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Brief Profiles of Countries, EMB’s and Partner Organisations of A-WEB

Party or
Model of Number Term of EMB members Chair appointed/ expert-
S No. Country electoral Name of EMB of EMB office selected by elected by based
management members membership

National Electoral Not Judiciary,
73 Poland Independent 9 EMB Expert
Commission specified President
Supreme
Judicial Council;
National Electoral Supreme Judicial
74 Portugal Indepedent 11 4 years Parliament; Expert
Commission Council
government
departments
State Elections
75 Puerto Rico
Commission
Legislature,
Permanent
76 Romania Independent 3 8 years President, Prime Legislature Expert
Electoral Authority
Minister
Political parties,
Central Election
77 Russia Independent 15 5 years legislature, EMB Combined
Commission
President
National Electoral
78 Rwanda Independent 7 3 years President, Senate President, Senate Expert
Commission
Electoral
79 Saint Lucia Independent 3 5 years Governor-General Governor-General Not specified
Department
Office of the
80 Samoa Independent Electoral 1 3 years Head of State Not applicable Expert
Commissioner
São Tomé National Electoral
81 Governmental
and Príncipe commission
Commission
Electorale Various groups and Various groups and
82 Senegal Mixed 12 6 years Expert
Nationale institutions institutions
Autonome
Republic Electoral Legislature and
83 Serbia Independent 17 4 years Legislature Combined
Commission political parties
President, by President, by Expert
National Electoral
Independent 5 5 years approval of approval of
Commission legislature legislature
84 Sierra Leone
Political Parties
Registration
Commission
National
Independent President after
85 Somalia Independent Maximum 9 6 years approval of President Expert
Electoral
Commission parliament
Electoral President on
86 South Africa Independent commission of 5 7 years recommendation of President
South Africa parliament
South Korea Independent President, National
87 (Republic of constitutional National Election 9 6 years Assembly, Supreme EMB Expert
Korea) Body Commission Court

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