Secretaries General in parliament
Name and sex of the Secretary General
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Country | Chamber | Full name | Sex (male/female) |
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Afghanistan | House of the People (Suspended) | Vacant | |
Afghanistan | House of Elders (Suspended) | Vacant | |
Albania | Parliament | Genci Gjonçaj | Male |
Algeria | National People's Assembly | Salim Djalal | Male |
Algeria | Council of the Nation | Mohamed Drissi Dada | Male |
Andorra | General Council | Josep Hinojosa Besolí | Male |
Angola | National Assembly | Pedro Agostinho de Neri | Male |
Antigua and Barbuda | House of Representatives | Rosemarie Weston | Female |
Antigua and Barbuda | Senate | Rosemarie Weston | Female |
Argentina | Chamber of Deputies | Adrián Pagán | Male |
Argentina | Senate | Agustín Giustinian | Male |
Armenia | National Assembly | Davit Arakelyan | Male |
Australia | House of Representatives | Claressa Surtees | Female |
Australia | Senate | Richard Pye | Male |
Austria | National Council | Harald Dossi | Male |
Austria | Federal Council | Harald Dossi | Male |
Azerbaijan | National Assembly | Farid Hajiyev | Male |
Bahamas | House of Assembly | David Leslie Forbes | Male |
Bahamas | Senate | David Leslie Forbes | Male |
Bahrain | Council of Representatives | Mohammed Ebrahim Alsisi Albuainain | Male |
Bahrain | Shura Council | Kareema Alabbasi | Female |
Bangladesh | Parliament | K. M. Abdus Salam | Male |
Barbados | House of Assembly | Pedro E. Eastmond | Male |
Barbados | Senate | Pedro E. Eastmond | Male |
Belarus | House of Representatives | Andrei Naumovich | Male |
Belarus | Council of the Republic | Maltsau Andrei | Male |
Belgium | House of Representatives | Nicole Marquet | Female |
Belgium | Senate | Gert Van der biesen | Male |
Belize | House of Representatives | Clarita Pech | Female |
Belize | Senate | Clarita Pech | Female |
Benin | National Assembly | Mariano Afolabi Ogoutolou | Male |
Bhutan | National Assembly | Duba | Male |
Bhutan | National Council | Tenzin Thinley | Male |
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | Chamber of Deputies | Valeria Vilaseca Chumacero | Female |
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | Chamber of Deputies | Luis Fernando Vía Cavero | Male |
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | Chamber of Senators | Gabriela Diaz Garcia | Female |
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | Chamber of Senators | Maria Eugenia Pareja | Female |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | House of Representatives | Marin Vukoja | Male |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | House of Peoples | Gordana Živković | Female |
Botswana | National Assembly | Barbara Dithapo | Female |
Brazil | Chamber of Deputies | Lucas Ribeiro Almeida Júnior | Male |
Brazil | Chamber of Deputies | Celso de Barros Correia Neto | Male |
Brazil | Federal Senate | Gustavo Afonso Sabóia Vieira | Male |
Brazil | Federal Senate | Ilana Trombka | Female |
Brunei Darussalam | Legislative Council | Haji Asar | Male |
Bulgaria | National Assembly | Stefana Karaslavova | Female |
Burkina Faso | Transitional Legislative Assembly | Valérie Simporé Soubeiga | Female |
Burundi | National Assembly | Ferdinand Sindarironka | Male |
Burundi | Senate | Rénovat Niyonzima | Male |
Cabo Verde | National Assembly | Angelino Gomes Coelho | Male |
Cambodia | National Assembly | Leng Peng Long | Male |
Cambodia | Senate | Samkol Lay | Male |
Cameroon | National Assembly | Gaston Komba | Male |
