Dual mandate

A dual mandate is the practice of an official holding two or more elected or appointed public offices at the same time, such as a person serving simultaneously as a mayor and as a member of a national parliament. It is known by various regional names, including double jobbing in Britain, double-dipping in the United States, and cumul des mandats in France. Countries differ sharply on whether to permit the practice: some treat it as an accepted part of political culture, while others restrict or prohibit it by law, particularly to prevent someone from holding both a federal and a state office, both an executive or judicial post and a legislative seat, or seats in both houses of a bicameral legislature at once. The concept received particular attention around 1979 during preparations for the first direct elections to the European Parliament, when many national legislators also held European Parliament seats. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/