Africa - Middle East and North Africa

• 

  Abdelmonem Ibrahim Mohamed ELGAMAL

  Chair

  General Trade Union for Building and Wood Industries Workers

  Egypt

• 

  Stephen Igho OKORO

  Vice-Chair

  National Union of Civil Engineering Construction, Furniture & Wood Workers

  Nigeria

• Vacant position

  Vice-Chair

• 

  Crecentia MOFOKENG

  Regional Representative

  Building & Wood Workers' International Africa & MENA

  Republic of South Africa

• Group

  Africa & Middle East - (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Rep. of Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Togo) - Group 14

  • Diarraf NDAO

    Member

    BTP/CNTS - National Union of Construction Workers

    Senegal

  • Guillaume ZOUNGRANA

    1st Substitute

    Federation of Building and Wood Workers of Faso

    Burkina Faso

  • Ronald Abessolo BYO'O

    2nd Substitute

    Building, Public Works, Wood, Sawing Workers' Union

    Gabon

  • Léon Evoung MEBIAME

    Member

    Building, Public Works, Wood, Sawing Workers' Union

    Gabon

  • Ibrahima DIOMANDE

    1st Substitute

    SODEFOR Employees' National Union

    Ivory Coast

  • Eric Abagah BIHANG

    2nd Substitute

    Building, Public Works, Wood, Sawing Workers' Union

    Gabon

• Group

  Africa & Middle East - (Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone) - Group 15

  • 

    Stephen Igho OKORO

    Member

    National Union of Civil Engineering Construction, Furniture & Wood Workers

    Nigeria

  • Ibrahim (Prince) WALAMA

    1st Substitute

  • Ayodeji TEMIDAYO ADEYEMO

    2nd Substitute

    Construction and Civil Engineering Senior Staff Association

    Nigeria

  • Bernard ADJEI

    Member

    Public Services Workers’ Union of GTUC

    Ghana

  • Vacant position

    1st Substitute

  • Vacant position

    2nd Substitute

• Group

  Africa & Middle East - (Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe ) - Group 16

  • Phillip VILAKAZI

    Member

  • Mohumad Reeaz CHUTTOO

    1st Substitute

    Construction Metal, Wooden and Related Industries Employees Union

    Mauritius

  • Justina JONAS

    2nd Substitute

  • Jeremias DUZENTA TIMANA

    Member

    National Trade Union of Workers in Civil Construction, Wood and Mining Industries

    Mozambique

  • Muchapiwa N. MAZARURA

    1st Substitute

    Zimbabwe Construction and Allied Trades Workers’ Union

    Zimbabwe

  • Juliet SITHOLE

    2nd Substitute

    General Agriculture and Plantation Workers’ Union of Zimbabwe

    Zimbabwe

• Group

  Africa & Middle East - (Burundi, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Seychelles, Tanzania ) - Group 17

  • Zegeye Haileselassie MEKONNEN

    Member

    Ethiopian Industrial Federation of Construction, Wood, Metal, Cement & other Trade Unions

    Ethiopia

  • Evariste HABYARIMANA

    1st Substitute

    Trade Union of Workers Company in Construction and Carpentry

    Rwanda

  • Vacant position

    2nd Substitute

  • Teresia Njeri KAGWA

    Member

    Kenya Union of Printing, Publishing, Paper Manufacturing and Allied Workers

    Kenya

  • Vacant position

    1st Substitute

  • Vacant position

    2nd Substitute

• Group

  Africa & Middle East - (Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia) - Group 18

