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{{Short description|Second highest-ranking official of the House of Representatives of Nigeria}}
{{Use Nigerian English|date=October 2022}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}}
{{Infobox official post
| post = Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives
| body = the Federal Republic of Nigeria
| image =
| incumbent = [[Benjamin Kalu]]
| flag =
| insignia =
| insigniacaption =
| incumbentsince = 13 June 2023
| department = [[Federal government of Nigeria#Legislative branch|Legislative Branch of the Federal Government]]
| member_of = [[Nigerian House of Representatives]]<br>National Assembly Commission
| appointer = Indirect House Election
| deputy =
| style = Mr Deputy Speaker (informal)<br>[[The Honourable]] (formal)
| seat = [[National Assembly Complex]], [[Three Arms Zone]], [[Abuja]]
| termlength = 4 years renewable
| inaugural = [[Chibudom Nwuche]] ([[Fourth Nigerian Republic|Fourth Republic]])
| formation = {{Start date and age|1999|6|3|df=y}}<br>(Fourth Republic)
| constituting_instrument = [[Constitution of Nigeria]]
| succession =
}}
The '''deputy speaker of the House of Representatives''' is the second highest-ranking member of the [[House of Representatives (Nigeria)|Federal House of Representatives]] of [[Nigeria]] after the [[Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria|speaker]]. The current deputy speaker is [[Benjamin Kalu]] who was elected on 13 June 2023.<ref>{{cite web|title=Breaking: Wase becomes Deputy Speaker unopposed|url=https://thenationonlineng.net/wase-becomes-deputy-speaker-unopposed/amp/|publisher=The Nation|access-date=11 June 2019}}</ref> The deputy speaker presides over the House in the absence of the speaker. The deputy speaker is elected by a majority of the members of the House of Representatives.
==List of deputy speakers==
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{| class="wikitable"
! Image !! Name !! Term
! !! Party
|-
|
|[[Benjamin Uzoukwu Nzeribe]]
|1 October 1960 – 15 January 1966
|
|[[National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons|NCNC]]
|-
|
|[[Ibrahim Kuta|Idris Ibrahim Kuta]]
|1 October 1979 – 31 December 1983
|
|[[National Party of Nigeria|NPN]]
|-
| [[File:Rabiu Kwankwaso (cropped).jpg|frameless|156x156px]]
| [[Rabiu Kwankwaso]] || 5 December 1992 – 17 November 1993
| || [[Social Democratic Party (Nigeria)|SDP]]
|-
|
| [[Chibudom Nwuche]] || 3 June 1999 – 3 June 2003
| || [[People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)|PDP]]
|-
|
|Austin Adiele Opara
|3  June 2003- 3 June, 2007
|
|PDP
|- Austin Opara June 2003- 2007 (People's Democratic Party) PDP
| [[File:BABANGIDA_S.M._NGUROJE.jpg|thumb|left]]
|[[Babangida Nguroje|Babangida S. M. Nguroje]]
|3 June 2007 – 30 October 2007
| ||[[People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)|PDP]]
|-
| [[File:Usman Bayero Nafada.jpg|frameless|101x101px]]
| [[Usman Bayero Nafada]] || 2 November 2007 – 6 June 2011
| || [[People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)|PDP]]
|-
| [[File:Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha (cropped).png|116x116px]]
| [[Chukwuemeka Ihedioha]] || 6 June 2011 – 6 June 2015
| || [[People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)|PDP]]
|-
| [[File:YussuffLasun.jpg|135x135px]]
| [[Yusuf Sulaimon Lasun]] || 9 June 2015 – 9 June 2019
| || [[All Progressives Congress|APC]]
|-
| [[File:Headshot-photograph-ahmed-idris-wase.jpg|150x150px|frameless]]
| [[Ahmed Idris Wase]] || 11 June 2019 – 11 June 2023
| || [[All Progressives Congress|APC]]
|-
|
| [[Benjamin Kalu]] || 13 June 2023 – present
| || [[All Progressives Congress|APC]]
|}
==References==
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*[http://www.nassnig.org/House/index.htm Official website of the House of Representatives]
*[http://www.assemblyonline.info Assemblyonline, news agency on Nigeria's National Assembly]
[[Category:Legislative speakers|Nigeria]]
[[Category:Lists of members of the House of Representatives (Nigeria)|Deputy Speakers]]
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