What is Senate (Cameroon)?
{{Infobox legislature | name = Senate | native_name = Sénat | native_name_lang = | transcription_name = | legislature = | coa_pic = Coat of arms of Cameroon.svg | coa_res = 150px | coa_alt = | foundation = 2013 | house_type = Bicameral | body = | houses = | leader1_type = President | leader1 = [[Marcel Niat Njifenji]] | party1 = [[Cameroon People's Democratic Movement|CPDM]] | election1 = 12 June 2013 | leader2_type = | leader2 = | party2 = | election2 = | leader3_type = | leader3 = | party3 = | election3 = | members = 100 members | term_length = 5 years | house1 = | house2 = | structure1 = | structure1_res = | structure1_alt = | structure2 = | structure2_res = | structure2_alt = | political_groups1 = | political_groups2 = | committees1 = | committees2 = | joint_committees = | voting_system1 = [[Indirect election]] | voting_system2 = | last_election1 = | last_election2 = | previous_election1 = April 14, 2013 | previous_election2 = | session_room = | session_res = | session_alt = | meeting_place = [[Yaoundé]] | website = | footnotes = | motto = }} The '''[[Senate]]''' is the [[upper house]] of the [[Parliament of Cameroon|Parliament]] of [[Cameroon]]. The Senate was created in 1996. The Senate has 100 seats, of which 70 are elected and 30 appointed by the President, with each [[Regions of Cameroon|region]] having 10 Senators.<ref name=IFES/> The elected seats are elected by the 10,636 members of the 360 municipal councils.<ref name=IFES/> Elections to the Senate were held for the first time on 14 April 2013.<ref name=IFES>[http://digest.electio