Configuration and Mode of Election

The Senate in Cameroon represents the decentralized local authorities and each of the ten (10) Regions is represented by Ten (10) Senators including:  Seven elected by indirect universal suffrage on a Regional basis and Three (3) appointed by the President of the Republic.

The members of the Senate bear the title of “Senator", and their term of office is five (05) years.

Each year the Senate holds three (03) Ordinary Sessions lasting Thirty (30) days each. The first Ordinary Session of the Senate opens in March, the second in June and the Third in November. The opening date of each Session is by the Bureau Order of the Senate after consultation with the President of the Republic.

At the beginning of the legislature or first Ordinary Session of the legislative year, a Bureau of the Senate is elected before deliberations