Cameroon | Senate | Michel Meva'a M'Eboutou | Male |
Canada | House of Commons | Eric Janse | Male |
Canada | Senate | Shaila Anwar | Female |
Central African Republic | National Assembly | Glenne Privat Olympe Dydile | Male |
Chad | Transitional National Council | Malo Adrien Beyom | Male |
Chile | Chamber of Deputies | Miguel Landeros Perkic | Male |
Chile | Senate | Raúl Guzmán Uribe | Male |
China | National People's Congress | Qi Liu | Male |
Colombia | House of Representatives | Jaime Lacouture | Male |
Colombia | Senate | Gregorio Eljach Pacheco | Male |
Comoros | Assembly of the Union | Ahmed Assoumani Mohamed | Male |
Congo | National Assembly | Sylviana Emeline Okoua Obondzo Oko | Female |
Congo | Senate | Joseph Ibara | Male |
Costa Rica | Legislative Assembly | Karla Granados Brenes | Female |
Côte d'Ivoire | National Assembly | Aboubacar Sidiki Diomande | Male |
Côte d'Ivoire | Senate | Ousmane Samassi Touré | Male |
Croatia | Croatian Parliament | Davor Orlovic | Male |
Cuba | National Assembly of the People's Power | Homero Acosta Alvarez | Male |
Cyprus | House of Representatives | Tassoula Jeronymides | Female |
Czechia | Chamber of Deputies | Martin Plíšek | Male |
Czechia | Senate | Radek Jiránek | Male |
Democratic People's Republic of Korea | Supreme People's Assembly | Yong Guk Jong | Female |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | National Assembly | Jean Nguvulu Khoji | Male |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | Senate | Jean Mukuala Bateke | Male |
Denmark | The Danish Parliament | Marie Hansen | Female |
Djibouti | National Assembly | Ismail Goulal Boudine | Male |
Dominica | House of Assembly | Daniel James | Male |
Dominican Republic | Chamber of Deputies | Francisca Ivonny Mota Del Jesús | Female |
Dominican Republic | Senate | José Domingo Carrasco Estévez | Male |
Ecuador | National Assembly | Alejandro Muñoz Hidalgo | Male |
Egypt | House of Representatives | Ahmed Manna | Male |
Egypt | Senate | Mahmoud Ismail Etman | Male |
El Salvador | Legislative Assembly | Vacant | |
Equatorial Guinea | Chamber of Deputies | Bienvenido Ekua Esono | Male |
Equatorial Guinea | Senate | Jesús Obama Nzang | Male |
Eritrea | National Assembly | Vacant | |
Estonia | The Estonian Parliament | Antero Habicht | Male |
Eswatini | House of Assembly | Benedict Xaba | Male |
Eswatini | House of Assembly | Raymond Mkhonta | Male |
Eswatini | Senate | Benedict Xaba | Male |
Eswatini | Senate | Bhukumusa Cusana Shongwe | Male |
Ethiopia | House of Peoples' Representatives | Mesrak Mekonnen Yetneberk | Female |
Ethiopia | House of the Federation | Tiglu Melese Olango | Male |
Fiji | Parliament | Jeanette Emberson | Female |
Finland | Parliament | Antti Pelttari | Male |
France | National Assembly | Damien Chamussy | Male |
France | National Assembly | Catherine Leroy | Female |
France | Senate | Eric Tavernier | Male |
France | Senate | Marianne Bay | Female |
Gabon | Transitional National Assembly | Patrick Ndongo | Male |
Gabon | Transitional Senate | Michel-Edouard Kenguel | Male |
Gambia (The) | National Assembly | Momodou A. Sise | Male |
Georgia | Parliament | Ketevan Kvinikadze | Female |
Germany | German Bundestag | Michael Schäfer | Male |
Germany | Federal Council | Ute Rettler | Female |
Ghana | Parliament | Cyril Oteng Nsiah | Male |
Greece | Hellenic Parliament | Vasileios Bagiokos | Male |
Grenada | House of Representatives | Andrew Augustine | Male |
Grenada | Senate | Andrew Augustine | Male |
Guatemala | Congress of the Republic | Marvin Adolfo Alvarado Andres | Male |
