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The Speaker of the House of Representatives is Paul Ryan.
The members of the House of Representatives vote to select the Speaker.
The last sentence in Article 1, Section 2. "The House of Representatives shall chuse [sic] their Speaker and other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment."
The head of the US House of Representatives is called the Speaker of the House. The Speaker is elected by other members of the House of Representatives, and is usually a member of whichever party holds the majority of seats following the last general election.The current (2011) Speaker of the House is Republican John Boehner of Ohio.
The Speaker in the Australian House of representatives is The Hon. Anna Burke.
Speaker of the House
The Speaker of the House is the leader of the House of Representatives. As of June 2014, it is Speaker John Boehner.
He or she is called the Speaker of the House.
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The Representatives select the Speaker of the House of Representatives. There is no requirement that the Speaker actually be one of the Representatives; they could choose anybody that they like. But in practice, the Speaker is always a fairly senior representative.