United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs

The Subcommittee on African Affairs is a subcommittee of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. The committee has five majority members and four minority members.

The subcommittee deals with areas pertaining to the continent of Africa, including the islands under Madagascar, Equatorial Guinea, São Tomé and Príncipe, Seychelles, Mauritius, and Comoros.

[edit] Membership

The committee is chaired by Senator Mel Martinez, a Republican from Florida. Senator Russ Feingold of Wisconsin is the ranking Democratic Party senator.

Senator		State
	Russ Feingold, Ranking Minority Member	Wisconsin
	Paul Sarbanes	Maryland
	Christopher Dodd	Connecticut
	Barack Obama	Illinois

Current United States Congressional committees
House (list)	Agriculture • Appropriations • Armed Services • Budget • Education and the Workforce • Energy and Commerce • Financial Services • Government Reform • Homeland Security • House Administration • Hurricane Katrina (Select) • Intelligence (Permanent Select) • International Relations • Judiciary • Resources • Rules • Science • Small Business • Standards of Official Conduct • Transportation and Infrastructure • Veterans' Affairs • Ways and Means • (Whole)
Senate (list)	Aging (Special) • Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry • Appropriations • Armed Services • Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs • Budget • Commerce, Science and Transportation • Energy and Natural Resources • Ethics (Select) • Environment and Public Works • Finance • Foreign Relations • Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions • Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs • Indian Affairs • Intelligence (Select) • Judiciary • Rules and Administration • Small Business and Entrepreneurship • Veterans' Affairs
Joint	(Conference) • Economic • Library • Printing • Taxation	Defunct committees