Guinea | Transitional National Council | Souleymane Touré | Male |
Guinea-Bissau | People's National Assembly | José Carlos Rodrigues da Fonseca | Male |
Guyana | National Assembly | Sherlock E. Isaacs | Male |
Haiti | Chamber of Deputies | Guy Gérard Georges | Male |
Haiti | Senate | Nelly Boyer Verpile | Female |
Honduras | National Congress | Mario Alonso Perez López | Male |
Hungary | National Assembly | György Such | Male |
Iceland | Parliament | Ragna Árnadóttir | Female |
India | House of the People | Utpal Kumar Singh | Male |
India | Council of States | Pramod Chandra Mody | Male |
Indonesia | House of Representatives | Indra Iskandar | Male |
Iran (Islamic Republic of) | Islamic Parliament of Iran | Alireza Sharifi Barzegar | Male |
Iraq | Council of Representatives of Iraq | Safwan B. AL-Gergeri | Male |
Ireland | House of Representatives | Peter Finnegan | Male |
Ireland | Senate | Martin Groves | Male |
Israel | Parliament | Dan Marzouk | Male |
Italy | Chamber of Deputies | Fabrizio Castaldi | Male |
Italy | Senate | Federico Silvio Toniato | Male |
Jamaica | House of Representatives | Colleen Lowe | Female |
Jamaica | Senate | Colleen Lowe | Female |
Japan | House of Representatives | Nobuhiko Tsukiyama | Male |
Japan | House of Councillors | Fumitake Kobayashi | Male |
Jordan | House of Representatives | Awwad AlGhuwairi | Male |
Jordan | Senate | Ali Al-Zyoud | Male |
Kazakhstan | House of Representatives | Renat Aitayev | Male |
Kazakhstan | Senate | Maxim Spotkay | Male |
Kenya | National Assembly | Samuel Njoroge | Male |
Kenya | Senate | Jeremiah M. Nyegenye | Male |
Kiribati | House of Assembly | Eni Tekanene | Male |
Kuwait | National Assembly | Khaled Almutairi | Male |
Kyrgyzstan | Supreme Council | Alishev Shabdanbek Murzakulovich | Male |
Lao People's Democratic Republic | National Assembly | Amphaivone Lombounpheng | Female |
Latvia | Parliament | Lelde Rafelde | Female |
Lebanon | National Assembly | Adnan Daher | Male |
Lesotho | National Assembly | Lebohang Fine Maema | Male |
Lesotho | Senate | Tseliso Molise | Male |
Liberia | House of Representatives | Mildred N. Sayon | Female |
Liberia | The Liberian Senate | J. Nanborlor F. Singbeh Sr. | Male |
Libya | House of Representatives | Abdullah Al-Masray | Male |
Liechtenstein | Diet | Josef Hilti | Male |
Lithuania | Parliament | Vaida Servetkienė | Female |
Luxembourg | Chamber of Deputies | Laurent Scheeck | Male |
Madagascar | National Assembly | Calvin Randriamahafanjary | Male |
Madagascar | Senate | Mirana Razafindrazay | Female |
Malawi | National Assembly | Fiona Kalemba | Female |
Malaysia | House of Representatives | Nizam Mydin bin Bacha Mydin | Male |
Malaysia | Senate | Muhd Sujairi Abdullah | Male |
Maldives | People's Majlis | Fathimath Niusha | Female |
Mali | Transitional National Council | Modibo Sidibé | Male |
Malta | House of Representatives | Ray Scicluna | Male |
Marshall Islands | Parliament | Morean Watak | Female |
Mauritania | National Assembly | Abdellahi Ould Saleh | Male |
Mauritania | Senate (Suspended) | Vacant | |
Mauritius | National Assembly | Urmeelah Devi Ramchurn | Female |
Mexico | Chamber of Deputies | Mauricio Farah Gevara | Male |
Mexico | Senate | Óscar Trinidad Palomera Cano | Male |
Micronesia (Federated States of) | Congress | Jessica Reyes | Female |
Monaco | National Council | Cédric Braquetti | Male |
Mongolia | State Great Hural | Baasandorj Barsuren | Male |
Montenegro | Parliament | Aleksandar Klarić | Male |
Morocco | House of Representatives | Najib El Khadi | Male |
