Council - Composition as from January 2026

President
Secretary
Professor Costas Fountas
Professor Mark Thomson (Director-General)
Delegates  
Member States  
Austria Professor Jochen Schieck
Belgium Dr Ir. Véronique Halloin
Professor Pierre Van Mechelen
Bulgaria Professor Leandar Litov
Czech Republic H.E. Mr Václav Bálek
Professor Rupert Leitner
Denmark Mr Gustav Egeberg Nielsen
Professor Troels Christian Petersen
Estonia Dr Mario Kadastik
Dr Kairi Otto
Finland Professor Katri Huitu
Dr Ulrika Jakobsson
France H.E. Ms Céline Jurgensen
Professor Antoine Petit
Germany Professor Klaus Desch (Vice-President)
Dr Andrea Fischer
Greece H.E. Mr Ioannis Ghikas
Dr Christos Markou
Hungary Dr László Lengyel
Professor Peter Levai
Israel Professor Marek Karliner
H.E. Mr Daniel Meron
Italy Professor Antonio Zoccoli
Netherlands Ms Mirjam Lieshout-Vijverberg
Professor Raimond Snellings
Norway Dr Pål Sørgaard
Professor Are Strandlie
Poland Dr Dariusz Drewniak
Professor Tadeusz Lesiak
Portugal H.E. Mr João Mira Gomes
Professor Mário Pimenta
Romania Dr Florin Buzatu
Ms Anca Ghinescu
Serbia Professor Peter Adžić
H.E. Mr Milan Milanović
Slovak Republic Professor Stanislav Tokár
Slovenia Dr Jure Gašparič
Professor Marko Mikuž
Spain Ms Inmaculada Figueroa Rojas
H.E. Mr Marcos Gómez Martínez
Sweden Professor Richard Brenner
Dr Elisabeth Sjöstedt
Switzerland Professor Florencia Canelli (Vice-President)
H.E. Mr Michael Gerber
United Kingdom Professor Michele Dougherty
Dr Shabana Haque
Associate Member States in the pre-stage to Membership
Cyprus H.E. Ms Olympia Neocleous
Professor Panos Razis
Associate Member States
Brazil H.E. Mr Tovar da Silva Nunes
Professor Antonio José Roque da Silva
Croatia Dr Vuko Brigljević
Mr Hrvoje Meštrić
India Professor Ajit Mohanty
Ireland Ms Trudy Duffy
H.E. Mr Noel White
Latvia Ms Lana Frančeska Dreimane
H.E. Mr Ivars Pundurs
Lithuania Dr Ramūnas Aleksiejūnas
H.E. Mr Darius Staniulis
Pakistan H.E. Mr Bilal Ahmad
Dr Raja Ali Raza Anwar
Türkiye H.E. Mr Burak Akçapar
Dr Abdullah Buğrahan Karaveli
Ukraine Professor Borys Grynyov
Dr Yevhen Kudriavets

 

Ex officio  
Chair of the SPC Professor Philip Burrows
Chair of the FC Professor Cristina Biino

 

Standing invitation  
Chair of ECFA Professor Paris Sphicas

 

Observers upon invitation
European Commission  
UNESCO  
Japan  
United States of America