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The Executive Committee oversees our administration and makes recommendations to our Governing Council on various matters, including applications by national parliaments or regional parliamentary assemblies wishing to join us. It also assesses candidates for the post of Secretary General, and submits a recommendation to the Governing Council. The Committee sets the date and venue of our Governing Council sessions and a provisional agenda. It also proposes the IPU’s annual work programme and budget. It meets at least twice a year before our Assemblies, and can also hold extraordinary sessions if needed. The Executive Committee makes sure that decisions taken by our Assembly and Governing Council are put into practice. It is made up of our President, 15 elected members from our different geopolitical groups, the President of the Bureau of Women Parliamentarians and the President of the Board of the Forum of Young Parliamentarians. No fewer than 12 members of the Executive Committee are elected from among members of the Governing Council. Each sex is represented by no less than one-third of the elected members. Our Gender Partnership Group and Sub-Committee on Finance, composed of members drawn from the Executive Committee, are also part of this Committee’s work. The Gender Partnership Group aims to ensure that the interests and visions of men and women are taken into account equally in all IPU’s activities and decisions while the Sub-Finance Committee reviews and makes recommendations on financial matters to the Executive Committee. For more information, see the rules of the Executive Committee and the amendments agreed to at the 136th Assembly in Dhaka. CURRENT COMPOSITION OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Updated on 05 October 2017     Members Expiry of term Ex-officio President: Mr. S. Chowdhury (Bangladesh) October 2017 Vice-President of the Executive Committee: Mr. I. Liddell-Grainger (United Kingdom) October 2017 IPU Vice-Presidents: African Group (vacancy)   Mr. A. Abdel Aal (Egypt) April 2021 Mr. K. Jalali (Islamic Republic of Iran) October 2019 Mr. K. Kosachev (Russian Federation) October 2019 Ms. Y. Ferrer Gómez (Cuba) October 2020 Mr. I. Liddell-Grainger (United Kingdom) October 2017 Members: Ms. F. Benbadis (Algeria) October 2018 Mr. R. del Picchia (France) October 2018 Twelve Plus Group (vacancy)   Ms. A. Habibou (Niger) March 2019 Mr. A. Lins (Brazil) October 2019 Mr. S. Suzuki (Japan) October 2018 Mr.  Nguyen Van Giau (Viet Nam) October 2019 Ms. M.I. Oliveira Valente (Angola) October 2019 Ex-officio members:     President of the Forum of Young MPs Ms. Morine Osoru (Uganda) April 2019 President of the Forum of Women MPs Ms. M. Mensah-Williams (Namibia) March 2018 Groups with 4 seats will include an equal number of men and women; Groups with 3 seats will include at least one man and one woman; Groups with 2 seats will include an equal number of men and women; Groups with 1 seat will ensure that the seat is held at least by a man and a woman over three terms. SUB-COMMITTEE ON FINANCE Our Sub-Committee on Finance acts as an advisory body to our Executive Committee. It reviews and makes recommendations on financial matters or any other issue referred to it by the Committee. In particular, it guides the Secretariat during the preparation of the annual IPU budget. It is composed of one representative from each of our six geopolitical groups, who are selected by the Executive Committee from among its existing members. Members serve a term of two years, renewable once. Updated on 13 September 2017     Expiry of term Chairperson: Mr. R. del Picchia (France) October 2018 Members: Mr. A. Abdel Aal (Egypt) April 2021   Ms. A. Habibou (Niger) March 2018 Mr. K. Kosachev (Russian Federation) October 2017 Mr. A. Lins (Brazil) March 2018 Asia-Pacific (vacancy)