IUCN President and Council
About IUCN's Council and President
Elected by our Members at the IUCN Congress, the IUCN Council is our principal governing body. The IUCN President chairs the Council.
IUCN President
Razan Al Mubarak
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IUCN Council
The IUCN Council is IUCN’s principal governing body in between sessions of the World Conservation Congress - the general assembly of the Union's members.
Official correspondence to the IUCN President and/or Council should be addressed to [email protected].
Valuable guidance
Subject to the authority, direction and policy of the IUCN World Conservation Congress, the role of the IUCN Council is to set strategic direction and policy guidance for the work of the Union; provide oversight and guidance on the performance of the components of the Union as a whole and of the Director General in particular; fulfill its fiduciary responsibilities to the Members of the Union and render account to them.
IUCN Council members
The members of Council serve from the close of the World Conservation Congress (15 October 2025) until the close of the next ordinary session of the Congress.
President
Ms Razan Al Mubarak, United Arab Emirates
Treasurer
Ms Bláthnaid Byrne, Ireland and Australia
Councillors elected from the regions
Africa
Ms Caroline Aguti Mugisha, Uganda
Mr Brian Child, South Africa
Ms Charlotte Karibuhoye Said, Guinea Bissau/Burundi
Ms Imèn Meliane, Tunisia
Meso and South America
Ms Ana Di Pangracio, Argentina
Mr Oscar Mora Altamirano, Costa Rica
Mr Ramón Pérez-Gil Salcido, México
Ms Maria Cecilia Wey de Brito, Brazil
North America and the Caribbean
Mr James Bartram, Canada
Ms Kathryn Gwiazdon, USA
Mr Fernando Lloveras San Miguel, Puerto Rico/USA
South and East Asia
Ms Roshani Adhikari Pathak, Nepal
Mr Yinfeng Guo, China
Mr Amran Hamzah, Malaysia
Ms Lima Rosalind, India
Mr Atsuhiro Yoshinaka, Japan
West Asia
Ms Matrah Al-Mutairi, Kuwait
Mr Simon Awad, Palestine
Mr Khaled Marafi, Jordan
Oceania
Ms Catherine Iorns, New Zealand
Mr Isoa Korovulavula, Fiji
Ms Erica McCreedy, Australia
East Europe, North and Central Asia
Ms Diana Garlytska, Ukraine
Mr Ruben Khachatryan, Armenia
Mr Samad-John Smaranda, Romania
West Europe
Ms Sonia Castañeda Rial, Spain
Ms Ann-Katrine Garn, Denmark
Ms Maud Lelièvre, France
Indigenous Councillor
Mr Onel Masardule Arias, Panamá
Commission chairs
Climate Action Commission
Mr Manuel Pulgar-Vidal, Peru
Commission on Ecosystem Management
Ms Liette Vasseur, Canada
Commission on Education and Communication
Ms Margaret Otieno, Kenya
Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy
Mr Ernesto Herrera Guerra, México
Species Survival Commission
Mr Vivek Menon, India
World Commission on Environmental Law
Ms Christina Voigt, Germany
World Commission on Protected Areas
Ms Madhu Rao, United Kingdom
Councillor from the State in which IUCN has its seat
Ms Martine Rohn-Brossard, Switzerland
Director General (non-voting)
Dr. Grethel Aguilar, Costa Rica