Pan-African Parliament

3rd Pan-African Parliament Pan-African Parliament برلمان عموم أفريقيا (Arabic) Parlement Panafricain  (French) Parlamento Pan-Africano  (Portuguese) Parlamento Pan-Africano  (Spanish) Bunge La Afrika  (Swahili)
History
Founded	18 March 2004
Leadership
President	Hon. Roger Nkodo Dang (Since 2015)
Vice-presidents	Hon. Suilma Hay Emhamed Elkaid (Since 2013) Hon. Loide Kasingo Hon. Juliana Kantengwa
Structure
Committees	Permanent Committees of the Pan-African Parliament Rural Economy, Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Environment Monetary and Financial Affairs Trade, Customs, and Immigration Matters Cooperation, International Relations, and Conflict Resolutions Transport, Industry, Communications, Energy, Science, and Technology Health, Labour, and Social Affairs Education, Culture, Tourism, and Human Resources Gender, Family, Youths, and People with Disabilities Justice and Human Rights Rules, Privileges, and Discipline
Meeting place
Gallagher Convention Centre, Midrand, South Africa
Website
panafricanparliament.org

President of the Pan-African Parliament
Incumbent Roger Nkodo Dang since 2015
Appointer	the Assembly
Term length	Four years
Inaugural holder	Gertrude Mongella
Formation	2004

Permanent Committees of the Pan-African Parliament

The Pan-African Parliament (PAP), also known as the African Parliament, is the legislative body of the African Union and held its inaugural session in March 2004. The PAP exercises oversight, and has advisory and consultative powers, lasting for the first five years. Initially the seat of the Pan-African Parliament was in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia but it was later moved to Midrand, South Africa.

On 28 October 2009, the second legislature of the Pan-African Parliament opened its first ordinary session and began a new 5-year mandate. South African president, Jacob Zuma, gave the opening speech and called for the PAP to be given full legislative powers and its members elected by universal suffrage.

The Parliament is made up of three main bodies. There are also Ten Permanent Committees which were created to deal with different sectors of life in Africa.

The Plenary is the main decision-making body of the Parliament. The Plenary consists of the delegates from the member states, and is chaired by the President. It is the body which passes resolutions.

The Pan-African Parliament has 235 representatives that are elected by the legislatures of 47 of the 54 AU states, rather than being directly elected in their own capacity. Each member state sends a delegation of five parliamentarians to the Parliament, at least one of whom must be a woman. The composition of the delegation should reflect the political diversity of the member state's legislature.

The Bureau is the leadership group of the Parliament and consists of the President and four Vice-Presidents. Each member of the Bureau represents a different region of Africa. The current members of the Bureau are:

The Secretariat assists in the day-to-day running of the Parliament, undertaking duties such as minuting meetings, organising elections and managing staff. The Secretariat consists of a Clerk, two Deputy Clerks and other support staff.

The current members of the Secretariat are:

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