1. Making up and appointment:

    The bureau of the National People’s Assembly comprises: the Speaker of the Assembly, vice-presidents and other members, if need be, (art. 13 of the Organic law which fixes the functioning and the organization of the National People’s Assembly and the Council of Nation…). The rules of procedure of the Assembly fixed the number of vice-presidents to 9.

The National People’s Assembly sets up its bureau as soon as starts the legislature. It is renewed each year.

The presidents of the groups meet in order to draw up the list of their members to fill the positions of vice-presidents. Such list, drawn up by means of negotiation among the groups wishing to apply for those positions, is submitted to the Assembly for adoption. If such procedure fails, the vice-presidents of the National People’s Assembly are elected through a voting system for many candidates and one secret ballot. In case of equal votes, the older candidate is elected.

The positions of vice-presidents are presently distributed among the political groups according to the following proportions:

FLN 05               positions
RND 01               positions
ISLAH 01            positions
MSP 01              positions
Independent 01  positions

According to the Organic law 99/02 (fixing the organization and the functioning of the National People’s Assembly and the Council of Nation as well as the functional relationships between the Houses of Parliament and the Government), the vice-presidents help the Speaker in the conduct of debates and deliberations as well as in administrating and managing the institution. They deputize for him, in case of hindrance.

   Moreover, in conformity with the rules of and in addition to their collegial missions carried out within the bureau, they are in charge of:

	The follow up of the matters of the MPs, the administrative business and the public relations.
	The follow up of the legislative business and the relations with the Council of Nation and the Government.

The distribution of the tasks among the members of the bureau falls within the competence of the Speaker of the National People’s Assembly.

Moreover, the bureau entrusts three of its members with the missions of “questeurs” who are in charge of:
 

	Expressing a view on the draft budget before its presentation to the bureau of the Assembly for adoption and elaborating a yearly report of execution to be compulsorily communicated to the MPs.
	Controlling the administrative and financial services of the National People’s Assembly.

2° Missions:
   The bureau carries out the missions it is vested in by the Constitution, the organic law and the rules of procedure of the Assembly. Such missions are mainly summed up as follows:

	To fix the agenda of the sessions in co-ordination with the Government,
	To fix the agenda and the schedule of the sittings after having co-ordinated with the Government and after the meeting of the conference of presidents,
	To admit the tabling of all legislative initiatives and examine the admissibility in the matter of form of the initiatives of parliamentary origin,
	To organize the session and follow up the proceedings of sittings,
	To fix the modes of voting,
	To explain as far as necessary, by means of general instructions, the provisions of the rules of procedure,
	To examine, adopt and submit the draft budget of the Assembly to the committee of finances and budget.
	To examine and take in charge all the means linked to the mission of the MP.
	To follow up the legislative action of the Assembly and propose the ways to develop it,
	To follow up the relations of the Assembly with the other parliaments and the parliamentary unions.