Speaker of the United States House of Representatives by Minority Whip Newt Gingrich. Speaker Gingrich would regularly clash with Democratic President Bill Clinton, leading to the United States federal government shutdown of 1995 and 1996, in which Clinton was largely seen to have prevailed. Gingrich's hold on the leadership was weakened significantly by that and several other controversies, and he faced a caucus revolt in 1997. After the Republicans lost House seats in 1998 (although retaining a majority) he did not stand for a third term as Speaker. His successor, Dennis Hastert, had been chosen as a compromise candidate, since the other Republicans in the leadership were more
Speaker of the House of Representatives (Egypt) and he represents the assembly in the international conferences . The Speaker of the Assembly of People's has several deputies, the Deputy Speakers of the assembly who are supplied by the other parliamentary groups. The number of deputy speakers is two. Speaker of the House of Representatives (Egypt) The Speaker of the House of Representatives () presides over the sessions of the House of Representatives of Egypt with functions similar to that of a speaker in other countries. In the Egypt order of precedence, his office is ranked second after the President and in case of the absence of the