The World Psychiatric Association (WPA) has announced details of those candidates elected to open Executive Committee and Board positions for the 2020-2023 triennium. The online election closed during the association's triennial General Assembly meeting on 16 October which, for the first time in the organisation's history took place virtually.
The new Executive Committee and Board are shown below.
WPA Executive Committee 2020-2023 (newly-elected in red)
(Top Row, L-R)
President: Afzal Javed
President-Elect: Danuta Wasserman
Secretary General: Petr Morozov
Secretary for Education: Roger Ng
(Bottom Row, L-R)
Secretary for Finances: Paul Summergrad
Secretary for Meetings: Edmond Pi
Secretary for Publications: Michel Botbol
Secretary for Scientific Sections: Thomas G. Schulze
WPA Board 2020-2023 (Zonal Representatives)
Zone 1. Canada Mysore S. RENUKA PRASAD
Zone 2. United States Bernardo NG
Zone 3. Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean Thelma SÁNCHEZ-VILLANUEVA
Zone 4. Northern South America Rodrigo Nel CÓRDOBA ROJAS
Zone 5. Southern South America Santiago Andrés LEVÍN
Zone 6. Western Europe Gisèle APTER
Zone 7. Northern Europe Ramune MAZALIAUSKIENE
Zone 8. Southern Europe Konstantinos N. FOUNTOULAKIS
Zone 9. Central Europe Igor FILIPČIƇ
Zone 10. Eastern Europe Oleg Alekseevich SKUGAREVSKY
Zone 11. Northern Africa Amine LARNAOUT
Zone 12. Middle East Mahdi ABU MADINI
Zone 13. Central and Western Africa Aïda SYLLA
Zone 14. Eastern and Southern Africa Juliet NAKKU
Zone 15. Central and Western Asia Seyed Ahmad JALILI
Zone 16. Southern Asia Pichet UDOMRATN
Zone 17. Eastern Asia Yong Chon PARK
Zone 18. Australasia and the South Pacific Allister BUSH
Author: WPA Secretariat