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Parliamentary Speaker
Coverage of Parliamentary Speaker in the Nexus archive.
- Khalida Boufedeche elected as Algeria's first woman parliamentary speaker
Khalida Boufedeche, an allergist representing Algiers, was elected as Algeria's first woman parliamentary speaker. She is a member of the National Liberation Front's central committee and now holds the fourth-highest rank in the country.
- Senegal's sacked PM Sonko elected parliamentary Speaker in challenge to president
Senegal's former Prime Minister Idrissa Seck has been elected as the parliamentary Speaker, a position that allows him to challenge President Macky Sall's policies, despite their previous alliance. This development marks a political shift as Sonko, once an ally of the president, now holds a role to potentially oppose his agenda.