Cameroon’s Lifaka elected Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) chairman

Emilia Monjowa Lifaka, deputy speaker of national assembly of Cameroon, has been elected chairperson of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA).

The tenure of incumbent Chairman Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury is going to end this year.

Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, speaker of Jatiya Sangsad, was the first Bangladeshi elected CPA chairman in 2014.

CPA member countries cast their votes for the position of its news chairperson in an election at the general assembly of the 63rd CPC.

Two other candidates for the position were -- Shirley M Osborne MLA, speaker of the Montserrat Legislative Assembly; and Niki Rattle, speaker of the Cook Islands Parliament for the position.
Emilia Monjowa Lifaka, deputy speaker of national assembly of Cameroon, has been elected chairperson of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA).

The tenure of incumbent Chairman Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury is going to end this year.

Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, speaker of Jatiya Sangsad, was the first Bangladeshi elected CPA chairman in 2014.

CPA member countries cast their votes for the position of its news chairperson in an election at the general assembly of the 63rd CPC.

Two other candidates for the position were -- Shirley M Osborne MLA, speaker of the Montserrat Legislative Assembly; and Niki Rattle, speaker of the Cook Islands Parliament for the position.