  • Ahmed BAHANNISS

    Member

    National Union of Building and Wood Workers

    Morocco

  • Taieb BAHRI

    1st Substitute

    FGBB / UGTT Federation of Building and Wood

    Tunisia

  • Mohamad JABERI

    2nd Substitute

    National Union of Building and Wood Workers

    Morocco

  • 

    Abdelmonem Ibrahim Mohamed ELGAMAL

    Member

    General Trade Union for Building and Wood Industries Workers

    Egypt

  • Mohamad Mohamad HASSAN

    1st Substitute

    General Trade Union for Building and Wood Industries Workers

    Egypt

  • Mohamad Moustapha ABDEL BAKI

    2nd Substitute

    General Trade Union for Building and Wood Industries Workers

    Egypt

• Group

  Africa & Middle East - (Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kurdistan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Palestine, Qatar, Yemen) - Group 19

  • Mahmoud Salem Abbas AL-HIYARI

    Member

    General Trade Union of Construction Workers in Jordan

    Jordan

  • Saher SARSOUR

    1st Substitute

    National Union of Building & Wood Workers

    Palestinian Territory

  • Aqeel MOUSLEM

    2nd Substitute

    General Federation of Bahrain Trade Unions

    Bahrain

  • Antoun ANTOUN

    Member

    General Federation of Building and Construction Trade Union

    Lebanon

  • Anwar EL AZEMI

    1st Substitute

    The Syndicate of the Ministry of Public Works

    Kuwait

  • Tony MOUSALLEM

    2nd Substitute

    General Federation of Building and Construction Trade Union

    Lebanon

Asia & Pacific

• 

  David John (Dave) NOONAN

  Chair

  Construction, Forestry, Mining & Energy Union of Australia (Construction and General Division)

  Australia

• 

  Rama Chandra KHUNTIA

  Vice-Chair

  Indian National Building, Construction, Forest and Wood Workers’ Federation

  India

• Group

  Asia & Pacific - (Hongkong, Japan, South Korea, Mongolia, Taiwan) - Group 20

  • Yasushi NAKAMURA

    Member

    Japanese Federation of Forest and Wood Workers' Union

    Japan

  • Vacant position

    1st Substitute

  • Vacant position

    2nd Substitute

  • Young Choul LEE

    Member

    Korean Federation of Construction Industry Trade Unions

    South Korea

  • Vacant position

    1st Substitute

  • Vacant position

    2nd Substitute

• Group

  Asia & Pacific - (Cambodia,Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam ) - Group 21

  • Santiago V. NOLLA

    Member

    National Union of Building and Construction Workers

    Philippines

  • Kin SOK

    1st Substitute

    Building and Wood Workers Trade Union Federation of Cambodia

    Cambodia, Kingdom of

  • Noor Irdawaty JAMMARUDIN

    2nd Substitute

    Building, Construction &Timber Industries Employees' Union

    Singapore

  • Hasmi HAMIDAN

    Member

    Malay Forest Officers' Union

    Malaysia

  • Nursanna MARPAUNG

    1st Substitute

    Forestry, Wood and Agricultural Sectors

    Indonesia

  • 

    Siau Fang (Engrit) LIAW

    2nd Substitute

    Sabah Timber Industry Employees Union

    Malaysia

• Group

  Asia & Pacific - (Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka) - Group 22

  • Rama Chandra KHUNTIA

    Member

    Nikhil Utkal Gramina Chasi Mulia Sangha (All Odisha Rural Labour Union)

    India

  • Gopinath PANNEERSELVAM

    1st Substitute

    Akila India Kattida Thozhilalargal Mathya Sangam (All India Construction Workers Central Union)

    India

  • Prince VERMA

    2nd Substitute

    Bhawan Nirman Karmkar Majdoor Union (Construction Workers' Union )

    India

  • Pradip ACHARYA

    Member

    Construction and Allied Workers’ Union of Nepal

    Nepal

  • Rudradeepan VELAYUTHAM

    1st Substitute

    National Trade Union Federation

    Sri Lanka

  • Mohammad Aslam ADIL

    2nd Substitute

    Pakistan Federation of Building and Wood Workers

    Pakistan

• Group

  Asia & Pacific - (Fiji, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu) - Group 23

