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List of Participants Liste Des Participants 1 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS LISTE DES PARTICIPANTS 141st IPU Assembly and Related Meetings Belgrade (Serbia) 13 to 17 October 2019 2 Ms./Mme Maja Gojkovic Speaker of the National Assembly of Serbia Présidente de l’Assemblée nationale de Serbie Ms./Mme Gabriela Cuevas Barron President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union Présidente de l'Union interparlementaire Mr./M. Martin Chungong Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union Secrétaire général de l'Union interparlementaire 3 I. MEMBERS - MEMBRES AFGHANISTAN RAHMANI, Mir Rahman (Mr.) Speaker of the House of the People (Ind) Leader of the Delegation NHZTYAR, Abdullatif (Mr.) Member of the House of Elders Leader of the Delegation Chair of the Committee for Cultural Affairs ELHAM KHALILI, Khadija (Mrs.) Member of the House of the People Deputy Chair of the Commission on Health, Sports and Youth (Ind) IBRAHIM ZADA, Ghulam Abbas (Mr.) Member of the House of the People Deputy Chair of the Commission on Natural Resources, Environment, Water and Energy and Land Administration (Ind) MOHAMMAD RAHIM, Mohammad Mirza (Mr.) Member of the House of the People Member Commission on Health, Sports and Youth (Ind) SHARIF, Sahera (Ms.) Member of the House of the People Commission on Natural Resources, Environment, Water and Energy (Ind) HANIFI, M.Hanif Kahn (Mr.) Member of the House of Elders Complaints Hearing Committee HAYAT, Nawaz Sharif (Mr.) Member of the House of Elders Telecommunications Committee WAKILY, Mohammad Qais (Mr.) Member of the House of Elders Complaints Hearing Committee ARYUBI, Abdul Qader (Mr.) Secretary General, House of the People Member of the ASGP NASARY, Abdul Muqtader (Mr.) Secretary General, House of Elders Member of the ASGP FATAH, Abdul Wasi (Mr.) Chairperson of the Legislative Directorate, House of Elders BAYAZIDI, Fakhruddin (Mr.) Chief of Protocol, House of the People Secretary of the Group HASSAS, Pamir (Mr.) Director of Relations to the IPU, House of the People Secretary of the Group KARIMI, Abdul Hadi (Mr.) Secretary to the Speaker, House of the People SAHAK, Qudratullah (Mr.) Advisor to the Speaker, House of the People NISARI, Qabool Ahmad (Mr.) Assistant for the Speaker of the Upper House, House of Elders SAMSOOR, Ahmad Malik (Mr.) Secretary JAMALI, Ahmad Zemay (Mr.) Secretary (Ind: Independent / Indépendant) ALBANIA - ALBANIE HYSI, Vasilika (Mrs.) Deputy Speaker of Parliament Leader of the Delegation GJYLAMETI, Blerina (Ms.) Member of Parliament (PS) Parliamentary Committee on Economy and Finance ULQINI, Musa (Mr.) Member of Parliament (PS) Committee on European Integration ROSHI, Enver (Mr.) Member of Parliament, Chairman of the Committee on Health, Labour and Social Affairs LITA, Korab (Mr.) Member of Parliament Parliamentary Committee on European Integration GJONCAJ, Genci (Mr.) Secretary General of the Albanian Parliament Member of the ASGP GOLI, Genci (Mr.) Secretary of the Albanian Parliament 4 BOCKA, Ilir (Mr.) Ambassador/Permanent Representative SHAQIRI, Anita (Mrs.) Diplomat (PS: Socialist Party of Albania / Parti socialiste albanais) ALGERIA - ALGERIE CHENINE, Slimane (M.) Président de l'Assemblée populaire nationale Chef de la délégation BENBADIS, Fawzia (Mme) Membre du Conseil de la Nation BOUZEKRI, Hamid (M.) Membre du Conseil de la Nation KHARCHI, Ahmed (M.) Membre du Conseil de la Nation CHIHEB, Seddik (M.) Membre de l'Assemblée populaire nationale LABIDI, Nadia (Mme) Membre de l'Assemblée populaire nationale MOHAMED, Djellab (M.) Membre de l'Assemblée populaire nationale Membre du Bureau de la Commission du développement durable, du financement et du commerce BENZIADA, Mounia (Mme) Cadre administratif, Conseil de la Nation Secrétaire DADA, Mohamed Drissi (M.) Secrétaire Général, Conseil de la Nation Secrétaire général SALEM, Salah (M.) Secrétaire Général, Assemblée populaire nationale Secrétaire général, Membre de l'ASGP HICHEM, Haddad (M.) Directeur du protocole du Président de l’Assemblée populaire nationale SI BACHIR, Noureddine (M.) Chargé d'études et de synthèse, Assemblée populaire Secrétaire de la délégation nationale CHEBCHOUB, Abdelhamid (M.) Ambassadeur/Représentant permanent ABDELLAOUI, Laid (M.) Diplomate ANDORRA - ANDORRE PALMITJAVILA, Meritxell (Mme) Vice-Présidente du Conseil général (DA) Chef de la délégation COSTA, Ferran (M.) Membre du Conseil général (PLA) Président de la Commission de l'éducation, la recherche, la culture, la jeunesse et des sports Commission des finances et du budget NAUDI, Carles (M.) Membre du Conseil général (CC) Commission des finances et du budget Commission des affaires étrangères VELA, Susanna (Mme) Membre du Conseil général (PS) Commission de l'éducation, de la recherche, de la culture, de la jeunesse et des sports Commission de la santé