Council

IUCN Council Members

The elected members of Council hold office from the close of the World Conservation Congress (11 September 2021) to the close of the next ordinary session of the Congress. 

President
Ms Razan Al Mubarak, United Arab Emirates *

Treasurer
Mr Nihal Welikala, Sri Lanka and United Kingdom *

Councillors elected from the regions

Africa
Mr Brian Child, Zimbabwe
Mr Ali Kaka, Kenya
Ms Imèn Meliane, Tunisia (Vice President)
Ms Gloria Ujor, Nigeria

Meso and South America
Mr Marco Vinicio Cerezo Blandón, Guatemala
Ms Ana Di Pangracio, Argentina
Mr Ramon Perezgil Salcido, Mexico
Ms Bibiana Sucre, Venezuela *

North America and the Caribbean
Mr Rick Bates, Canada *
Mr Sixto J. Incháustegui, Dominican Republic
Ms Susan Lieberman, USA *

South and East Asia
Mr Kazuaki Hoshino, Japan
Mr Ma Keping, China
Mr Vivek Menon, India *
Ms Hasna Jasimuddin Moudud, Bangladesh
Mr Jong Soo Yoon, Republic of Korea

West Asia
Ms Shaikha Salem Al Dhaheri, United Arab Emirates
Mr Said Ahmad Damhoureyeh, Jordan *
Mr Ayman Rabi, Palestine 

Oceania
Ms Lolita Gibbons-Decherong, Palau
Mr Peter Michael Cochrane, Australia (Vice President) *
Ms Catherine Iorns, New Zealand

East Europe, North and Central Asia
Mr Carl Amirgulashvili, Georgia
Mr Vilmos Kiszel, Hungary
Mr Samad-John Smaranda, Romania

West Europe
Ms Sonia Castañeda Rial, Spain
Ms Hilde Eggermont, Belgium (Vice President) *
Ms Maud Lelievre, France

Councillor from the State in which IUCN has its seat 
Mr Norbert Baerlocher, Switzerland

Additional appointed Councillor 
Mr Ramiro Batzin Chojoj, Guatemala (Vice President)

Commission chairs

Commission on Ecosystem Management
Ms Angela Andrade, Colombia

Commission on Education and Communication
Mr Sean Southey, Canada/South Africa

Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy
Ms Kristen Walker Painemilla, USA *

Species Survival Commission
Mr Jon Paul Rodriguez, Venezuela 

World Commission on Environmental Law
Ms Christina Voigt, Germany

World Commission on Protected Areas
Ms Madhu Rao, India and United Kingdom


DIRECTOR GENERAL (non-voting)
Mr Bruno Oberle, Switzerland *

* Member of the Bureau of the IUCN Council