Dual mandate
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A dual mandate is a term used for a person who has been elected to two different bodies with different competencies, for example being a member of both a national legislature, and of a local authority.
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[edit] France
The dual mandate is a common practice in the French Fifth Republic (1952-present) and holding up to five offices at once is at least theoretically possible in the French system. Known as cumul des mandats, an individual French politician may simultaneously hold offices at any combination of the communal, departmental, regional, national, and European levels.
[edit] Ireland
In the Republic of Ireland, the dual mandate was abolished by the Local Government Act 2001.
[edit] UK
In the United Kingdom there are currently a few members of the European Parliament who are also members of the House of Lords. This is to end with the 2009 elections.[1]
[edit] Colonialist Africa
In early 20th century Africa, a dual mandate stemmed from a doctrine that a colonial power had a double responsibility, on the one hand to the colonial peoples under its rule and on the other hand to the outside world. To the colonial peoples it owed material and moral advancement leading ultimately to self-government. To the outside world it had the obligation to see that the natural resources of its colonies were developed and that they found their way on to the world market.
