Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament | |
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Scottish Gaelic: Oifigear Riaghlaidh Pàrlamaid na h-Alba Scots: Preses o the Scots Pairlament | |
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since 13 May 2021 | |
Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body Scottish Parliament | |
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Member of | Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body Scottish Parliament Privy Council |
Seat | Queensberry House, Edinburgh |
Nominator | Scottish Parliament (through secret exhaustive ballot voting) |
Appointer | Scottish Parliament (elected by) |
Term length | Elected by the Scottish Parliament at the start of each session, and upon a vacancy |
Inaugural holder | David Steel |
Formation | 1999 |
Deputy | Annabelle Ewing and Liam McArthur[1] |
Salary | £118,511 per annum (2023)[2] (including £67,662 MSP salary) |
Website | Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament |
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The presiding officer of the Scottish Parliament (Scottish Gaelic: Oifigear-Riaghlaidh, Scots: Preses[3]) is the presiding officer and speaker of the Scottish Parliament. The office of presiding officer was established by the Scotland Act 1998, and the elected presiding officer is a member of the Scottish Parliament who is elected by the Scottish Parliament by means of an exhaustive ballot, and is ex officio the head of the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The presiding officer is considered a figurehead of the Scottish Parliament and has an office in Queensberry House.
Appointments to the Privy Council are made by the monarch, although in practice they are made only on the advice of the UK government. To date all presiding officers have been appointed members of the Privy Council, and therefore entitled to use the style 'Right Honourable'.
The current presiding officer is Alison Johnstone, who was elected on 13 May 2021, following the 2021 Scottish Parliament election. A member of the Scottish Greens, she was sworn in as presiding officer at the opening of the 6th session of the Scottish Parliament and is the second woman to hold the office and the first former member of the Scottish Greens to do so.
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