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COMMONWEALTH PARLIAMENTARY ASSOCIATION CPA Executive Committee Biographies Booklet UPDATED APRIL 2021 www.cpahq.org GUIDANCE NOTES FOR CPA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP: *CPA Regional Representatives terms run for three consecutive Commonwealth Parliamentary Conferences (CPCs)/General Assemblies. No CPC/General Assembly held in 2018, 2020 and 2021. **CPA Officers (CPA Chairperson, Treasurer, CWP Chairperson and CPA Small Branches Chairperson) terms run for three years until the next available CPC/GA. ***CPA Officers (CPA President, CPA Vice-President and CPA Vice- Chairperson) terms run from one CPC to the following CPC. Recent Commonwealth Parliamentary Conferences (CPC): • 62nd CPC in London, UK in 2016 • 63rd CPC in Dhaka, Bangladesh in 2017 • 64th CPC in Kampala, Uganda in 2019 Officers of the Association • 65th CPC due in Halifax, Canada in 2022 • 66th CPC due in Accra, Ghana in 2023 • 67th CPC - TBC due in 2024 www.cpahq.org Patron of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Head of the Commonwealth Cover photo: The CPA Executive Committee Members at the most recent physical meeting in September 2019 in the margins of the 64th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference in Kampala, Uganda. Vice Patron (64th CPC to 65th CPC) Vacant – Canada Federal Published by: Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, CPA Headquarters Secretariat, Richmond House, Houses of Parliament, London SW1A 0AA, United Kingdom. Tel: +44 (0)20 7799 1460 | Email: [email protected] www.cpahq.org | Twitter @CPA_Secretariat | Facebook.com/CPAHQ CPA Executive Committee Members’ Biographies 1 CPA PRESIDENT Hon. Anthony Rota, MP CPA VICE- Rt Hon. Alban Bagbin, MP 64th CPC to 65th CPC PRESIDENT 64th CPC to 65th CPC CANADA GHANA Present Role: Speaker of the House of Present Role: Speaker of the Parliament Commons, Canada Federal Year of Birth: 1957 Year of Birth: 1961 Year First Elected Year First Elected to Parliament: 1993 to Parliament: 2004 Political Party: National Democratic Congress Political Party: Liberal Party Career Summary: He is the Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana (Speaker of 8th Career Summary: Elected as the 37th Speaker of the House of Commons for the 43rd Parliament of the Fourth Republic) since 7 January 2021. He was previously the Second Parliament of Canada on 5 December 2019. He is the Member for the electoral district of Deputy Speaker of Parliament (2017-2021). Nipissing—Timiskaming and served in the 38th Parliament as Chair of the Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs of the Standing Committee on National Defence. He was elected as the Member of Parliament for Nadowli North Constituency (1993- 2005) and subsequently for Nadowli West Constituency (2005-2021). He also held the Re-elected in 2006, he served as the Liberal Party caucus chair from 2007 to 2011. position of Minister for Health (2012-2013) and Minister for Water Resources, Works and During that time, he also served as critic for the Federal Economic Development Initiative Housing (2010-2012). for Northern Ontario. In 2011, he joined Nipissing University in North Bay, Ontario, where he served as Director of Government Relations. He ran for re-election in 2015 and won Prior to his election, he worked as a lawyer and was the acting Secretary to the Statistical his seat for the 42nd Parliament. in 2015, he was appointed Assistant Deputy Speaker Service Board at the Bureau of Statistics and Statistical Service. He also taught English and Assistant Deputy Chair of Committees of the Whole. In April 2020, he was also in Libya. appointed Chair of the Special Committee on the COVID-19 Pandemic (COVI). Education: Bachelor of Arts degree in Law and English at the University of Ghana; Prior to his election to the House of Commons in 2004, he worked in the field of Executive Masters in Governance and Leadership from the Ghana Institute of international technology transfer and in the financial and real estate sector. He was also Management and Public Administration (GIMPA). elected to city council for the City of North Bay. Recent CPA activities: He holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and a Master of Business Member of the CPA Executive Committee as Acting Regional Representative for the Administration. He is fluent in English, French, Italian and Spanish. CPA Africa Region (2012-2015). CPA positions: Nominated as CPA President in 2019 following the 64th CPC. 2015: 61st CPA General Assembly and Executive Committee Meeting, London, UK; 2015: Mid-Year Executive Committee Meeting, Sabah, Malaysia; 2014: 60th Commonwealth CPA activities: 2020: Virtual Executive Committee Meeting; 2019: Mid-Year Executive Parliamentary Conference, Yaounde, Cameroon. Committee Meeting, Ottawa, Canada. 