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In accordance with the Union's Statutes, this 17-member body oversees the administration of the Inter-Parliamentary Union and provides advice to the Governing Council. The 15 members of the Executive Committee are elected by the Council for a four-year term. The President of the IPU is an ex officio member and President of the Committee. The President of the Co-ordinating Committee of Women Parliamentarians is an ex officio member of the Executive Committee for a two-year term which can be renewed once. Not less than 12 members of the Executive Committee are elected from among members of the Governing Council and at least three members must be women. The Executive Committee advises the Council on matters relating to affiliation and reaffiliation to the Union, fixes the date and place of Council sessions and establishes the provisional agenda, recommends to the Council the agenda of the Assembly, taking into account the proposals made by the National Groups. It also proposes to the Council the annual work programme and budget of the Union. The Executive Committee controls the administration of the Secretariat as well its activities in the execution of the decisions taken by the Assembly and the Council. The Executive Committee works in accordance with its Rules. CURRENT COMPOSITION OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Updated on 24 October 2008      Members Expiry of term Ex-officio President: Mr. Th.-B. Gurirab (Namibia) October 2011 Vice-President of the Executive Commitee: Ms. E. Papadimitriou (Greece) October 2009 IPU Vice-Presidents: Mr. J.A. Coloma (Chile) October 2011 Ms. Z. Drif Bitat (Algeria) October 2011 Mr. A. Toha (Indonesia) October 2010 Mr. A. Kozlovskiy (Russian Federation) October 2009 Members: Mr. R.M.K. Al Shariqi (United Arab Emirates) October 2012 Mr. A. Alonso Díaz-Caneja (Mexico) October 2012 Ms. P. Cayetano (Philippines) April 2010 Mr. Young Chin (Republic of Korea) October 2011 Mr. Ngo Anh Dzung (Viet Nam) October 2011 Ms. J. Fotso (Cameroon) October 2010 Ms. Á. Möller (Iceland) April 2012 Mr. M.C. Nago (Benin) October 2011 Mr. R. del Picchia (France) October 2011 Mr. T. Toga (Ethiopia) October 2011 Mr. G. Versnick (Belgium) October 2010