RICH, Eulàlia (Mme) Secrétaire des commissions, Conseil général Secrétaire de la délégation (DA: Democrats for Andorra / Démocrates pour Andorre) (PLA: Liberal Party / Parti Libéral) (CC: Committed Citizens / Citoyens engagés) (PS: Social Democratic Party / Parti Social-démocrate) ANGOLA VALENTE, Idalina (Ms.) Member of the National Assembly (MPLA) Member of the Executive Committee and of the Bureau of Women Parliamentarians, Leader of the delegation 5 DANDA, Raul (Mr.) Member of the National Assembly (UNITA) PELINGANGA, Isabel (Ms.) Member of the National Assembly (MPLA) BARRICA, Nildeice (Ms.) Adviser, National Assembly (MPLA: Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola / Mouvement populaire pour la libération de l’Angola) (UNITA: National Union for the Total Independence of Angola / Union nationale pour l'indépendance totale de l'Angola) ARGENTINA - ARGENTINE PINEDO, Federico (Mr.) President pro tempore of the Senate (FP) President of the Group, Leader of the Delegation Committee on Foreign Affairs and Worship Member of the Committee on the Human Rights of Deputy chair of the Standing Committee on Monitoring Parliamentarians of Public-Private Partnership Contracts Président du Sénat CREXELL, Carmen Lucila (Ms.) Member of the Senate (MPN) Member of the Standing Committee on Democracy Committee on Foreign Affairs and Worship and Human Rights General Legislation Committee ROZAS, Angel (Mr.) Member of the Senate (BUCR) Constitutional Affairs Committee Federal Coparticipation Committee URTUBEY, Rodolfo (Mr.) Member of the Senate (PJ) Chair of the Committee on Monitoring and Implementation of the Criminal Procedural Code of the Nation Constitutional Affairs Committee CINCUNEGUI, Juan de Dios (Mr.) Director General of Parliamentary Diplomacy, Member of the ASGP International Cooperation and Workship POGORILES, Carlos David (Mr.) Adviser to Senator Angel Rozas, Senate Adviser TUNESSI, Juan Pedro (Mr.) Parliamentary Secretary, Senate Secretary of the Group Member of the ASGP CHERNIAK, Carlos (Mr.) Ambassador/Permanent Representative (FP: Frente Pro) (MPN: Neuquino Popular Movement / Mouvement populaire Neuquino) (BUCR: Bloque Unión Civica Radical) (PJ: Justicialist Party / Parti justicialiste) ARMENIA - ARMENIE MIRZOYAN, Ararat (Mr.) Speaker of the National Assembly (CC) President of the Group, Leader of the Delegation GRIGORYAN, Srbuhi (Ms.) Member of the National Assembly (BA) Bureau of the Committee on Peace and International Standing Committee of Health Care and Social Affairs Security BOSHYAN, Arman (Mr.) Member of the National Assembly (CC) Bureau of the Committee on Sustainable Development, Standing Committee on Health Care and Social Affairs Finance and Trade HOVHANNISYAN, Hovhannes (Mr.) Member of the National Assembly (CC) Bureau of the Committee to Promote Respect for Deputy Chairman of the Standing Committee on International Humanitarian Law Science, Education, Culture, Diaspora, Youth and Sport KARAPETYAN, Anna (Ms.) Member of the National Assembly MELKUMYAN, Mikayel (Mr.) Member of the National Assembly (PAP) Bureau of the Committee on UN Affairs Chairman of the Standing Committee on Regional and Eurasian Affairs MAKUNTS, Lilit (Ms.) Member of the National Assembly (CC) ISAYAN, Shake (Ms.) Member of the National Assembly (PAP) Bureau of the Committee on Democracy and Standing Committee oh the Defence of Human Rights Human Rights and Public Affairs GALSTYAN, Tigran (Mr.) Secretary General, National Assembly Member of the ASGP HOVHANNISYAN, Artak (Mr.) Head of the Protocol Department, National Assembly 6 ISRAELIAN, Arman (Mr.) Head of the Foreign Relations Department, National Assembly MELIKSETYAN, Samvel (Mr.) Deputy Chief of Staff, National Assembly GHAZARYAN, Zabela (Ms.) Senior Specialist of the Foreign Relations department, Secretary of the Group National Assembly KOSTANYAN, Vahan (Mr.) Adviser to the Speaker of the National Assembly VARDANYAN, Armen (Mr.) Assistant to the President of Parliament, National Assembly (CC: Civil Contract / Contrat civil) (BA: Bright Armenia) (PAP: Prosperous Armenia Party / Parti arménien de la prospérité) AUSTRALIA - AUSTRALIE WICKS, Lucy (Ms.) Member of the House of Representatives (LPA) Leader of the Delegation O'NEILL, Deborah (Ms.) Member of the Senate (ALP) HILL, Julian (Mr.) Member of the House of Representatives (ALP) WALLACE, Andrew (Mr.) Member of the House of Representatives (LPA) MATULICK, Toni (Ms.) Director, Procedure and Research, Senate Delegation Secretary STEWART, Ruth (Ms.) Ambassador/Permanent Representative (LPA: Liberal Party of Australia / Parti libéral australien) (ALP: Australian Labor Party / Parti travailliste australien) AUSTRIA - AUTRICHE SOBOTKA, Wolfgang (Mr.) Speaker of the National Council (ÖVP) Leader of the Delegation BAYR, Petra (Ms.) Member of the National Council (SPÖ) Advisory
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