National Assembly: here is the list of the presidents of the standing committees and the parliamentary groups
Having just been installed and endowed with its Bureau, the tenth legislature of the National Assembly has taken a new, decisive step in its functioning.
On Sunday, February 8, 2026, the deputies proceeded to designate the presidents of the five standing committees, key bodies tasked with structuring and guiding parliamentary work for the next seven years.
This institutional sequence takes place in the continuity of the election of Joseph Fifamè Djogbénou to the presidency of the National Assembly. In accordance with parliamentary practices, the standing committees will have as their main mission the thorough examination of bills and proposed laws before their submission to the plenary.
Heading the Commission on Laws, Administration and Human Rights, Deputy Orden Alladatin has been reappointed. He thus continues the work begun in the previous legislature, in a commission at the heart of the country’s legal and institutional architecture.
The Finance and Trade Commission, strategic for the analysis of the State budget and economic policies, is led by Gérard Gbenonchi.
The Planning, Equipment and Production Commission is placed under the presidency of Joseph Amavi Anani, while Éléonore Yayi Ladékan takes the helm of the Education, Culture, Employment and Social Affairs Commission.
The Commission on External Relations, Development Cooperation, Defense and Security will, for its part, be led by Augustin Ahouanvoebla.
In accordance with the National Assembly’s internal rules, each standing committee is composed of at least thirteen deputies and has a five-member bureau, guaranteeing its internal functioning. Moreover, the two parliamentary groups have also been confirmed.
Aké Natondé retains the presidency of the Union Progressiste le Renouveau (UP-R) group, while Assan Seïbou remains at the head of the Bloc Républicain (BR) group.
The deputies are convened this Wednesday, February 11, 2026 at the Palace of Governors in Porto-Novo to carry out the formal formation of the commissions and parliamentary groups, the final step before the 10th legislature’s substantive legislative work begins.
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