diff --git a/src/representatives/api.py b/src/representatives/api.py
index c6fb2805326c1f1da0aa15aca2a14bb5a39d7266..ab00c783c600b7be64336c4da518623278dfb732 100644
--- a/src/representatives/api.py
+++ b/src/representatives/api.py
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ from .models import (
     WebSite,
 )
 
+from .filters import ActiveMandateQueryFilterBackend
+
 
 class DefaultWebPagination(pagination.PageNumberPagination):
     default_web_page_size = 10
@@ -56,7 +58,8 @@ class RepresentativeViewSet(viewsets.ReadOnlyModelViewSet):
         filters.DjangoFilterBackend,
         filters.SearchFilter,
         filters.OrderingFilter,
-        RQLFilterBackend
+        RQLFilterBackend,
+        ActiveMandateQueryFilterBackend
     )
     filter_fields = {
         'active': ['exact'],
diff --git a/src/representatives/filters.py b/src/representatives/filters.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..925dac79a6cc5449f6db593b32ab804d0819b416
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/representatives/filters.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+from datetime import datetime
+
+from rest_framework.filters import BaseFilterBackend
+
+from django.db.models import Q
+from django.conf import settings
+
+from .models import Mandate
+
+class ActiveMandateQueryFilterBackend(BaseFilterBackend):
+    """
+    A filter which check if a mandate is active for a reprensentative
+
+    the parameter used in the query to filter is, by default mandates_active
+    and it list a list of mandates among which one should be active.
+    """
+    query_param = getattr(settings, 'ACTIVE_MANDATES_QUERY_PARAM', 'active_mandates')
+
+    def filter_queryset(self, request, queryset, view):
+        qs = queryset
+
+        if self.query_param in request.GET:
+            if len(request.GET[self.query_param]):
+                qs = qs.filter(mandates__in=Mandate.objects.filter(Q(end_date__gte=datetime.today)|
+                        Q(end_date__isnull=True))
+                    .filter(Q(group__name=request.GET[self.query_param]))).distinct()
+                return qs
+        return qs