2 CPA Executive Committee Members’ Biographies CPA Executive Committee Members’ Biographies 3 CPA CHAIRPERSON Hon. Emilia Monjowa Lifaka, MP ACTING CPA VICE- Hon. Ian Liddell-Grainger, MP 63rd CPC to 65th CPC CHAIRPERSON April 2021 to 65th CPC CAMEROON UNITED KINGDOM Present Portfolio Deputy Speaker of the Present Role: Member of Parliament or Office: National Assembly Year of Birth: 1959 Year of Birth: 1959 Year First Elected Year First Elected to Parliament: 2002 to Parliament: 2001 Political Party: CPDM Political Party: Conservative Party Career Summary: 2008 to present: Deputy Speaker of National Assembly; 2007–2008: Career Summary: He was elected to the UK Parliament at the 2001 General Election Deputy Group Leader CPDM Parliamentary Group (Majority), National Assembly; 2009 for the seat of Bridgwater in Somerset (boundary changes created the new seat of to present: Member of the National Commission on Human Rights and Freedoms; 2007 Bridgwater and West Somerset in 2010). to present: Member of the Constitutional Laws Committee; 2002-2007: Member of the Committee on Budget and Finance; 2002 to present: Member of the Executive Committee He has been a Member of the International Development Committee since March 2020. of Good Governance; 2002 to present: Member of National Assembly; 2007 to present: He has also served on a number of Parliamentary Committees including Business, Energy Member of the National Decentralization Council; Director, Intensive Vocational Training and Industrial Strategy; Speaker’s Advisory Committee on Works of Art; Environmental Audit Centre Buea; Administrative Assistant, Roots and Tubers Research Projects (USAID). Committee; Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee; Scottish Affairs Committee; and Public Administration Committee. He chairs a number of All-Party Parliamentary Groups CPA positions: Elected CPA Chairperson in November 2017; CPA Vice-Chairperson in the UK Parliament on Energy Studies, Nuclear Energy, Pharmaceuticals, Dyslexia and Tax. from 2016-2017; CPA Africa Regional Representative from 2015-2017; 2014: General Coordinator of the 60th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference held in Cameroon; Before entering Parliament, he ran a 250-acre farm in the Scottish Borders before 2007 to present: Leader and Coordinator of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association becoming the Managing Director of his family’s property management and development (CPA) International Activities for the National Assembly of Cameroon. company. He was commissioned in the Territorial Army where he was promoted to Major, serving with 6th Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. He was also elected Recent CPA activities: 2020: Virtual Executive Committee Meeting; 2019: 64thCommonwealth as a District Councillor on Tynedale District Council in Northumberland. Parliamentary Conference, Kampala, Uganda; 2019: Mid-Year Executive Committee Meeting, Ottawa, Canada; 2018: Mid-Year Executive Committee Meeting, Mauritius; 2017: Recent CPA activities: 2020: Virtual Executive Committee Meeting; 2019: 64th 63rd Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, Dhaka, Bangladesh; 2017: Mid-Year Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, Kampala, Uganda. Executive Committee Meeting, Darwin, Northern Territory; 2016: 62nd Commonwealth He is also the Chairperson of the CPA UK Branch Executive Committee. Parliamentary Conference, London, UK; 2016: Mid-Year Executive Committee Meeting, London, UK; 2015: 61st CPA General Assembly and Executive Committee Meeting, London, Acting Vice-Chairperson since April 2021 – Completing the term th UK; 2014: 60 Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, Yaounde, Cameroon; 2014: started by Hon. John Ajaka, MLC, President of the Legislative Council CPA Executive Committee Meeting, London; 2012: 58th CPA Conference in Sri Lanka; of New South Wales. 2011: 57th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, London; 2010: 56th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, Nairobi; 2009: 55th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, Also: Executive Committee Regional Representative for CPA British Arusha; 2008: 54th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, Kuala Lumpur. Islands and Mediterranean Region (64th CPC to 67th CPC). 4 CPA Executive Committee Members’ Biographies CPA Executive Committee Members’ Biographies 5 CPA TREASURER Hon. Datuk Shamsul Iskandar Md. CWP CHAIRPERSON Hon. Shandana Gulzar Khan, MNA 64th CPC to 65th CPC Akin, MP 64th CPC to 65th CPC MALAYSIA PAKISTAN Present Role: Member of Parliament Present Role: Federal Parliamentary Secretary for Commerce Year of Birth: 1974 Year of Birth: Year First Elected Year First Elected to Parliament: 2013 to Parliament: 2018 Political Party: People’s Justice Party Political Party: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Career Summary: Hon. Shandana Gulzar Khan, MNA is a Member of National Assembly Career Summary: He served as the Deputy
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