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Who's who: Overview of Parliament's leadership

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November 3, 2023

MEPs elected a new Parliament president, vice-presidents and quaestors in January 2022. Find out from our infographic who was chosen for Parliament's key posts, EU affairs .

Who's who: The Bureau

Roberta METSOLA (European Parliament President)

Access to the MEP's card ( Roberta METSOLA )

The President is elected for a renewable term of two-and-a-half years

14 Vice-presidentsThey chair debates when the president is not in the chamber.The President can also delegate duties to them.
- Othmar KARAS (First vice-president) ( EPP ) Access to the MEP's card ( Othmar KARAS )
- Pina PICIERNO ( S&D ) Access to the MEP's card ( Pina PICIERNO )
- Pedro SILVA PEREIRA ( S&D ) Access to the MEP's card ( Pedro SILVA PEREIRA )
- Ewa KOPACZ ( EPP ) Access to the MEP's card ( Ewa KOPACZ )
- Marc ANGEL ( S&D ) Access to the MEP's card ( Marc ANGEL )
- Evelyn REGNER ( S&D ) Access to the MEP's card ( Evelyn REGNER )
- Rainer WIELAND ( EPP ) Access to the MEP's card ( Rainer WIELAND )
- Katarina BARLEY ( S&D ) Access to the MEP's card ( Katarina BARLEY )
- Dita CHARANZOVÁ ( Renew ) Access to the MEP's card ( Dita CHARANZOVÁ )
- Martin HOJSÍK ( Renew ) Access to the MEP's card ( Martin HOJSÍK )
- Nicola BEER ( Renew ) Access to the MEP's card ( Nicola BEER )
- Roberts ZĪLE ( ECR ) Access to the MEP's card ( Roberts ZĪLE )
- Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS ( The Left ) Access to the MEP's card ( Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS )
- Heidi HAUTALA ( Greens/EFA ) Access to the MEP's card ( Heidi HAUTALA )
5 Quaestors[1]They are responsible, under the Bureau’s instructions, for administrative and financial matters of direct concern to Members.
- Anne SANDER ( EPP ) Access to the MEP's card ( Anne SANDER )
- Isabel WISELER-LIMA ( EPP ) Access to the MEP's card ( Isabel WISELER-LIMA )
- Monika BEŇOVÁ ( S&D ) Access to the MEP's card ( Monika BEŇOVÁ )
- Fabienne KELLER ( Renew ) Access to the MEP's card ( Fabienne KELLER )
- Marcel KOLAJA ( Greens/EFA ) Access to the MEP's card ( Marcel KOLAJA )
[1] Pursuant to Rule 24 of Parliament’s Rules of Procedure, quaestors are members of the Bureau in an advisory capacity

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Source: European Parliament (October 2023)

Together with the Parliament president, vice-presidents and quaestors make up the Bureau, which takes decisions on matters of internal organisation for the institution. While the president oversees all of Parliament’s work and represents it in all legal matters and external relations, it is possible to delegate some duties to vice-presidents. They can also replace the president when chairing plenary sessions. Quaestors deal with financial and administrative matters that concern MEPs.

To find out more about the responsibilities of Bureau members, click on their name or photo

All of these posts are only for two-and-a-half years so MEPs vote for a president, vice-presidents and quaestors at the beginning of each parliamentary term and again at mid-term.

In January 2023, MEPs elected Marc Angel (S&D, Luxembourg) as Parliament vice-president to replace Eva Kaili (non-attached, Greece) whose term as vice-president was terminated in December 2022.

Martin Hojsík (Renew Europe, Slovakia) was elected vice-president and Isabel Wiseler-Lima (EPP, Luxembourg) was elected quaestor in October 2023. Hojsík replaced Michal Šimečka (Renew Europe, Slovakia) and Wiseler-Lima replaced Cristophe Hansen (EPP, Luxembourg), in their respective roles, following the departure of Šimečka and Hansen from the European Parliament after national elections.