Morocco | House of Councillors | El Assad Zerouali | Male |
Mozambique | Assembly of the Republic | Alfredo Vasco Nogueira Nampete | Male |
Myanmar | House of Representatives (Suspended) | Vacant | |
Myanmar | House of Representatives (Suspended) | Vacant | |
Myanmar | House of Nationalities (Suspended) | Vacant | |
Myanmar | House of Nationalities (Suspended) | Vacant | |
Namibia | National Assembly | Lydia Kandetu | Female |
Namibia | National Council | Tousy Namiseb | Male |
Nauru | Parliament | Ann-Marie Cain | Female |
Nepal | House of Representatives | Padma Prasad Pandey | Male |
Nepal | National Assembly | Padma Prasad Pandey | Male |
Netherlands | House of Representatives | Peter Oskam | Male |
Netherlands | Senate | Remco Nehmelman | Male |
New Zealand | House of Representatives | David Wilson | Male |
Nicaragua | National Assembly | Zeydi Cristina Zelaya Delgado | Female |
Niger | National Assembly | Boubakar Tiémogo | Male |
Nigeria | House of Representatives | Sani Tambawal Magaji | Male |
Nigeria | House of Representatives | Yahaya Danzaria | Male |
Nigeria | Senate | Sani Tambawal Magaji | Male |
Nigeria | Senate | Chinedu Akubueze | Male |
North Macedonia | Assembly of the Republic | Marina Dimovska | Female |
Norway | Parliament | Kyrre Grimstad | Male |
Oman | Shura Council | Shaikh Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Nadabi | Male |
Oman | State Council | Khalid Al Saadi | Male |
Pakistan | National Assembly | Tahir Hussain | Male |
Pakistan | Senate | Syed Hasnain Haider | Male |
Palau | House of Delegates | Marcello Ngirkelau | Male |
Palau | Senate | Ann L. Pedro | Female |
Panama | National Assembly | Carlos Ramón Alvarado | Male |
Papua New Guinea | National Parliament | Kala Aufa | Male |
Paraguay | Chamber of Deputies | Carlos A. Samudio | Male |
Paraguay | Senate | Antonio Zacarías Sánchez Oviedo | Male |
Peru | Congress of the Republic | Giovanni Forno Flórez | Male |
Philippines | House of Representatives | Reginald S. Velasco | Male |
Philippines | Senate | Renato N. Bantug, Jr. | Male |
Poland | Sejm | Jacek Cichocki | Male |
Poland | Senate | Ewa Polkowska | Female |
Portugal | Assembly of the Republic | Anabela Cabral Ferreira | Female |
Qatar | Shura Council | Naif bin Muhammad Abdulla Zaid Al-Mahmoud | Male |
Republic of Korea | National Assembly | Minki Kim | Male |
Republic of Moldova | Parliament | Tamara Gheorghița | Female |
Romania | Chamber of Deputies | Silvia-Claudia Mihalcea | Female |
Romania | Senate | Mario-Ovidiu Oprea | Male |
Russian Federation | State Duma | Tatiana Voronova | Female |
Russian Federation | Council of the Federation | Gennady Golov | Male |
Rwanda | Chamber of Deputies | Kambanda Jeannine | Female |
Rwanda | Senate | Yvonne Umulisa | Female |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | National Assembly | Trevlyn Stapleton | Female |
Saint Lucia | House of Assembly | Esmalene Cox-Jn Louis | Female |
Saint Lucia | Senate | Esmalene Cox-Jn Louis | Female |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | House of Assembly | Nicole Herbert | Female |
Samoa | Legislative Assembly | Satama Leatisa Uitime Tala | Male |
San Marino | Great and General Council | Giovanna Crescentini | Female |
Sao Tome and Principe | National Assembly | Domingos José da Trindade Boa Morte | Male |
Saudi Arabia | Shura Council | Mohammed Almutairi | Male |
Senegal | National Assembly | Amadou Thimbo | Male |
Serbia | National Assembly | Srdjan Smiljanic | Male |
Seychelles | National Assembly | Tania Isaac | Female |
Sierra Leone | Parliament | Gilbert Bosco Nhabay | Male |
