Paul Ryan elected as the 62nd speaker of the US House of Representatives which is identical to Lok Sabha of the Indian Parliament with 236 votes by defeating Florida Congressman Daniel Webster. He will succeed his challenger John Boehner of Ohio.
- He will be second in line to the presidency only behind the vice-president.
- As a speaker he will also serves as a presiding officer over the lower chamber of Congress for administrative and business affairs.
Who is Paul Ryan?
Ryan, 45, former vice presidential candidate and Wisconsin(United States) Congressman and was first elected to the US House of Representatives in 1999. He has been in the Congress for 17 years now, during which he has held several top positions in the Congress. In 2008 he voted in favor of the India US Civil Nuclear deal. He visited India in 2006 as part of a Congressional delegation led by the then Speaker of House of Representative.
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