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World Council


The World Council is the supreme governing body that meets between Congresses and is responsible for all policies and operations. Members are made up of representatives of stipulated groups of countries, the General Secretary and the international women's committee.

Members :
Group 1:Denmark, Faeroe Islands, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden

Member: Hans Tilly, BYGGNADS, Sweden
1st Substitute: Hans O. Felix, EL&IT, Norway
2nd Substitute: Matti Harjuniemi, Rakennusliitto, Finland

Member: Per-Olof Sjöö, GS, Sweden
1st Substitute: Sakari Lepola, Puuliitto, Finland
2nd Substitute: Finnbjörn Hermansson, Samidn, Iceland

Member: Johnny Skovengaard, TIB, Denmark
1st Substitute: John Larsen, 3F, Denmark
2nd Substitute: Svein Johansen, NAF, Norway

Group 2:Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands
Member: Luc van Dessel, A.C.V. Bl, Belgium
1st Substitute: Guy Bonnewijn. A.C.V. Bl, Belgium
2nd Substitute: Jan Voets, A.C.V. Bl, Belgium

Member: John Kersten, FNV Bouw, Netherlands
1st Substitute: Ruud Baars, FNV Bouw, Netherlands
2nd Substitute: Eric-Jan Leeuw, FNV Bouw, Netherlands

Member: Alain Clauwaert, CG-FGTB, Belgium
1st Substitute: Rik Desmet, CG-FGTB, Belgium
2nd Substitute: Robert Vertenueil CG-FGTB, Belgium

Group 3:Germany
Member: Wolfgang Rhode, IGM, Germany
1st Substitute: Wolfgang Bonneik, IGM, Germany
2nd Substitute: Reinhard Hahn, IGM, Germany

Member: Klaus Wiesehügel, IG-Bau, Germany
1st Substitute: Frank Schmidt-Hullmann, IG BAU, Germany
2nd Substitute: Bärbel Feltrini, IG BAU, Germany

Member: Dietmar Schäfers, IG-Bau, Germany
1st Substitute: Bärbel Feltrini, IG BAU, Germany
2nd Substitute: Frank Schmidt-Hullmann, IG BAU, Germany

Group 4: Austria, Switzerland
Member: Johann Holper, GBH, Austria
1st Substitute: Joseph Muchitsch, GBH, Austria
2nd Substitute: Herbert Aufner, GBH, Austria

Member: Vasco Pedrina, Unia, Switzerland
1st Substitute: Ernst Zulle, Syna, Switzerland
2nd Substitute: Jacques Robert, Unia, Switzerland

Group 5: France, Italy, Portugal, Spain
Member: Domenico Pesenti, FILCA CISL, Italy
1st Substitute: Mercedes Landolfi, FILLEA CGIL, Italy
2nd Substitute: Massimo Trinci, FENEA, UIL, Italy

Member: Giuseppe Moretti, FENEAL-UIL, Italy
1st Substitute: Walter Schiavella, FILLEA-CGIL, Italy
2nd Substitute: Paolo Acciai, FILCA-CISL, Italy

Member: Bernard Malnoë, FO-BTP, France
1st Substitute: Gilles Letort, CGT, France
2nd Substitute: Antonio Garde Pinera, FECOMA-CC.OO, Spain

Group 6: Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Member: Alan Ritchie, UCATT, UK
1st Substitute: Phil Davies, GMB, UK
2nd Substitute: Eric Fleming, SIPTU, Ireland

Group 7: Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia
Member: Gyula Pallagi, EFEDOSZSZ, Hungary
1st Substitute: Zbigniew Janowski, Budowlani, Poland
2nd Substitute: Stanislav Antoniv, OSSTAUBA, Czech Republic

Group 8: Bulgaria, Moldova, Romania
Member: Dan Cristescu, FGS Familia, Romania
1st Substitute: Ioanis Parteniotis, FCIW-Podkrepa, Bulgaria
2nd Substitute: Victor Talmaci, SINDICONS, Moldova

Group 9:Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia
Member: Zivko Mitrevski, Macedonia Forestry Union, Macedonia
1st Substitute: Dusco Vucovic, SGIGM, Serbia
2nd Substitute: Zeljko Kalauz, Croatia Forestry Union, Croatia

Group 10:Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Russia
Member: Boris Soshenko, CBWU, Russia
1st Substitute: Vasyl Ianshin, CBMIWUU, Ukraine
2nd Substitute: Kanatbek Osmonov, FWU, Kyrgyzstan

