Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives A. Halleck who became Republican House leader and Minority Leader from 1959 to 1965, Hale Boggs who died in a plane crash, and Dick Gephardt who became the Democrats' House leader but as Minority Leader since his party lost control in the 1994 midterm elections. Since 1995, the only Majority Leader to become Speaker is John Boehner, though indirectly as his party lost control in the 2006 midterms elections. He subsequently served as Republican House leader and Minority Leader from 2007 to 2011 and then was elected Speaker when the House reconvened in 2011. In 1998, with Speaker Newt Gingrich
2016 Speaker of the House of Representatives (Netherlands) election 30 November 2006 and again since 1 March 2007 beat Ton Elias of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) who has been a Member of the House of Representatives since 18 December 2008. Four members of the House declared their candidacy: 2016 Speaker of the House of Representatives (Netherlands) election The 2016 Speaker of the House of Representatives (Dutch: "Voorzitter van de Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal") election was called to elect the new Speaker of the House of Representatives after incumbent Anouchka van Miltenburg of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) had resigned on 12 December