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Pan-African Parliament (PAP) Leadership Transition, a New Chapter in Africa’s Democratic Architecture

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The Newly Elected PAP Bureau Leadership StructureTo ensure equitable, regular, and predictable regional rotation, the newly elected Bureau has been structured across the five regional blocs. The newly elected leadership team will serve a three-year term: Bureau PositionRegionElected RepresentativeNationalityPresidentNorth AfricaHon. Fateh BoutbigAlgeriaFirst Vice-PresidentEast AfricaHon. Dr. Ashebir Woldegiorgis GayoEthiopiaSecond Vice-PresidentWest AfricaHon. Zanetor Agyeman-RawlingsGhanaThird Vice-PresidentCentral AfricaHon. Djidda Mamar MahamatChadFourth Vice-PresidentSouthern AfricaHon. Dr. Arlete BorgesAngola

Pan African Parliament (PAP) headquarters in Midrand, the Extraordinary Session of the Seventh Legislature convened from April 28 to April 30, 2026, to elect a new President and four Vice-Presidents representing Africa’s five geopolitical regions.