Senate (Cameroon)

Senate

Sénat
Senate ; Sénat
Type
Type	Bicameral
History
Founded	2013
Leadership
President	Marcel Niat Njifenji, CPDM ; since 12 June 2013
Structure
Seats	100 members
Length of term	5 years
Elections
Voting system	Indirect election
Meeting place
	Yaoundé

The Senate is the upper house of the Parliament of Cameroon.

The Senate was created in 1996.

The Senate has 100 seats, of which 70 are elected and 30 appointed by the President, with each region having 10 Senators.^[1] The elected seats are elected by the 10,636 members of the 360 municipal councils.^[1]

Elections to the Senate were held for the first time on 14 April 2013.^[1] The President of the Senate would replace the President of Cameroon in case of a vacancy.^[2]

References[change | change source]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Focus On: Cameroon’s First Senate Race Archived 2013-04-26 at the Wayback Machine IFES
↑ "Cameron : Marcel Niat Njifenji élu Président du Sénat", Xinhua, 13 June 2013 (in French).

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[IFES-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Focus On: Cameroon’s First Senate Race Archived 2013-04-26 at the Wayback Machine IFES

[2] "Cameron : Marcel Niat Njifenji élu Président du Sénat", Xinhua, 13 June 2013 (in French).

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