WFN 2026 Elections: Candidates

All candidates listed in alphabetical order.
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• VOTING BALLOT 1
  Secretary-General (2027–2030)
  4-year term to take office from January 1st, 2027
  
  The position is currently held by Prof. Marianne de Visser, who was appointed by the Trustees as Acting Secretary-General following the election of the previous Secretary-General to the office of WFN President.
  
  

  Marianne de Visser

  Mohammad Wasay

  Tissa Wijeratne

  
  
  
• VOTING BALLOT 2
  Elected Trustee
  3-year term [2026–2029]
  
  To take office immediately on election. Position vacated by Mohammad Wasay.
  
  

  Valery Feigin

  Janis Miyasaki

  Walter Struhal

• VOTING BALLOT 3
  Host venue for the XXX World Congress of Neurology (WCN 2029) 
  

See also PCO WCN 2029 site selection report

Voting will take place by electronic voting (remote online ballot) between 28 September to 16 October, 2026.  

The voting results will be announced at the WFN Annual General Meeting of the Council of Delegates.

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