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Use the column on the left of this page to navigate and view the validated candidates for election for each of the Regions, and the Indigenous Councillor.
Please note that the Election Officer is actively reviewing all documentation received. Candidates will appear on these pages as they are validated. Thank you for your patience during this process.
The valid candidacies for Councillor Elected from the Regions have been listed in alphabetical order per region. The number of Councillors Elected from the Regions to be elected for each Statutory Region is defined in Article 39 of the IUCN Statutes and mentioned above the list of candidates for each Region.
Please note that the valid candidacies for President, Treasurer and Commission Chairs will be listed in alphabetical order under the relevant headings after the Council meeting to be held from 7-9 May 2025.
Elections will be held online during the Congress in October 2025.
Extended Nomination Deadline
Please note that on 8 February 2025, upon the recommendation of the Election Officer, the IUCN Council decided to extend the nomination deadline. This extension applies to proposals for the position of Treasurer and additional nominations for Councillors elected from the Regions, but only for statutory regions where fewer complete and validated nominations were received than there are available seats by the initial deadline of 7 February 2025.
Email to Members regarding extension (sent 8 February 2025)
Regions with Extended Nomination Deadline
At the close of the initial nomination period, the Election Officer identified the following regions with fewer nominations than available seats:
- Africa
- East Europe, North and Central Asia
- Oceania
- North America and the Caribbean
Qualifications for the positions to be elected
Election Officer and Deputy Election Officer
The Election Officer supervises the elections at the World Congress and the counting of the votes in accordance with Rule 74 of the Rules of Procedure of the World Conservation Congress.
The Deputy Election Officer acts in the place of the Election Officer whenever the latter is unable to act as Election Officer, in case of a conflict of interest, or if the Election Officer has the same nationality as any of the presidential candidates and provides support to the Election officer to ensure the integrity of the elections.
On 16 May 2024, on the recommendation of the Bureau and the candidates proposed by the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law, taking into account the Terms of Reference approved by the Bureau of the (Dec B12/4), the IUCN Council appointed Mr David Forman as the IUCN World Conservation Congress Election Officer and Ms Claudia de Windt as the Deputy Election Officer.