Singapore | Parliament | Ng Sheau Jiuan | Female |
Slovakia | National Council | Daniel Guspan | Male |
Slovenia | National Assembly | Ursula Zore Tavcar | Female |
Slovenia | National Council | Monika Kirbiš Rojs | Female |
Solomon Islands | National Parliament | Jefferson Hallu | Male |
Somalia | House of the People | Abdirahman Mohamed Abdulle | Male |
Somalia | Upper House | Abdinasir Ibrahim Guled | Male |
South Africa | National Assembly | Xolile George | Male |
South Africa | National Assembly | Masibulele Xaso | Male |
South Africa | National Council of Provinces | Xolile George | Male |
South Africa | National Council of Provinces | Modibedi Eric Phindela | Male |
South Sudan | Transitional National Legislative Assembly | Makuc Makuc Ngong | Male |
South Sudan | Council of States | Alalla Loro Younis | Male |
Spain | Congress of Deputies | Fernando Galindo | Male |
Spain | Senate | Sara Sieira Mucientes | Female |
Sri Lanka | Parliament | Kushani Rohanadeera | Female |
Sudan | National Assembly (Suspended) | Vacant | |
Sudan | Council of States (Suspended) | Vacant | |
Suriname | National Assembly | Ruth L. de Windt | Female |
Sweden | Parliament | Ingvar Mattson | Male |
Switzerland | National Council | Philippe Schwab | Male |
Switzerland | Council of States | Martina Buol | Female |
Syrian Arab Republic | People's Assembly | Nael Trisi | Male |
Tajikistan | House of Representatives | Hamrokhon Rasulov | Male |
Tajikistan | National Assembly | Mizrob Kabirov | Male |
Thailand | House of Representatives | Arpath Sukhanunth | Male |
Thailand | Senate | Vacant | |
Timor-Leste | National Parliament | Edgar Sequeira Martins | Male |
Togo | National Assembly | Stephan Efoé Kini | Male |
Tonga | Legislative Assembly | Gloria L Guttenbeil-Pole'o | Female |
Trinidad and Tobago | House of Representatives | Brian Caesar | Male |
Trinidad and Tobago | Senate | Chantal La Roche | Female |
Tunisia | Assembly of People's Representatives | Mohsen Bennour | Male |
Tunisia | National Council of Regions and Districts | Moez Gabtni | Male |
Türkiye | Grand National Assembly of Türkiye | Talip Uzun | Male |
Turkmenistan | Assembly | Gulnara Girdiyevna Artykova | Female |
Turkmenistan | People’s Council (Suspended) | Vacant | |
Tuvalu | Parliament of Tuvalu | Lakaaga Uniuni | Female |
Uganda | Parliament | Adolf Kasaija Mwesige | Male |
Ukraine | Parliament | Viacheslav Shtuchnyi | Male |
United Arab Emirates | Federal National Council | Omar Abulrahman Salem Al Nuaimi | Male |
United Kingdom | House of Commons | Tom Goldsmith | Male |
United Kingdom | House of Lords | Simon Burton | Male |
United Republic of Tanzania | National Assembly | Baraka Ildephonce Leonard | Male |
United States of America | House of Representatives | Kevin McCumber | Male |
United States of America | Senate | Sonceria Ann Berry | Female |
Uruguay | House of Representatives | Fernando Ripoll Falcone | Male |
Uruguay | Senate | Gustavo Sánchez Piñeiro | Male |
Uzbekistan | Legislative Chamber | Ikramov Ravshan Aktamovich | Male |
Uzbekistan | Senate | Qudrat Baxodirovich Nurullayev | Male |
Vanuatu | Parliament | Maxime Banga | Male |
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | National Assembly | Vacant | |
Viet Nam | National Assembly | Van Cuong Bui | Male |
Yemen | House of Representatives | Mabkhout Mubarak Bin-Madi | Male |
Yemen | Shura Council | Abdo Saeed Mohsen Al-Mughalles | Male |
Zambia | National Assembly | Roy Ngulube | Male |
Zimbabwe | National Assembly | Kennedy Mugove Chokuda | Male |
Zimbabwe | Senate | Kennedy Mugove Chokuda | Male |