Council – Composition as from January 2026

President Secretary

Professor Costas Fountas Professor Mark Thomson (Director-General)

Member States
Austria	H.E. Mr Alexander Kmentt Professor Jochen Schieck
Belgium	Dr Ir. Véronique Halloin Professor Pierre Van Mechelen
Bulgaria	H.E. Mr Angel Bandjov Professor Leandar Litov
Czech Republic	H.E. Mr Karel Beran Professor Rupert Leitner
Denmark	Mr Morten Scharff Professor Troels Christian Petersen
Estonia	Dr Mario Kadastik Dr Kairi Otto
Finland	Professor Katri Huitu Dr Ulrika Jakobsson
France	H.E. Ms Céline Jurgensen Ms Anne-Isabelle Etienvre
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	H.E. Mr Jonathan Peled Professor Marek Karliner
Italy	H.E. Mr Luigi Vignali 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 Mr Nikola Ratković
Slovak Republic	H.E. Mr Fedor Rosocha Professor Stanislav Tokár
Slovenia	Dr Rok Strašek Professor Marko Mikuž
Spain	H.E. Mr Marcos Gómez Martínez Ms Inmaculada Figueroa Rojas
Sweden	Professor Richard Brenner Dr Elisabeth Sjöstedt
Switzerland	H.E. Mr Michael Gerber  Professor Florencia Canelli (Vice-President)
United Kingdom	Professor Michele Dougherty Mr Paul Gaskell
Associate Member States
Brazil	H.E. Mr Ricardo Monteiro Professor Antonio José Roque da Silva
Chile	H.E. Mr Luis Plaza Gentina Ms Boriana Benev Ode
Croatia	Dr Vuko Brigljević Mr Hrvoje Meštrić
Cyprus	H.E. Ms Maria Papakyriakou Professor Fotios Ptochos
India	Professor Ajit Mohanty Dr Deep Prakash
Ireland	H.E. Mr Laurence Simms Ms Trudy Duffy
Latvia	H.E. Mr Ivars Pundurs Ms Liene Levada
Lithuania	H.E. Rytis Paulauskas Dr Ramūnas Aleksiejūnas
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