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{{Infobox official post
| post = Deputy Chair of the Assembly
| body = 
| native_name = ''Deputy Chair of the<br>Assembly of the South Pacific''
| insignia                = [[File:AssemblySeal.png|60px]]
| insigniasize            = 
| insigniacaption         = Seal of the [[Assembly of the South Pacific|Assembly]]
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| flag                    = [[File:Assembly_of_the_South_Pacific_Flag_Bigger_-_Deputy.png|200px]]
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| flagalt                 = 
| flagborder              = 
| flagcaption             = Flag of the Deputy Chair
| image = [[File:Welly2.jpg|75px]]
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| incumbent = [[Welly]]
| acting =
| incumbentsince = 26th April 2024
| department = [[Assembly of the South Pacific]]<br>[https://thesouthpacific.org/g/assembly-moderators Office of the Chair]
| style = Mr. Deputy Chair
| type = Deputy chairperson/Deputy Presiding officer 
| status = Active
| abbreviation = DCoftA
| member_of = [[Assembly of the South Pacific]]
| reports_to = [[Chair of the Assembly|Chair of the Assembly]]
| residence = 
| seat = [[Assembly of the South Pacific]]
| nominator = [[Chair of the Assembly|Chair of the Assembly]]
| appointer = [[Chair of the Assembly|Chair of the Assembly]]
| termlength = At the pleasure of the Chair of the Assembly
| constituting_instrument = [[Charter of the South Pacific]]
| termlength = At the pleasure of the [[Chair of the Assembly]]
| precursor = 
| formation = 28th May 2016 (in current form)
| first = 
| last  = 
| abolished = 
| succession = 
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| website = 
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The Deputy Chair of the Assembly is the second-highest ranking official within the [[Assembly of the South Pacific]]. The Deputy Chair of the Assembly executes the functions that will assist in the day-to-day running of the Assembly, they are also responsible for helping the [[Chair of the Assembly]] with their tasks as the chair. In certain circumstances, the Deputy Chair of the Assembly may issue tasks and execute the functions of the [[Chair of the Assembly]] if the [[Chair of the Assembly|Chair]] is absent or away. If the [[Chair of the Assembly]] resigns of leaves their position as [[Chair of the Assembly]], the Deputy Chair will assume the acting role of [[Chair of the Assembly]] until an election can be held.

Currently, the office of the Deputy Chair is held by [[Welly]], [[BlockBuster2K43]], the incumbent [[Chair of the Assembly|Chair]] appointed them to their position on April 26th, 2024.

==Election==
The Deputy Chair is nominated and appointed by the [[Chair of the Assembly]]. They serve at the pleasure of the Chair and they are able to be removed from their position at any time.

==Roles, responsibilities & powers==
* Opening/Closing voting for legislative items.
* Amending/Adding both topic tags, and identifying information for debate and voting topics.
* Approving/Rejecting Leave of Absence's (LoA) requests.
* Approving/Rejecting Legislator Applications.
* Closing/Opening topics both past and present when relevant.