UIA General Assembly elects new Council

The XXIXth UIA General Assembly met in Copenhagen (Denmark) from 6-9 July 2023 and elected the following to its Council for the 2023-2026 term.

The governing bodies of the Union are, in order of precedence:

  1. The Assembly
  2. The Council 
  3. The Bureau 

Bureau Members

The Bureau is composed of the President, the Immediate Past President, the Secretary General, the Treasurer, and a Vice-President from each Region.

  • President: Regina GONTHIER (Switzerland)
  • Secretary General: Rui LEÃO (Macau)
  • Treasurer: Seif Allah ALNAGA (Egypt)
  • Region I Vice-President: Teresa TÁBOAS VELEIRO (Spain)
  • Region II Vice-President: Jerzy GROCHULSKI (Poland)
  • Region III Vice-President: Nivaldo ANDRADE (Brazil) 
  • Region IV Vice-President: Li ZHANG (China) 
  • Region V Vice-President: Vity Claude NSALAMBI (Angola)

Council Members

The Council is composed of the President, the Immediate Past President, the Secretary General, the Treasurer, a Vice-President from each Region, and four Council Members from each Region.

Region I – Western Europe

  • Daniel FÜGENSCHUH (Austria)
    • Alternate: Katharina FRÖCH
  • Lionel DUNET (France)
    • Alternate: Jean-François CACLIN
  • Carmela CANNARELLA (Italy)
    • Alternate: Diego ZOPPI
  • Paula HUOTELIN (Nordic Section)
    • Alternate: Arja LUKIN

Region II – Central and Eastern Europe and the Middle East

  • Oleg HAMAN (Czechia)
    • Alternate: Milica VUJOSEVIC
  • Fani VAVILI-TSINIKA (Greece)
    • Alternate: Kyriakos PIPINIS
  • László MIKÓ (Hungary)
    • Alternate: Tibor FÁTYOL
  • Ayşen CIRAVOĞLU (Turkey)
    • Alternate: Akis TONGUÇ

Region III – The Americas

  • Jadile Baza APUD (Chile)
    • Alternate: Leoncio ORELLANA
  • Augusto BALLEN REY (Colombia)
    • Alternate: Flavio Henrique ROMERO
  • Andrea Coto MARTINEZ (Costa Rica)
    • Alternate: Pablo Antonio MORA
  • Marco VERGARA VÁZQUEZ (Mexico)
    • Alternate: David Ignacio ROJAS

Region IV – Asia and Oceania

  • Richard KIRK (Australia)
  • George KUNIHIRO (Japan)
    • Alternate: Sumito TAKASHINA
  • Debatosh SAHU (India)
    • Alternate: Vilas AVACHAT
  • Young-Keun HAN (South Korea)
    • Alternate: Gibson RHIE

Region V – Africa

  • Hayatte NDIAYE (Chad)
    • Alternate: Golnodji NGONIRI
  • Mugure NJENDU (Kenya)
    • Alternate: Wilson MUGAMBI
  • Mohamed Sahby GORGI (Tunisia)
    • Alternate: Leyla BEN JEDDOU
  • Jacinta BISHANGA KABARUNGI (Uganda)
    • Alternate: Daniel MUSANA