Om Birla

Early life Om Birla was born to Shrikrishna Birla and Shakuntala Devi in a Marwari Hindu family. He completed his master's degree in commerce from Government Commerce College, Kota, and Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University, Ajmer. He married Amita Birla in 1991 and has two daughters, Akansha and Anjali.

Political career Legislative Assembly Om Birla won his first assembly elections contesting from Kota South in 2003. He defeated Shanti Dhariwal from Congress by a margin of 10,101 votes. In the next assembly elections, he defended his seat with a comfortable margin of 24,300 votes to his nearest opponent Ram Kishan Verma from Congress in 2008. Before becoming an MP, he won his third assembly election against Pankaj Mehta (Congress) by close to 50,000 votes in 2013. During his tenure in 2003–08, he was the Parliamentary Secretary (MoS rank) in Rajasthan Government.

Member of Parliament As the BJP candidate for the Kota constituency, Birla was elected to the 16th, 17th and 18th Lok Sabha.

Speaker of the Lok Sabha On 19 June 2019, Birla was elected Speaker of the 17th Lok Sabha, following a motion for election moved by Prime Minister Modi of the Bharatiya Janata Party. In his first tenure, many bills were passed by the house during that time. He was criticised by many MPs during an event of mass-suspension of opposition MPs on 13 December 2023 because of disrupting parliamentary business. He won the 2024 Lok Sabha Speaker Election as NDA candidate by voice vote, A no-confidence motion seeking the removal of Speaker Birla from his office in the Lok Sabha was proposed by members of the principal opposition INDIA Alliance. In accordance with parliamentary rules, a formal notice was submitted to Lok Sabha Secretary-General Utpal Kumar Singh on 10 February 2026, bearing the signatures of around 119 opposition MPs.

Under Article 94 of the Constitution of India, a 14-day prior notice must be given to the sitting Speaker before such a resolution can be taken up in the House. Following this requirement, the resolution was scheduled to be moved in the Lok Sabha by Kishanganj MP Mohammad Jawed on 10 March 2026, which was deemed negative by the members through a voice vote on 11 March 2026, after a long 10-hour debate.

Positions held District President, Bhartiya Janta Yuva Morcha, Kota (1987–91) State President, Bhartiya Janta Yuva Morcha, Rajasthan (1991–1997) Vice Chairman, National Co-operative Consumer Federation Limited Chairman, CONFED, Jaipur (June 1992 to June 1995) National Vice President, Bhartiya Janta Yuva Morcha (1997–2003) Member of Legislative Assembly for Kota South (2003–2014) Member of Parliament for Kota (since 2014) Speaker of the 17th Lok Sabha (from 19 June 2019 to 3 March 2024) Speaker of the 18th Lok Sabha (since 26 June 2024)