  • 

    John ALEXANDER

    Member

    Construction Energy and Timber Workers’ Union of Fiji

    Fiji

  • Tony KAGOVAI

    1st Substitute

    Workers Union of Solomon Islands

    Solomon Islands

  • Vacant position

    2nd Substitute

  • Grahame ANDREWS

    Member

    FIRST UNION

    New Zealand

  • Vacant position

    1st Substitute

  • Vacant position

    2nd Substitute

• Group

  Asia & Pacific - (Australia) - Group 24

  • 

    David John (Dave) NOONAN

    Member

    Construction, Forestry, Mining & Energy Union of Australia (Construction and General Division)

    Australia

  • Zach SMITH

    1st Substitute

    Construction, Forestry, Mining & Energy Union of Australia (Construction and General Division)

    Australia

  • Andrew James SUTHERLAND

    2nd Substitute

    Construction, Forestry, Mining & Energy Union of Australia (Construction and General Division)

    Australia

  • Michael WRIGHT

    Member

    Electrical Trades Union of Australia

    Australia

  • Matthew MURPHY

    1st Substitute

    Electrical Trades Union of Australia

    Australia

  • Vacant position

    2nd Substitute

Europe

• 

  Bruno BOTHUA

  Chair

  National Federation of Construction Wood and Furniture Employees CGT

  France

• 

  Ramazan AGAR

  Vice-Chair

  Turkish Union of Road, Construction and Building Workers

  Türkiye

• Group

  Europe - (Denmark, Faeroe Islands, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden) - Group 1

