The deputy speaker of the house is elected by all members of the House of Commons.
His solicitor said he did not intend to quit as deputy speaker or as an MP.
Mr Maduro subsequently became deputy speaker and later speaker of the national assembly until 2006.
He became deputy speaker three years ago - you can see a profile of him from 2010 here.
Mr Ford was over-ruled by the deputy speaker after the Ulster Unionist MLA Basil McCrea insisted on a vote.
Mr Evans's solicitor has already said the MP does not intend to quit as deputy speaker or as an MP.
Similarly in Tunisia, Deputy Speaker Mehrezia Labidi pledged to lead the effort for women's rights and secular law in her nation.
Mr Hammond added it could be "very difficult" for the MP to continue as deputy speaker while the matter was being investigated.
He was elected deputy speaker of the House of Commons in 2010.
Another hardliner, Vladimir Seks , the deputy speaker, looks a better prospect.
Amid rowdy scenes, Deputy Speaker Nigel Evans appealed for calm, telling MPs it was "easily" the "worst-tempered" debate he had ever presided over.
When he tried to force the deputy speaker's nomination to a formal vote Mr Allister could not persuade another MLA to act as a teller.
In the meantime, I gather, Sinn Fein and the DUP will try to appoint Mr Molloy as principal deputy speaker - a new rank at Stormont.
The mission to check on the American detainees was proposed earlier this month by Vladimir Ryzhkov, deputy speaker of the Duma, Russia's lower house of parliament.
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At least two lawmakers, including the deputy speaker of the lower house, grabbed machine guns and climbed to the roof as they tried to repel the attack.
Deputy Speaker John Dallat said that there had been a "big discussion" in the business committee when it was decided the motion was not the responsibility of any one department.
Last week, the High Court sent the country's vice-president, Ratu Jope Seniloli, and deputy speaker, Ratu Rakuita Vakalalabure, to prison for participating in a failed coup attempt in May 2000.
Among those attending will be the deputy speaker, Nigel Evans, days after his arrest on suspicion of raping one man and sexually assaulting another - allegations he says are completely false.
Finally, one for the insiders - the Procedure Committee (at 3.05pm) hears from former Deputy Speaker Sir Alan Haselhurst and other MPs about ways to improve the private members' bill system.
The Sinn Fein deputy speaker, Francie Molloy, has gone so far as to indicate that he will not chair debates on matters over which he believes the assembly has no power.
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Artur Chilingarov, an adventurer and deputy speaker of Russia's parliament, led two Russian mini-submarines to the bottom of the Arctic Ocean beneath the North Pole, where he collected gravel and planted the Russian flag.
Mr Evans, who is also a deputy speaker of the House of Commons, has agreed that he will not resume his duties in the chamber while police continue to investigate allegations against him but will continue his constituency work.
The first woman to occupy the Speaker's chair was Betty Harvie Anderson (Conservative), appointed deputy chairman of the Ways and Means committee (a deputy speaker) in July 1970, taking the chair later that day during the Queen's Speech debate when she was addressed as 'Mr Deputy Speaker'.
Nothing is over and done with until the people put their ballot papers in the boxes, but Sinn Fein appears so confident that Francie Molloy will succeed Martin McGuinness that the party has already confirmed Mitchel McLaughlin as Mr Molloy's potential successor at Stormont as principal deputy speaker.
Our point was emphasized last week in an op-ed by Deputy Knesset Speaker MK Ahmad Tibi in the Washington Times.
Iraq's deputy parliament speaker and a spokesman for al-Sadr's movement praised the agreement Monday during a joint news conference in Baghdad.
"The Sadr bloc expressed readiness to allow the government to search Sad City and other suspected places for weapons, " Deputy Parliament Speaker Sheikh Khalid al-Attia.
Deputy House of Commons Speaker Nigel Evans will not resume his duties in the chamber while police continue to investigate allegations against him.
Deputy House of Commons Speaker Nigel Evans should not resign after being arrested over rape and sexual assault allegations, says fellow Tory MP Andrew Mitchell.
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