Group 11: Cyprus, Greece, Israel, Malta, Turkey
Member: Tevfik Özcelik, YOL-IS, Turkey
1st Substitute: Itzhak Moyal, NUBWW, Israel
2nd Substitute: Yiannakis Ioannou, CCWMF, Cyprus

Israel is first 2 years and Cyprus the other 2 years

Group 12: Canada, United States
Member: Chris Carlough, SMWIA, USA
1st Substitute: Bernie Evers, Intl Ironworkers, USA
2nd Substitute: Patti Devlin, LIUNA, USA

Member: Bill Street, IAM-AW, USA
1st Substitute: Tim Beaty, IBT, USA
2nd Substitute: Robert Matters, USW, Canada

Group 13: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Gabon, Rep. of Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo, Democratic Republic of Congo
Member: Baba El Madane Touré, FENIBABCOM, Mali
1st Substitute: Ayao Gbandjou, FTBC, Togo
2nd Substitute: Mbaye Thiam, SYNACO, Senegal

Group 14:Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone
Member: Baba Tunde Liadi, NUCECFUW, Nigeria
1st Substitute: Joshua Ansah, TWU, Ghana
2nd Substitute: Etafo Omoji Augustine, CESSA, Nigeria

Group 15:Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Member: Piet Matosa, NUM, South Africa
1st Substitute: Ana da Conceicao Pedro Garcia, SNIMCMA, Angola
2nd Substitute: Jeremias Timana, SINTICIM, Mozambique

Group 16: Burundi, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Seychelles, Tanzania
Member: Wafulla Wa Musamia, KQMWU, Kenya
1st Substitute: Mesilamu Oloka, UBCCECAWU, Uganda
2nd Substitute: Zegeye H/Selassie, Construction Union Federation, Ethiopia

Group 17: Algeria, Egypt, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia,
Member: Hassan Chebil, Building and Wood (UGTT), Tunisia
1st Substitute: Sayed Taha, GTUBWW, Egypt
2nd Substitute: Ahmed Bahanis, SNTBB, Morocco

Tunisia is first 2 years and Egypt the other 2 years

Group 18:Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Palestine, Yemen, Lebanon
Member: Mahmoud Al-Hiyary, GTUCW, Jordan
1st Substitute: Bayer Elhassan NUBWW, Palestine
2nd Substitute: Antoun Antoun, GESTUL, Lebanon

Group 19:Hong-Kong, Japan, Mongolia, Taiwan, South Korea
Member: Nobuo Kawada, SINRIN ROREN, Japan
1st Substitute: Hu Ho Tse, NFCCWU, Taiwan
2nd Substitute: Nam Koong Hyun, KFCITU, Korea

Group 20:Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand
Member: Mohd. Khalid bin Atan, KPPPSM, Malaysia
1st Substitute: Ernesto Arellano, NUBCW, Philippines
2nd Substitute: Van Thol, BWTUC, Cambodia

Group 21:Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Member: Rama Chandra Khuntia, INBFCWF, India
1st Substitute: Md. Aslam Adil, PFBWW, Pakistan
2nd Substitute: Jitendra Shrestha, CUPPEC, Nepal

Group 22:Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu
Member: John A. Paul, CETWUF, Fiji
1st Substitute: Stan Renwick, NDU, New Zealand
2nd Substitute: Tony Kagovai, SINUW, Solomon Islands

Group 23:Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela
Member: Hoover Delgado, FEDESOMEC, Ecuador
1st Substitute: Julio Ahumada, FECOTECMAC, Colombia
2nd Substitute: Jesús Acosta, CSTCB, Bolivia

Group 24:Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay
Member: Gerardo A. Martínez, UOCRA, Argentina
1st Substitute: Edison Bernardes, SOLIDARIDADE, Brasil
2nd Substitute: Sergio Gatica Ortiz, CTF, Chile

Group 25:Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala
Member: Pedro Julio Alcantara, FENTICOMMC, Dominican Rep.
1st Substitute: Walter Soto, UNATROPYT, Costa Rica
2nd Substitute: Victor Petit Arita, SITRAINCESAH, Honduras

Group 26:Barbados, Bermuda, Curacao, Guyana, Jamaica
Member: Clifford O. Mayers, BWU, Barbados
1st Substitute: George Scott, BIU, Bermuda
2nd Substitute: Richenel Ilario, SEBI, Curaçao

Member, Chair IWC: Edna Opoku Boakye, PUWU, Ghana
1st Substitute: Fatimah Mohammad, UFES, Malaysia
2nd Substitute: Bärbel Feltrini, IG BAU, Germany


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