  • 

    Gabriella LAVECCHIA

    Member

    Swedish Union of Service and Communication Employees

    Sweden

  • Urban PETTERSSON

    1st Substitute

    Swedish Electricians' Trade Union

    Sweden

  • Vacant position

    2nd Substitute

  • Nina KREUTZMAN

    Member

    Construction Trade Union

    Finland

  • Jyrki SUIHKONEN

    1st Substitute

    Trade Union Pro

    Finland

  • Jón Bjarni JÓNSSON

    2nd Substitute

    Federation of Skilled Construction and Industrial Workers

    Iceland

  • Vacant position

    Member

  • Christian ROSENKVIST ELGAARD

    1st Substitute

    The Danish Union of Electricians

    Denmark

  • Christian JUSTNES

    2nd Substitute

    Fellesforbundet - Norwegian United Federation of Trade Unions

    Norway

  • 

    Jakob WAGNER

    Member

    Swedish Building Workers' Trade Union

    Sweden

  • Thomas JANSON

    1st Substitute

    Unionen

    Sweden

  • Vacant position

    2nd Substitute

• Group

  Europe - (Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands) - Group 2

  • 

    Patrick VANDENBERGHE

    Member

    ACV Building, Industry and Energy Union

    Belgium

  • 

    Pierre CUPPENS

    1st Substitute

    ACV Building, Industry and Energy Union

    Belgium

  • 

    Laetitia BALDAN

    2nd Substitute

    ACV Building, Industry and Energy Union

    Belgium

  • 

    Gianni DE VLAMINCK

    Member

    La Centrale Générale FGTB

    Belgium

  • Arnaud LEVEQUE

    1st Substitute

    La Centrale Générale FGTB

    Belgium

  • Alexandre GOVAERTS

    2nd Substitute

    La Centrale Générale FGTB

    Belgium

  • 

    Ellen HOEIJENBOS

    Member

    Dutch Trade Union Federation

    Netherlands

  • 

    Zamaney MENSO

    1st Substitute

    Dutch Trade Union Federation

    Netherlands

  • 

    Dennis VEREGGEN

    2nd Substitute

    Dutch Trade Union Federation

    Netherlands

• Group

  Europe - (Germany) - Group 3

  • 

    Nicole SIMONS

    Member

    Trade Union for Building, Forestry, Agriculture and the Environment

    Germany

  • Christian BECK

    1st Substitute

    Trade Union for Building, Forestry, Agriculture and the Environment

    Germany

  • Antonius (Toni) ALLGAIER

    2nd Substitute

    Trade Union for Building, Forestry, Agriculture and the Environment

    Germany

  • Carsten BURCKHARDT

    Member

    Trade Union for Building, Forestry, Agriculture and the Environment

    Germany

  • Peter RIEDEL

    1st Substitute

    Trade Union for Building, Forestry, Agriculture and the Environment

    Germany

  • Antonius (Toni) ALLGAIER

    2nd Substitute

    Trade Union for Building, Forestry, Agriculture and the Environment

    Germany

  • Vacant position

    Member

  • Friedhelm AHRENS

    1st Substitute

    Metalworker's Union

    Germany

  • Vacant position

    2nd Substitute

• Group

  Europe - (Austria, Switzerland) - Group 4

  • Herbert AUFNER

    Member

    Building and Wood Workers' Trade Union

    Austria

  • Christian FÖLZER

    1st Substitute

    Building and Wood Workers' Trade Union

    Austria

  • Barbara HUBER

    2nd Substitute

    Building and Wood Workers' Trade Union

    Austria

  • 

    Nico LUTZ

    Member

    Unia

    Switzerland

  • Bruna CAMPANELLO

    1st Substitute

    Unia

    Switzerland

  • Christopher (Chris) KELLEY

    2nd Substitute

    Unia

    Switzerland

• Group

  Europe - (France, Italy) - Group 5

  • Andrea MERLI

    Member

    National Federation of Building, Wood and Allied Workers

    Italy

  • Marco BENATI

    1st Substitute

    Italian Federation of Wood, Building and Allied Industry Workers

    Italy

  • Claudio SOTTILE

    2nd Substitute

    Italian Federation of Construction and Allied Workers

    Italy

  • 

    Christian ROY

    Member

    Building, Public Works, Wood, Paper, Ceramics, Quarries and Construction Materials

