Om Birla
Constituency: Kota

Born/Date of Birthday: 23 November 1962
Place of Birth: Kota, Rajasthan, India
Nationality: Indian
Political party: Bharatiya Janata Party
Other political affiliations: National Democratic Alliance
Educational Qualifications: M.Com.
Educated at: Govt. Commerce College, Kota and Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati Vishwavidyalaya, Ajmer (Rajasthan)
Profession: Agriculturist, Social Worker, Politician

Marital Status: Married
Date of Marriage: 11 Mar 1991
Spouse's Name: Dr. Amita Birla
No.of Daughters: 2 (Akanksha Birla , Anjali Birla)
Parents: Late Shri Shrikrishna Birla, Late Smt. Shakuntla Devi
Permanent Address: 80-B, Dusshera Scheme, Shakti Nagar, Kota, Rajasthan - 324009
Telefax : (0744) 2505555, 2502525

Om Birla (born 23 November 1962) is an Indian politician, agriculturist and social worker who is the 17th and current Speaker of the Lok Sabha. He serves as a Member of Parliament for the Kota-bundi constituency in Rajasthan. Prior to parliament, he was elected thrice to the assembly of Rajasthan. He belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Early life
Om Birla was born on 23 November 1962, to Shrikrishna Birla and Shakuntala Devi in a Marwari Hindu Maheshwari family. He completed his master's degree in commerce from Govt. Commerce College, Kota and Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University, Ajmer. He married Amita Birla in 1991 and have two daughters Akansha and Anjali.

Political career
Legislative Assembly
Om Birla won his first assembly elections contesting from Kota South in 2003. He defeated Shanti Dhariwal from Congress by a margin of 10,101 votes. In the next assembly elections, he defended his seat with a comfortable margin of 24,300 votes to his nearest candidate Ram Kishan Verma from Congress in 2008. Before becoming a Member of Parliament, he won his third assembly election against Pankaj Mehta (Congress) by close to 50,000 votes in 2013. During his tenure in 2003–08, he was the Parliamentary Secretary (MoS rank) in Rajasthan Government.

Member of Parliament
As the BJP candidate for the Kota constituency Om Birla was elected to the 16th & 17th Lok Sabha.

In the 16th Lok Sabha, he was a member of the Standing Committee on Energy and Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.

Selection of the Kota-Bundi MP, Om Birla for the post of the Lok Sabha speaker surprised many including MPs from the treasury bench.

Speaker of the Lok Sabha

On the 19 June 2019 Om Birla was elected Speaker of the 17th Lok Sabha, following a motion for election moved by Prime Minister Modi of the Bharatiya Janata Party. The Congress and the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam parties also moved notices for Birla and urged him to be impartial as presiding officer of the Lower House. The parliamentary convention for the Republic of India is for the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha to come from the Opposition benches. As of March 2021, uniquely in the history of the Republic, the Lok Sabha approaches two years of a vacant Deputy Speaker seat.

Posts held

• District President, Bhartiya Janta Yuva Morcha, Kota. (1987–91)
• State President, Bhartiya Janta Yuva Morcha, Rajasthan State. (1991–1997)
• National Vice President, Bhartiya Janta Yuva Morcha. (1997–2003)
• Vice Chairman, National Co-operative Consumer Federation Limited.
• Chairman, CONFED, Jaipur. (June 1992 to June 1995)
• Lok Sabha Speaker, (19 June 2019 to present)