The President of the Senate of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde Kyenge, was elected on Saturday (22.22.2025) as President of the Executive Committee of the African Parliamentary Union (APU) for a one-year term.

The President of the Executive Committee was elected during the 47th UPA Conference, held from 21 to 22 November.

The Conference of Presidents of National Parliamentary Assemblies is the supreme body of the Union, composed of the Presidents of National Parliamentary Assemblies or their representatives.

The APU, founded in 1976, aims to promote unity of action among the parliamentary institutions of African states; to establish itself as a forum for the national parliaments of the African continent and as an instrument of parliamentary dialogue and cooperation in the service of peace, democracy, good governance and sustainable development.

The organisation also aims to work towards the progressive establishment of a true African legal community based on the political, economic, social and cultural realities of the continent, as well as to promote contacts between African parliamentarians on the one hand, and between African parliamentarians and those from the rest of the world on the other.