Quaestor (European Parliament)

In the European Parliament, the quaestors are elected to oversee administrative and financial matters directly affecting members (MEPs) as well as other duties assigned to them by the Parliament's Rules of Procedure or the Bureau of the European Parliament.[1] Five quaestors are elected among the MEPs for two and a half year-terms, i.e. half a parliamentary term.[2]

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Election

Quaestors are elected after the President and Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament.[3] Rule 18 of the Rules of Procedure dictates that quaestors are elected by the same procedure as the Vice-Presidents,[4] meaning that one or more single ballots are held until all five seats have been filled via either absolute majority (first two ballots) or relative majority (3rd ballot).[5] If the number of candidates does not exceed five, the quaestors are elected by acclamation unless a ballot is requested by members or one or more political groups totaling at least one-fifth of the members.[6]

List of quaestors

9th Parliament (2019–2024)
Name Country National party EP Group
Quaestors serving from 2022 to 2024[7]
Anne Sander  France Les Républicains EPP
Christophe Hansen  Luxembourg Christian Social People's Party EPP
Monika Beňová  Slovakia SMER-SD S&D
Fabienne Keller  France Agir RE
Marcel Kolaja  Czech Republic Czech Pirate Party Greens/EFA
Quaestors serving from 2019 to 2022[8]
Anne Sander  France Les Républicains EPP
David Casa  Malta Partit Nazzjonalista EPP
Monika Beňová  Slovakia SMER-SD S&D
Gilles Boyer  France None RE
Karol Karski  Poland Law and Justice ECR

8th Parliament (2014–2019)
Name Country National party EP Group
Quaestors serving from 2017 to 2019[9]
Élisabeth Morin-Chartier  France Union for a Popular Movement EPP
Andrey Kovatchev  Bulgaria Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria EPP
Catherine Bearder  United Kingdom Liberal Democrats ALDE
Vladimír Maňka  Slovakia SMER-SD S&D
Karol Karski  Poland Law and Justice ECR
Quaestors serving from 2014 to 2017[10]
Élisabeth Morin-Chartier  France Union for a Popular Movement EPP
Bogusław Liberadzki  Poland Democratic Left Alliance S&D
Catherine Bearder  United Kingdom Liberal Democrats ALDE
Andrey Kovatchev  Bulgaria GERB EPP
Karol Adam Karski  Poland Law and Justice ECR

7th Parliament (2009–2014)
Name Country National party EP Group
Quaestors serving from 2012 to 2014[11]
Astrid Lulling  Luxembourg Christian Social People's Party EPP
Jim Higgins  Ireland Fine Gael EPP
Lidia Geringer de Oedenberg  Poland Democratic Left Alliance S&D
Bogusław Liberadzki  Poland Democratic Left Alliance - Labour Union S&D
Jiří Maštálka  Czech Republic Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia GUE/NGL
Quaestors serving from 2009 to 2012[12]
Lidia Geringer de Oedenberg  Poland Democratic Left Alliance S&D
Jim Higgins  Ireland Fine Gael EPP
Astrid Lulling  Luxembourg Christian Social People's Party EPP
Jiří Maštálka  Czech Republic Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia GUE/NGL
Bill Newton Dunn  United Kingdom Liberal Democrats ALDE

6th Parliament (2004–2009)
Name Country National party EP Group
Quaestors serving from 2007 to 2009[13]
James Nicholson  United Kingdom Ulster Unionist Party EPP
Astrid Lulling  Luxembourg Christian Social People's Party EPP
Mia De Vits  Belgium Socialist Party Differently S&D
Ingo Friedrich  Germany Christian Social Union EPP
Szabolcs Fazakas  Hungary Hungarian Socialist Party S&D
Jan Mulder  Netherlands People's Party for Freedom and Democracy ALDE
Quaestors serving from 2004 to 2007[14]
James Nicholson  United Kingdom Ulster Unionist Party EPP
Genowefa Grabowska  Poland Social Democracy of Poland S&D
Mia De Vits  Belgium Socialist Party Differently S&D
Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl  Germany Christian Democratic Union EPP
Astrid Lulling  Luxembourg Christian Social People's Party EPP

Footnotes
  1. "Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament - Rule 28 - Duties of the Quaestors - December, 2019". www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  2. "The political bodies". The political bodies. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  3. "Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament - Rule 15 - Nominations and general provisions - December, 2019". www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  4. "Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament - Rule 18 - Election of Quaestors - December, 2019". www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  5. "Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament - Rule 17 - Election of Vice-Presidents - December, 2019". www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  6. Rule 15(1)(3) read together with Rule 179(1)(c) of the Rules of Procedure (9th parliamentary term) https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/RULES-9-2019-07-02-RULE-015_EN.html
  7. "Parliament's new Quaestors". europa.eu. 19 January 2022.
  8. "EP Quaestors elected, Parliament Bureau complete | News | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. 2019-04-07. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  9. "Parliament's mid-term election: 14 Vice-Presidents and 5 Quaestors elected | News | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. 2017-01-18. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  10. "Five Quaestors elected | News | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. 2014-02-07. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  11. "14 Vice-Presidents and 5 Quaestors of the European Parliament elected". European Parliament. 18 January 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  12. "Five European Parliament Quaestors elected". European Parliament. 15 July 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  13. "Minutes - Election of Quaestors of the European Parliament - Tuesday, 16 January 2007". www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  14. "Debates - Election of Quaestors - Wednesday, 21 July 2004". www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 2022-01-19.


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