Malta Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA