Candidates for the Board of World Federation of the Deaf 2023-2027

The WFD Board have appointed the following members of the Nomination and Election Panel, chaired Mr. Henry Mejía Royet, (WFD Regional Director for South America), Ms. U Ka Weng, Clarissa (WFD Asia) and Mr. Juventus Duorinaah (Ordinary Member of Ghana).

The Panel is tasked to assess eligibility of nominations in pursuant to WFD’s Statutes 23.1 and 23.2 and the Internal Rules 23.2.1, 23.2.2, 23.2.3 and 23.2.4.

A total of 16 Nominations has been received, 14 nominations are deemed eligible in pursuant of the WFD Statues and Internal Rules. 1 nomination has not met the eligibility criteria and is ineligible.

The election of the board will take place on 9 – 10 July 2023 at the XXI WFD General Assembly.

The following country (in alphabetical order) and name of the candidates are:

President (1 nomination) 

Image

Dr Joseph J. Murray

United States of America

Vice President (1 nomination) 

Image

Mr Kasper Bergmann

Denmark


Board Members (14 nominations) 

Image

Mr Florjan Rojba

 Albania


Image

Ms Shirley Liu

 Australia


Image

Mr Francesco Folino

 Canada


Image

Mr Kasper Bergmann

Denmark


Image

Ms Jaana Aaltonen

 Finland


Image

Ms Hjordis Haraldsdottir

 Iceland


Image

Mr Angelo R. Cagnazzo

 Italy


Image

Mr Nizar Kasmi Ismail

 Morocco


Image

Mr Kedar Prasad Adhikari

 Nepal


Image

Ms Victoria Manning

New Zeland


Image

Mr Usman A. Nahuche

 Nigeria


Image

Mr Slava Klimov

 Russian Federation


Image

Mr Bruno Druchen

 South Africa

Image

Mr Juan Angel de Gouveia

 Venezuela


Note:
Mr Kasper Bergmann (Denmark) is nominated for Vice President and Board Member.