WFN elections 2025

Following a call for nominations for WFN President, Vice-President, and one Elected Trustee, the nominating committee of the World Federation of Neurology now recommends to the membership those listed here as candidates in accordance with the Federation's Memorandum and Articles of Association:

Recommended candidates

President of the WFN (2026-2029) to take office on 1st January 2024

  • Prof. Steven Lewis, USA
  • Prof. Dame Pamela Shaw, UK

First vice president of the WFN (2026-2029) to take office on 1st January 2024

  • Prof. Riadh Gouider, Tunisia
  • Prof. Tissa Wijeratne, Australia

Elected WFN Trustee (2025-2027) to take office immediately after the COD Meeting

  • Dr Chandrashekhar Meshram, India
  • Prof. Mayela Rodriguez-Violante, Mexico
  • Dr Ghazaleh Tabatabai, Germany


The deadline for submitting candidates for nomination was 14th Febnruary 2025. Nominations made after this deadline are still possible:

  1. To nominate another individual—who must be a member of a WFN member society—the nominee must obtain the supporting signatures of five or more authorised WFN delegates, together with a CV and a letter of agreement to stand.
  2. Additional nominations must be submitted to the Secretary General c/o the WFN headquarters at elections@wfneurology.org 
  3. The deadline for additional nominations is 30 days prior to the start of electronic voting on 1st August 2025.

Voting will take place by electronic voting (remote online ballot) between 1st-19th September 2025.