The office

Speakers in presidential systems

Where the executive is separately elected, the presiding officer is often a party leader chosen by the majority, and terms may be shorter than the legislature's.

• Article I, Section 2 of the US Constitution provides that the House of Representatives "shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers".¹
• Under Article VI, Section 16 of the Philippine Constitution, the House elects its Speaker by a majority vote of all its Members.²
• Brazil's Constitution sets a two year term for each House's Executive Committee and prohibits re-election to the same post in the immediately following election.³
• South Korea's National Assembly elects a Speaker for each half of its four year term. The Speaker elected in June 2026 serves until May 2028.⁴
• In Mexico, the President of the Chamber of Deputies is elected for one year of the three year legislature.⁵

Sources

1. Constitute Project, Constitution of the United States (Constitute Project)
2. Constitute Project, Constitution of the Philippines, 1987 (Constitute Project)
3. Constitute Project, Constitution of Brazil, 1988 (rev. 2017) (Constitute Project)
4. The Korea Times, Six-term lawmaker Cho Jeong-sik elected new Nat'l Assembly speaker (5 June 2026)
5. UnoTV, Higinio Martínez y Raúl Bolaños presidirán Senado y Diputados (31 August 2026)