Regional Committees
Africa - Middle East and North Africa
Abdelmonem Ibrahim Mohamed ELGAMAL, GTUBWW - General Trade Union for Building and Wood Industries Workers, (Egypt)Chair
Amechi ASUGWUNI, NUCECFWW - National Union of Civil Engineering Construction, Furniture & Wood Workers, (Nigeria)Vice-Chair

Oloka MESILAMU, UBCCECAWU - Uganda Building Construction, Civil Engineering, Cement & Allied Workers’ Union, (Uganda)Vice-Chair
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, SNTC - BTP/CNTS - National Union of Construction Workers, (Senegal)Member
X1st Substitute
Ibrahima DIOMANDE, SYNASODEFOR - SODEFOR Employees' National Union, (Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire))2nd Substitute

Constant Michel Bruno NABYOURE, FTBBF - Federation of Building and Wood Workers of Faso, (Burkina Faso)Member
Gavor KODJO, FTBC - Federation of Wood and Construction Workers, (Togo)1st Substitute
Etienne LAMBERT BOUDZANGA, UTB TP BSP - Building, Public Works, Wood, Sawing Workers' Union, (Gabon)2nd Substitute
Africa & Middle East - (Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone) - Group 15
Amechi ASUGWUNI, NUCECFWW - National Union of Civil Engineering Construction, Furniture & Wood Workers, (Nigeria)Member
Isaac Jideofor EGBUGARA, CCESSA - Construction and Civil Engineering Senior Staff Association, (Nigeria)1st Substitute
Ibrahim (Prince) WALAMA, NUCECFWW - National Union of Civil Engineering Construction, Furniture & Wood Workers, (Nigeria)2nd Substitute

Pius Michael QUAINOO, CBMWU - Construction and Building Materials Workers’ Union CBMWU, (Ghana)Member

Otaru George EZEKHUMHE, CCESSA - Construction and Civil Engineering Senior Staff Association, (Nigeria)1st Substitute
Akinwande OLADIPUPO, NUCECFWW - National Union of Civil Engineering Construction, Furniture & Wood Workers, (Nigeria)2nd Substitute
Africa & Middle East - (Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe ) - Group 16

Justina JONAS, MANWU - Metal & Allied Namibian Workers’ Union, (Namibia)Member

Mohumad Reeaz CHUTTOO, CMWEU - Construction Metal, Wooden and Related Industries Employees Union, (Mauritius)1st Substitute
Vacant #2nd Substitute

Jeremias DUZENTA TIMANA, SINTICIM - National Trade Union of Workers in Civil Construction, Wood and Mining Industries , (Mozambique)Member
Bryson NYIRENDA, NUBEGW - National Union of Building, Engineering and General Workers, (Zambia)1st Substitute
Vacant #2nd Substitute
Africa & Middle East - (Burundi, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Seychelles, Tanzania ) - Group 17

Wafulla Wa MUSAMIA, KQMWU - Kenya Quarry and Mine Workers’ Union , (Kenya)Member

Francis MURAGE, KBCFTA - Kenya Building, Construction, Timber, Furniture and Industries Industries Employees Union , (Kenya)1st Substitute

Zegeye Halle SELASSIE MEKONNEN, EIFCWMCOTU - Ethiopian Industrial Federation of Construction, Wood, Metal, Cement & other Trade Unions, (Ethiopia)2nd Substitute

Oloka MESILAMU, UBCCECAWU - Uganda Building Construction, Civil Engineering, Cement & Allied Workers’ Union, (Uganda)Member

Rajabu Wellington MWONDI, KUPRIPUPA - Kenya Union of Printing, Publishing, Paper Manufacturing and Allied Workers , (Kenya)1st Substitute
Shikunzi JOHN, TUICO - Tanzania Union of Industrial and Commercial Workers, (Tanzania)2nd Substitute
Africa & Middle East - (Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia) - Group 18

Ahmed BAHANNISS, SNTBB-UTM - National Union of Building and Wood Workers, (Morocco)Member
Bahri TAEIB, FGBB / UGTT Federation of Building and Wood, (Tunisia)1st Substitute
Vacant #2nd Substitute
Abdelmonem Ibrahim Mohamed ELGAMAL, GTUBWW - General Trade Union for Building and Wood Industries Workers, (Egypt)Member
Atef ABAZID, GTUBWW - General Trade Union for Building and Wood Industries Workers, (Egypt)1st Substitute
Africa & Middle East - (Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kurdistan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Palestine, Qatar, Yemen) - Group 19

