Bureau of the Pan-African Parliament

Leadership of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP)

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The Bureau of the Pan-African Parliament is the essential leadership of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP), consisting of one President and four Vice-Presidents.

The President and each Vice-President represent a different region of Africa. The current members of the Bureau are:[1]

* Acting President -Hon. Ashebir Gayo from Ethiopia
* Third Vice-President - Hon. Lucia Passos from Cape Verde

The Bureau is responsible for:

* The management and administration of the affairs and facilities of Parliament and its organs.
* Regulating the procedures relating to the financial, organisational and administrative needs in accordance with Financial Rules of the AU and matters concerning Members and the internal organisation of Parliament and its organs.
* Determining the draft agenda and the programmes of the sessions of Parliament.
* Determining the establishment, plan and structure of the Secretariat and lay down regulations for the staff, including their terms and conditions of service.
* Proposing to Parliament for adoption the establishment and job descriptions of its support staff.
* Proposing, to the Pan African Parliament, the appointment of the Clerk and Deputy Clerks to Parliament.
* The preparation of the draft budget and its presentation to the responsible Committee.
* Coordinating and harmonising the functions of Permanent Committees.
* Any other matters in accordance with the directives issued by Parliament.

Carrying out any other functions as may be prescribed by Parliament or incidental to these functions.

## List of presidents

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No. | Image  | President  | Took office  | Left office  | State  | Party

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1  |  | Gertrude Mongella
Mongella Bureau | May 2004  | May 2009  |  Tanzania | Chama cha Mapinduzi
2  |  | Idriss Ndele Moussa
Moussa Bureau | May 2009  | 28 May 2012  |  Chad | Patriotic Salvation Movement
3  |  | Bethel Nnaemeka Amadi
Amadi Bureau | 28 May 2012  | 27 May 2015  |  Nigeria | People's Democratic Party
4  |  | Roger Nkodo Dang | 27 May 2015  | Incumbent  |  Cameroon | Cameroon People's Democratic Movement

## List of Bureaus with representatives by region

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Legend: President \-  Vice-president

No. | Mandate  | Eastern Africa  | Central Africa  | Western Africa  | Northern Africa  | Southern Africa

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1  | 2004–2009  | Gertrude Mongella
Tanzania | Elise Loum
Chad | Jerome Sacca Kina Guezere (2004–2005)
Benin

Theophile Nata (2005–2009)
Benin

| Mohammed Lutfi Farhat
Libya | Fernando Dias Van-Dúnem
Angola
2  | 2009–2012  | Mary Mugyenyi (2009–2011)
Uganda

Francoise Labelle (2011–2012)
Mauritius

| Idriss Ndele Moussa
Chad | Bethel Nnaemeka Amadi
Nigeria
| Laroussi Hammi
Algeria | Joram Macdonald Gumbo
Zimbabwe
3  | 2012–2015  | Juliana Kantengwa
Rwanda | Roger Nkodo Dang
Cameroon | Bethel Nnaemeka Amadi
Nigeria
| Moustafa El Gendy
Egypt | Loide L. Kasingo
Namibia
4  | 2015–2018  | Ashebir W. Gayo
Ethiopia | Roger Nkodo Dang
Cameroon | Bernadette Lahai
Sierra Leone
| Suilma Hay Emhamed Saleh
Western Sahara | Eduardo Joaquim Mulembwe
Mozambique
5  | 2018-present  | Stephen Masele
Tanzania | Roger Nkodo Dang
Cameroon | Haidra Cisse
Mali | Bouras Djamel
Algeria | Chief F. Z. Charumbira
Zimbabwe

## See also

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* Pan-African Parliament

## References

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1. ^ "Bureau". Archived from the original on 2015-02-18.

## External links

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* Pan-African Parliament Bureau

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