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. Five quaestors are elected among the MEPs for two and a half year-terms, i.e. half a parliamentary term.
Election Quaestors are elected after the President and Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament. Rule 18 of the Rules of Procedure dictates that quaestors are elected by the same procedure as the Vice-Presidents, 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). 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.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
List of quaestors
9th Parliament (2019–2024) +NameCountryNational partyEP Group Quaestors serving from 2022 to 2024 Anne Sander Les Républicains EPP Christophe Hansen Christian Social People's PartyEPP Monika Beňová SMER-SD S&D Fabienne Keller AgirRE Marcel Kolaja Czech Pirate Party Greens/EFAQuaestors serving from 2019 to 2022Anne SanderLes RépublicainsEPPDavid CasaPartit NazzjonalistaEPPMonika BeňováSMER-SDS&DGilles BoyerNoneREKarol KarskiLaw and JusticeECR
8th Parliament (2014–2019)
Name Country National partyEP Group Quaestors serving from 2017 to 2019 Élisabeth Morin-Chartier Union for a Popular Movement EPP Andrey Kovatchev Citizens for European Development of BulgariaEPP Catherine Bearder Liberal Democrats ALDE Vladimír Maňka SMER-SD S&D Karol Karski Law and Justice ECR Quaestors serving from 2014 to 2017Élisabeth Morin-ChartierUnion for a Popular MovementEPP Bogusław Liberadzki Democratic Left AllianceS&D Catherine Bearder Liberal DemocratsALDE Andrey Kovatchev GERBEPP Karol Adam Karski Law and JusticeECR
7th Parliament (2009–2014)
Name Country National partyEP Group Quaestors serving from 2012 to 2014 Astrid Lulling Christian Social People's Party EPP Jim Higgins Fine Gael EPP Lidia Geringer de Oedenberg Democratic Left Alliance S&D Bogusław Liberadzki Democratic Left Alliance - Labour Union S&D Jiří Maštálka Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia GUE/NGL Quaestors serving from 2009 to 2012Lidia Geringer de OedenbergDemocratic Left AllianceS&DJim Higgins Fine GaelEPPAstrid Lulling Christian Social People's PartyEPP Jiří Maštálka Communist Party of Bohemia and MoraviaGUE/NGL Bill Newton Dunn Liberal DemocratsALDE
6th Parliament (2004–2009) Name Country National partyEP Group Quaestors serving from 2007 to 2009 James Nicholson Ulster Unionist Party EPP Astrid Lulling Christian Social People's Party EPP Mia De Vits Socialist Party Differently S&D Ingo Friedrich Christian Social Union EPP Szabolcs Fazakas Hungarian Socialist Party S&D Jan Mulder People's Party for Freedom and Democracy ALDE Quaestors serving from 2004 to 2007 James Nicholson Ulster Unionist Party EPP Genowefa Grabowska Social Democracy of Poland S&D Mia De Vits Socialist Party Differently S&D Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl Christian Democratic Union EPP Astrid Lulling Christian Social People's Party EPP
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