Memounatou Ibrahima Is The First Female Speaker Of ECOWAS Parliament

Memounatou Ibrahima, a member of the Togolese Parliament, has been elected as the first female Speaker of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament.

She was elected on Thursday May 23 in plenary during the 2024 Second Extraordinary Session of of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament in Kano, Nigeria.

Since the first Parliamentary legislature was established in 2000, this is the first time a woman has held the position.

Memounatou Ibrahima was the third appointee speaker of the fifth lawmaking body of the Parliament.

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After Sierra Leone, the position of Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament was zoned to the Togo under Article 24b of the Supplementary Act relating to the Enhancement of the Powers of the ECOWAS Parliament, which provides that:

“the position of Speaker shall be allocated to Member States by the Authority in line with an established rotation system based on the alphabetical order of States.”