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CHAIRPERSONS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

1967-70

Hon. Peter Howson, MP         

Australia

1970

Hon. Gerard Montano, MP

(incomplete term)

Trinidad and Tobago

*1970-71

Hon. Tun Tan Siew Sin, SSM, JP, MP

Malaysia

1971-73

Sir Frederick Bennett, MP                 

United Kingdom

1973-76

Hon. G. A. Regan, QC, MLA                           

Nova Scotia

1976-79

Hon. Datuk Musa Hitman, SPMJ, MP            

Malaysia

1980   

Hon. Ripton Macpherson, MP

(incomplete term)

Jamaica

 

*1981

Hon. Clement Maynard, Vice-President and Acting Chairman

The Bahamas

1981-84

Hon. G. R. Ottenheimer, MHA           

Newfoundland

1984-87

Dr the Hon. Bal Ram Jakhar, MP       

India

1987-90

Hon. Lavu Mulimba, MCC, MP

Zambia

1990-93

Hon. Clive Griffiths, MLC                               

Western Australia

1993-96

Sir Colin Shepherd, MP          

United Kingdom

1996-99

Hon. Billie Miller, MP

Barbados

1999- 2002

Hon. Pius Msekwa, MP                                  

Tanzania

 2002-2004

Hon. Bob Speller, MP
(incomplete term)

Canada

*2004-2005

Hon. Constance Simelane, MP (Acting Chairperson)

Swaziland

2005-2008

Hon. Hashim Abdul Halim, MLA                    

West Bengal, India

2008-2011

Hon. Mohd Shafie Apdal, MP

Malaysia

2011-2013

Rt Hon. Sir Alan Haselhurst, MP

United Kingdom

 

* Members elected to complete the terms of Chairpersons who ceased to be Parliamentarians during their terms of office and so relinquished their CPA positions as required by the Constitution.