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]
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]
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
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