Rabi Ray

Rabi Ray (26 November 1926 – 6 March 2017) was an Indian socialist politician. He was the Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 1989 to 1991. He joined the Socialist Party in 1948, and later became member of the Samyukta Socialist Party, the Janata Party and the Janata Dal.

Rabi Ray
ରବି ରାୟ
Portrait of Rabi Ray
9th Speaker of the Lok Sabha
In office 19 December 1989 – 9 July 1991
Prime Minister	Vishwanath Pratap Singh Chandra Sekhar
Deputy	Shivraj Patil
Preceded by	Balram Jakhar
Succeeded by	Shivraj Patil
Minister of Health and Family Welfare
In office 25 January 1979 – 14 January 1980
Prime Minister	Morarji Desai
Preceded by	Raj Narain
Succeeded by	Mohsina Kidwai
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 1989–1996
Preceded by	Sarat Kumar Deb
Succeeded by	Srikant Kumar Jena
Constituency	Kendrapara, Odisha
In office 1967–1971
Preceded by	B. Mishra
Succeeded by	Banamali Patnaik
Constituency	Puri, Odisha
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office 3 April 1974 – 2 April 1980
Constituency	Odisha
Personal details
Born	(1926-11-26)26 November 1926 Bhanagarh, Puri district, Odisha, British India
Died	6 March 2017(2017-03-06) (aged 90) Cuttack, Odisha, India
Political party	Janata Dal
Other political affiliations	Janata Party (Secular), Janata Party, Samyukta Socialist Party, Socialist Party
As of 11 July, 2009 Source: [1]