Candidates for election

The valid candidacies for Regional Councillor have been listed in alphabetical order per region. The number of Regional Councillors to be elected for each Statutory Region is defined in Article 39 of the IUCN Statutes and mentioned above the list of candidates for each Region. 

Qualifications for the positions to be elected:

 

ELECTION OFFICER AND DEPUTY ELECTION OFFICER

The Election Officer supervises the elections at the World Congress and the counting of the votes in accordance with Rule 74 of the Rules of Procedure of the World Conservation Congress.

The Deputy Election Officer acts in the place of the Election Officer whenever the latter is unable to act as Election Officer, in case of a conflict of interest, or if the Election Officer has the same nationality as any of the presidential candidates, and provides support to the Election officer to ensure the integrity of the elections.

On 23 March 2021, on the recommendation of the Bureau and the candidates proposed by the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law, taking into account the Terms of Reference approved by the Council on 11 February 2021, the IUCN Council appointed Dr Nilufer Oral as the IUCN World Conservation Congress Elections Officer and Dr Rahmat Mohamad as the Deputy Elections Officer. Their biographies and Terms of Reference can be found on the links below.

ELECTION OFFICER’S BIOGRAPHY

DEPUTY ELECTION OFFICER’S BIOGRAPHY

Terms of Reference of the Election Officer and Deputy Election Officer

 

Chair, Commission of Ecosystem Management

Regional Councillors: Three (3) seats for West Asia

AL DHAHERI, Shaikha
United Arab Emirates

President

AL MUBARAK, Razan
United Arab Emirates

Regional Councillors: Three (3) seats for East Europe, North and Central Asia

Regional Councillors: Three (3) seats for North America and the Caribbean

LIEBERMAN, Susan
United States of America

Regional Councillors: Three (3) seats for West Europe

FRIEDERICH, Hans
The Netherlands

Regional Councillors: Four (4) seats for Meso and South America

Chair, World Commission on Protected Areas

CHASSOT, Olivier
Costa Rica

Regional Councillors: Four (4) seats for Africa

CHILD, Brian
Zimbabwe
EJIGU, Mersie
Ethiopia
FITT, Neil
Botswana
KAKA, Ali
Kenya

Regional Councillors: Three (3) seats for Oceania

COCHRANE, Peter
Australia
IORNS, Catherine
New Zealand

Regional Councillors: Five (5) seats for South and East Asia

HAMZAH, Amran
Malaysia
MA, Keping
China

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