The duties of the President of the Senate are as follows:

1°to officially represent the Senate;
2°to call Members to ordinary and extraordinary sessions;
3°to open and close ordinary and extraordinary sessions;
4°to convene and preside over plenary sittings;
5°to maintain order in the plenary sitting;
6°to oversee relations between the Senate and other local and foreign institutions;
7°to manage and coordinate the activities of the Bureau;
8°to chair meetings of the Conference of Chairpersons;
9°to oversee the implementation of decisions made by the Bureau, the Conference of Chairpersons and the Plenary Assembly;
10°to inform the President of the Republic and the Prime Minister of the Senate's programme of activities;
11°to coordinate different activities related to field visits to the population by Members;
12°to inform Members of the reception of Cabinet decisions and make them available for consultation;
13°to be the Principal paymaster of the Senate;
14°to oversee the activities of the Clerk of the Senate;
15°to coordinate the Senate's capacity building programmes;
16°to chair debates in joint-sessions of both Chambers in case the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies is absent.

The Vice-Presidents of the Senate in Charge of legal affairs and control of government actions shall assist the President of the Senate and stand in for him or her in his or her absence.

The specific duties of one of the Vice-Presidents are as follows:

1.to stand in for the President of the Senate in his or her absence;
2.to oversee legislative activities;
3.to oversee activities relating to the control of the respect of the fundamental principles referred to in articles 9 and 54 of the Constitution;
4.to oversee activities regarding the executive oversight;
5.to carry out any other activities assigned by the Bureau and related to his or her duties .

The duties of the Vice-President in charge of finance and administration are as follows:

1.to stand in for the President in case the Vice-President who duly fulfils that duty is absent;
2.to oversee management and administrative affairs;
3.to oversee the relations of the Senate with other local and foreign institutions;
4.to carry out any other activity assigned to him or her by the Bureau and related to his or her duties.