    France

  • Jean-Marc CANDILLE

    1st Substitute

    National Federation of Salaried Workers in Construction and Wood Industries

    France

  • 

    Jean-Pascal FRANCOIS

    2nd Substitute

    National Federation of Construction Wood and Furniture Employees CGT

    France

• Group

  Europe - (Portugal, Spain) - Group 6

  • 

    Daniel BARRAGÁN BURGUI

    Member

    CCOO del Hábitat

    Spain

  • Maria Angeles ROMERO CAMBRA

    1st Substitute

  • Vacant position

    2nd Substitute

  • 

    Mariano HOYA CALLOSA

    Member

    UGT FICA

    Spain

  • Sergio ESTELA GALLEGO

    1st Substitute

    UGT FICA

    Spain

  • Sergio HERNÁNDEZ JIMÉNEZ

    2nd Substitute

    UGT FICA

    Spain

• Group

  Europe - (Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom) - Group 7

  • James McCABE

    Member

    Unite the Union Construction division

    United Kingdom

  • Paul MOONEY

    1st Substitute

    Unite the Union Construction division

    United Kingdom

  • Stuart GRICE

    2nd Substitute

    Unite the Union Construction division

    United Kingdom

  • Jason POULTER

    Member

    Unite the Union Construction division

    United Kingdom

  • Clare BAKER

    1st Substitute

    Unite the Union Construction division

    United Kingdom

  • Adrian KANE

    2nd Substitute

    Services Industrial Professional Technical Union

    Ireland

• Group

  Europe - (Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia) - Group 8

  • Kristine RAPA

    Member

    Forest and Wood Workers Trade Union of Latvia

    Latvia

  • Vacant position

    1st Substitute

  • Vacant position

    2nd Substitute

  • Vacant position

    Member

  • Vacant position

    1st Substitute

  • Vacant position

    2nd Substitute

• Group

  Europe - (Bulgaria, Romania) - Group 9

  • Yordan YORDANOV

    Member

    Federation “Construction, Industry and Water Supply”-Podkrepa

    Bulgaria

  • Plamena PARTENIOTIS

    1st Substitute

    Federation “Construction, Industry and Water Supply”-Podkrepa

    Bulgaria

  • Teodora SUHORUKOVA

    2nd Substitute

    Federation “Construction, Industry and Water Supply”-Podkrepa

    Bulgaria

  • Gheorghe BALACEANU

    Member

  • Ramona Mercedes VELEANU

    1st Substitute

    General Union Federation FAMILIA

    Romania

  • Catalin CÎNERCI

    2nd Substitute

    General Union Federation FAMILIA

    Romania

• Group

  Europe - (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia) - Group 10

  • Andelko KASUNIC

    Member

  • Oskar KOMAC

    1st Substitute

  • Snezana KARAMARKOVIC

    2nd Substitute

    Autonomous Trade Union of Road Maintenance Workers of Serbia

    Serbia

  • Miljana ZUPANJAC

    Member

    Forestry and Woodworking Workers' Union

    Serbia

  • Vlado PAVLOVIC

    1st Substitute

    Trade Union of Forestry, Wood Processing and Paper of the Republic of Srpska

    Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • Josip STOJANOVIC

    2nd Substitute

    Croatian Forestry Union

    Croatia

• Group

  Europe - (Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Republic of Moldova, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan) - Group 11

  • 

    Vasyl ANDREYEV

    Member

    Construction and Building Materials Industry Workers' Union of Ukraine

    Ukraine

  • Victor TALMACI

    1st Substitute

    Federation of Constructions and Building Material's Trade Unions "SINDICONS" of the Republic of Moldova

    Moldova

  • Vacant position

    2nd Substitute

  • Marina KURTANIDZE

    Member

    The Georgian Constructors and Foresters Independent Trade Union

    Georgia

  • Vacant position

    1st Substitute

  • Vacant position

    2nd Substitute

• Group

  Europe - (Cyprus, Greece, Israel, Malta, Türkiye) - Group 12

  • 

    Ramazan AGAR

    Member

    Turkish Union of Road, Construction and Building Workers

    Türkiye

  • Stelios TSIAPOUTIS

    1st Substitute

    Federation of Construction and Mines Workers (SEK)

    Cyprus

  • Zekeriye NAZLIM

    2nd Substitute

    Turkish Cement, Pottery and Glass Workers' Union

    Türkiye

  • 

    Yitzhak MOYAL

    Member

    National Union of Building, Wood Workers - Histadrut

    Israel

  • Avital SHAPIRA-SHABIROW

    1st Substitute

    National Union of Building, Wood Workers - Histadrut

    Israel

  • Gunseli SOYSAL

    2nd Substitute

    Civil Servants' Union of Agriculture, Forestry, Husbandry and Environment Sectors

    Türkiye

Latin America & Caribbean

• Raimundo RIBEIRO SANTOS FILHO BAHIA

  Chair

  PR - Trade Union of Workers in Construction of Roads and Public & Private Works of the State of Paraná

  Brazil

• Victor Hugo BRANDAN

  1st Vice-Chair

  Construction Workers of the Republic of Argentina

  Argentina

• Jaime CABALLERO

  2nd Vice-Chair

  National Construction Industry Workers´ Union

  Panama

• Pedro Julio ALCANTARA

  3rd Vice-Chair

  National Federation of Workers in the Construction, Wood and Construction Materials Industries

  Dominican Republic

• Luis GILVONIO ALEGRIA

  4th Vice-Chair

  National Federation of Cement and Pre-mix Workers of Peru

  Peru

• Group

  Latin America/Caribbean - (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú, Venezuela) - Group 25

