Speaker of Australia's House of Representatives, Milton Dick, has been elected President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly for the 2026–2029 term. Dick secured 182 votes, representing 56 per cent of the total votes cast, to defeat two other candidates in the election held in Arusha on Friday. Speaker of Azerbaijan's Milli Majlis, Sahiba Gafarova, polled 124 votes, while Chilean Senator Rojo Edwards Silva received 21 votes. The outgoing IPU leader, Dr Tulia Ackson, declared Dick the winner.
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