ARUSHA, Oct. 9 -- Mr Milton Dick, Speaker of Australias House of Representatives, has been elected as the President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly for the 2026-2029 term.

Announcing the results in Arusha on Friday, the outgoing IPU leader, Dr. Tulia Ackson, said Milton Dick secured 56 percent of the total votes. His fellow candidates, Ms Sahiba Gafarova (Speaker of the Milli Majlis, Azerbaijan) and Mr Rojo Edwards Silva (Senator, Chile), received 38 percent and 6 percent of the votes respectively.

Dr Tulia stated that Gafarova got 124 votes while Mr Milton Dick collected 182 votes and Mr Edward Silver received 21 votes.

“So dear colleagues, let me now announce the winner please. Allow me to announce the winner pl...