  • Luis GILVONIO ALEGRIA

    Member

    National Federation of Cement and Pre-mix Workers of Peru

    Peru

  • Luis CEBALLOS

    1st Substitute

    Equatorian Federation of Operators and Mechanics of Road Equipment

    Ecuador

  • Luis GARCÍA SANCHEZ

    2nd Substitute

    Trade Union Workers' from Peruana Eternit

    Peru

  • Luis Fernando LÓPEZ

    Member

    Colombian Association of Construction, Building Materials and Wood Worker's

    Colombia

  • Hoover DELGADO HURTADO

    1st Substitute

    Confederation of Construction, Wood and Allied Workers of Ecuador

    Ecuador

  • Celso Arce BLANCO

    2nd Substitute

    Trade Union of Workers of A.W. Faber Castell in Peru

    Peru

• Group

  Latin America/Caribbean - (Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay) - Group 26

  • Victor Hugo BRANDAN

    Member

    Construction Workers of the Republic of Argentina

    Argentina

  • Luis Alberto CACERES

    1st Substitute

    Union Workers of Bricks Industry of the Republic of Argentina

    Argentina

  • Roberto BURGOS

    2nd Substitute

  • Juan Agustin CAMPOS

    Member

    Association of Trade Unions in the Wood Industry in the Republic of Argentina

    Argentina

  • Juan José MOREIRA

    1st Substitute

    Ceramic Union Worker's of the Republic of Argentina

    Argentina

  • Miguel BARRERA

    2nd Substitute

    National Intercompany Industrial Construction Workers Union

    Chile

• Group

  Latin America/Caribbean - (Brazil) - Group 27

  • Raimundo RIBEIRO SANTOS FILHO BAHIA

    Member

    PR - Trade Union of Workers in Construction of Roads and Public & Private Works of the State of Paraná

    Brazil

  • Irailson WARNEAUX GAZO

    1st Substitute

    Trade Union of Workers in Construction Industries of the State of Bahia

    Brazil

  • Deusdete DAS VIRGENS

    2nd Substitute

    Federation of Chemical Workers of CUT in the State of São Paulo

    Brazil

  • Helío RODRIGUES DE ANDRADE

    Member

    Trade Union of Workers in the Chemical, Parmaceutical, Plastic and Similar Industries in the State of São Paulo

    Brazil

  • Luiz Carlos JOSE DE QUEIROZ

    1st Substitute

    Trade Union of Workers of Building and Furniture Industries of Mogi das Cruzes

    Brazil

  • Cleide SOUZA

    2nd Substitute

    Trade Union of Workers in Construction Industries of the State of Bahia

    Brazil

• Group

  Latin America/Caribbean - (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama) - Group 28

  • Jaime CABALLERO

    Member

    National Construction Industry Workers´ Union

    Panama

  • Julio DIAZ

    1st Substitute

    National Construction and Services Union of Guatemala

    Guatemala

  • Ruben FLORES

    2nd Substitute

    Trade Union of Honduras Cement Workers

    Honduras

  • Hipolito ROJAS

    Member

    International Confederation of Workers

    Mexico

  • Keny TOVAR

    1st Substitute

    Union of Workers of Aguas de San Pedro

    Honduras

  • José Rafael NAVARRO

    2nd Substitute

    National Union of Public Works and Transport Workers

    Costa Rica

• Group

  Latin America/Caribbean - (Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cuba, Curaçao, Dominican Republic, French Guiana, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Saint Lucia, Surinam, Trinidad e Tobago) - Group 29

  • Pedro Julio ALCANTARA

    Member

    National Federation of Workers in the Construction, Wood and Construction Materials Industries

    Dominican Republic

  • Robby BERENSTEIN

    1st Substitute

  • Eligio ROSARIO

    2nd Substitute

    Association of Authorized Master Builders of Works

    Dominican Republic

  • Renee JONES

    Member

  • Collin VIRGO

    1st Substitute

    Bustamante Industrial Trade Union

    Jamaica

  • Fausto VARGAS ENCARNACÍON

    2nd Substitute

    National Federation of Construction and Related Workers

    Dominican Republic

North America

• 

  James A. WILLIAMS Jr

  Chair

  International Union of Painters and Allied Trades

  United States