2021 Council and Committee on Nominations Election Results
The Election Committee has completed the examination of the votes and we are pleased to announce that the IUSSP members listed below have been elected and will join Shireen Jejeebhoy (elected in 2017) in January to serve on the 2022-2025 IUSSP Council.
Detailed results of the 2021 election can be read in the Election Committee's report.
| Vice President (& President Elect 2026-29) | Laura Rodriguez Wong (Peru) | |
| Secretary General and Treasurer | Nico van Nimwegen (Netherlands) | |
| Council member for Africa | Nkechi Owoo (Ghana) | |
| Council member for Asia and Oceania | Edith Gray (Australia) | |
| Council member for Europe | Albert Esteve (Spain) | |
| Council member for Latin-America | Irene Casique (Mexico) | |
| Council member for North America | Ann Moore (United States) | |
| Council Member at large | Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi (Iran) | |
Tom LeGrand was elected Honorary President of the Union.
2025 Committee on Nominations
There was also a vote to select members for the 2025 Committee on Nominations. Five members were elected:
- Europe: Wolfgang Lutz (Austria)
- Africa: Jacques Emina (Congo, DR)
- Asia: Yasuhiko Saito (Japan)
- Latin America: Susana Adamo (Argentina)
- North America: Barbara Seligman (United States)
The 2025 Committee on Nominations will be chaired by Tom LeGrand (Canada), the most-recently elected Honorary President (following the IUSSP Constitution article 10.3).
IUSSP ELECTION PROCEDURES
The election was held from 15 September to 27 October 2021. The electoral list included all (full) members who were in good standing as of 15 August 2021. The elections were conducted via the Internet and all votes cast were automatically tabulated by Association Voting, a third-party internet company which provides online voting services to many associations.
The electoral procedure was controlled by an Election Committee composed of three IUSSP members appointed by the Council: Rajib Acharya (India), Wanda Cabella (Uruguay) and Gilles Pison (France).