WFN Elections 2013: Nominating Committee Recommendations

Schonbrunn Palace in Vienna, Austria.

Schonbrunn Palace in Vienna, Austria.

Three officers and one trustee are to be elected at the Council of Delegates Annual General Meeting (AGM) in September during the World Congress of Neurology in Vienna.  The nominating committee of the World Federation of Neurology now recommends to the membership those listed here as candidates in accordance with the Federation’s Memorandum and Articles of Association.

Recommended candidates

President  (to take office WEF, Jan. 1, 2014)

Werner Hacke, Germany

Raad Shakir, UK

First Vice President (to take office WEF, Jan. 1, 2014)

William Carroll, Australia

Ryuji Kaji, Japan

Secretary-Treasurer General (to take office WEF, Jan. 1, 2015)

Stanley Fahn, USA

Wolfgang Grisold, Austria

One Elected Trustee (to take office WEF, September 2013)

Donna Bergen, USA

Amadou Gallo Diop., Senegal

Marco Medina, Honduras

Ching Piao Tsai, Taiwan

Candidates’ biographical details and statements of their goals and objectives for the organization will be published shortly.

If you are interested in nominating another individual:

  • Obtain the supporting signatures of five or more authorized WFN delegates.
  • Submit the name(s) of the individual(s) in question to the Secretary-Treasurer General, c/o the WFN headquarters office, by Aug. 15, 2013.