Bureau of the Pan-African Parliament

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]

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
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
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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References

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