No. 136 Chapter 69 Gor Government Gazette 27 May 2019 Chapter I Personal Data Protection Committee --------------------------Section 8 There shall be a Personal Data Protection Committee, consisting of: (1) a Chairperson who is selected and appointed from the persons having distinguished knowledge, skills, and experience in the field of Personal Data protection, consumer protection, information technology and communication, social science, law, health, finance, or any other field that must be relevant to, and useful for, the protection of Personal Data; (2) the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society, shall be a Vice-Chairperson; (3) directors by position as five members consisting of the Permanent Secretary of the Prime Minister Office, the Secretary-General of the Council of State, the Secretary-General of the Consumer Protection Board, the Director-General of the Rights and Liberties Protection Department, and the Attorney General; (4) honorary directors as nine members, selected and appointed from the persons having distinguished knowledge, skills, and experience in the field of Personal Data protection, consumer protection, information technology and communication, social science, law, health, finance, or any other field that must be relevant to, and useful for, the protection of Personal Data. The Secretary-General shall be a director and secretary, a n d the Secretary-General shall appoint assistant secretaries from the officials of the Office not exceeding two persons. The rules and procedures on the selection of persons to be appointed as Chairperson and honorary directors, including the selection of the Chairperson and honorary director to replace the Chairperson and the honorary director who vacates office before the expiration of the term under Section 13, shall be as prescribed by the notification issued by the Cabinet by taking into account the transparency and fairness in the selection. Section 9 There shall be a selection committee of eight members having the duty to select the appropriate persons who should be appointed as the Chairperson in Section 8(1) or the honorary director in Section 8(4), consisting of: (1) two persons appointed by the Prime Minister; (2) two persons appointed by the President of the Parliament; (3) two persons appointed by the Ombudsman; and 4