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Who Is Milton Dick? Australia’s Speaker Elected 32nd President of the IPU
Milton Dick, the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Australia, has been elected the 32nd President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). The election was held at the 153rd IPU Assembly in Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania.
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