Board of Advisers

International IDEA is governed by a Council composed of its Member States and assisted by a Board of eminent personalities.


Prof Azyumardi Azra (Indonesia), Professor of history and Director of School of Graduate Studies of Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University, Jakarta (biographical sketch)   

Prof Azyumardi Azra

Michelle Bachelet, former President of Chile   

Michele Bachelet

Dr Annie Chikwanha (Zimbabwe), Senior Research Fellow, heading the Africa Human Security Initiative (AHSI) project at the Institute for Security Studies in in Addis Ababa. (biographical sketch)

Annie Chikwanha

Ambassador Antonio Núñez García-Sauco (Spain), former Ambassador of Spain to Sweden,  former ambassador to Equatorial Guinea, Romania, Australia and Vienna (UN), where he was chairman of the IAEA Board of Governors.


 

Ambassador Antonio Núñez García-Sauco

 Dr Ashraf Ghani (Afghanistan), Chancellor of Kabul University; former Minister of Finance (biographical sketch)

Ashraf Ghani
Dr Manohar Singh Gill (India), Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Member of the Parliament of India (Rajya Sabha), former Chief Electoral Commissioner (biographical sketch)
Dr. M.S. Gil

Mr Andreas Gross (Switzerland), Member of Parliament   

Mr Andreas Gross, Member of the Swiss Parliament

Dr Soledad Loaeza (Mexico), Member of the National Research System of Mexico (biographical sketch)

Soledad Loaeza

Professor Adebayo Olukoshi (Nigeria), Director, African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP), Dakar (biographical sketch)

Professor Adebayo Olukoshi

Ms Sirpa Pietikäinen (Finland), Member of the European Parliament, Chairperson of the Finnish UN Association, former Minister of Environment (biographical sketch)

Sirpa Pietikäinen

Professor Cheryl Saunders (Australia), Director at the Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies, University of Melbourne (biographical sketch)

Cheryl Saunders

The Hon. Hugh D. Segal (Canada), Member of the Senate, former President of the Institute for Research on Public Policy, former Associate Secretary of Cabinet and former Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister of Canada (biographical sketch)

Hugh Segal

Professor Lourdes Sola (Brazil), President of the International Political Science Association (IPSA) (biographical sketch)

Lourdes Sola

Ms Margot Wallström (Sweden), UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, former First Vice-President of the European Commission (biographical sketch)

Margot Wallstrom

Honorary Board Member

Ms Aung San Suu Kyi, General Secretary of the National League for Democracy in Burma and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (biographical sketch)



Former Board Members

The following members of the board have completed their terms of office:

Mr Lethebe Maine (Botswana)


Brigalia Bam, South Africa

Brigalia Bam

Jermyn Brooks, United Kingdom

Jermyn Brooks

Lena Hjelm-Wallén, Sweden

Lena Hjelm-Wallén
Kaci Kullmann Five, Norway Kaci Kullman Five

Lourdes Flores Nano, Peru

Lourdes Flores Nano

Andrés Rozental, Mexico

Andrés Rozental

Cassam Uteem, Mauritius

Cassam Uteem
Ricardo Díez-Hochleitner, Spain Ricardo Díez-Hochleitner

Jos van Gennip, Netherlands

Jos van Gennip

Subhash Kashyap, India

Dr Subhash Kashyap, former Secretary-General of the Lower House of Indian Parliament and Constitutional Adviser to the Indian Government

Kuniko Inoguchi, Japan

Kuniko Inoguchi

Henning Scherf, Germany

Henning Scherf
Harri Holkeri, Finland Harri Holkeri
Martti Ahtisaari, Finland Martti Ahtisaari

Ignacio Astarloa Huarte-Mendicoa, Spain

Ignacio Astarloa Huarte-Mendicoa
Cheryl Carolus, South Africa Cheryl Carolus

Thomas Carothers, United States

Thomas Carothers
Henry de Boulay Forde, Barbados Henry de Boulay Forde
Adama Dieng, Senegal Adama Dieng
Frene Ginwala, South Africa Frene Ginwala
Colin Hughes, Australia Colin Hughes
Monica Jimenez de Barros, Chile Monica Jimenez de Barros

Legwaila Joseph Manson John Legwaila, Botswana

Legwaila Joseph Manson John Legwaila,
Manmohan Malhoutra, India Manmohan Malhoutra
Erling Olsen,  Denmark Erling Olsen

Maureen O'Neil, Canada

Maureen O'Neil

Shridath Ramphal, Guyana

Sir Shridath Ramphal

Lord David Steel, United Kingdom

Lord Steel of Aikwood

Thorvald Stoltenberg, Norway

Ambassador Thorvald Stoltenberg
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