The current Speaker of the United States House of Representatives is Mike Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana. He was re-elected as Speaker on January 3, 2025, at the opening of the 119th Congress, winning with a narrow 218–215 majority

. Johnson initially became Speaker on October 25, 2023, after Kevin McCarthy was removed from the position earlier that year, making Johnson the 56th Speaker and the first from Louisiana in U.S. history