Mahmoud Salem Abbas AL-HIYARI, GTUCW - General Trade Union of Construction Workers in Jordan, (Jordan)Member
Bayer HASSAN, NUBWW - National Union of Building & Wood Workers , (Palestine)1st Substitute
Nasser AL MAI, SMPWKW - The Syndicate of the Ministry of Public Works, (Kuwait)2nd Substitute

Antoun ANTOUN, GSTU - General Services Employees' Trade Unions of Lebanon, (Lebanon)Member
Vacant #1st Substitute
Vacant #2nd Substitute
Asia / Pacific
David John (Dave) NOONAN, CFMEU - Contruction, Forestry, Mining & Energy Union of Autralia (Construction and General Division), (Australia)Chair
Rama Chandra KHUNTIA, INBCFWWF - Indian National Building, Construction, Forest and Wood Workers’ Federation, (India)Vice-Chair
Asia/Pacific -(Hongkong, Japan, South Korea, Mongolia, Taiwan) Group 19
Akira SHINOHARA, SINRIN ROREN - Japanese Federation of Forest and Wood Workers' Union, (Japan)Member
Jang Ok Ki, KFCITU - Korean Federation of Construction Industry Trade Unions, (South Korea)Member

Battsogt BARDUU, MCWTUF - Mongolian Construction Workers Trade Union's Federation, (Mongolia)1st Substitute

Vacant2nd Substitute
Asia/Pacific - (Cambodia,Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam ) - Group 20
Nor Azlan bin YAACOB, TEUPM - Timber Employees' Union Peninsular Malaysia, (Malaysia)Member
Mohammad Shaman JAES, MTSU - Malayan Technical Services Union, (Malaysia)1st Substitute

Gerard SENO, ALU - Associated Labor Unions, (Philippines)2nd Substitute

Parulian SIANTURI, F Hukatan - Forestry, Wood and Agricultural Sectors, (Indonesia)Member

Ernesto ARELLANO, NUBCW - National Union of Building and Construction Workers, (Philippines)1st Substitute

Hasmi HAMIDAN, MFOU - Malay Forest Officers' Union, (Malaysia)2nd Substitute
Asia/Pacific - (Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka) - Group 21
Rama Chandra KHUNTIA, INBCFWWF - Indian National Building, Construction, Forest and Wood Workers’ Federation, (India)Member

Ponkumar PONNUSWAMY, TKTMS - Tamil Nadu Construction Workers Central Union, (India)1st Substitute

Bholanath TIWARI, CFBWU - Construction Forestry Brick and Wood Workers' Union, (India)2nd Substitute

Smritee LAMA TAMANG, CUPPEC - Central Union of Painters, Plumbers, Electro and Construction Workers, (Nepal)Member

Mohammad Ishtiaq VIRK, ACEEU - Associated Consulting Engineers Employees Union, (Pakistan)1st Substitute

Velayudam KARUPPIAH, NTUF - National Trade Union Federation, (Sri Lanka)2nd Substitute
Asia/Pacific - (Fiji, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu) - Group 22
John ALEXANDER, CETWUF - Construction Energy and Timber Workers’ Union of Fiji, (Fiji)Member
Vacant #1st Substitute
Vacant #2nd Substitute
Asia/Pacific - (Australia) - Group 23
Allen Francis Edward HICKS, ETU - Electrical Trades Union of Australia, (Australia)Member
Vacant #1st Substitute
Vacant #2nd Substitute
Europe
Johan LINDHOLM, BYGGNADS - Swedish Building Workers' Trade Union, (Sweden)Chair
Ramazan AGAR, YOL-IS - Turkish Union of Road, Construction and Building Workers, (Turkey)Vice-Chair
Europe - (Denmark, Faeroe Islands, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden) - Group 1

Jonas WALLIN, SEF - Swedish Electricians' Trade Union, (Sweden)Member

Mikael JOHANSSON, Svenska Målareförbundet - Swedish Painters' Trade Union, (Sweden)1st Substitute
Valle KARLSSON, SEKO - Swedish Union of Service and Communication Employees , (Sweden)2nd Substitute

Nina KREUTZMAN, Rakennusliitto - Construction Trade Union, (Finland)Member

Rauni SÖDERLUND, PRO - Trade Union Pro, (Finland)1st Substitute

Kristjan Thordur SNAEBJARNARSON, Rafidnadarsamband - Icelandic Electrical Workers' Union, (Iceland)2nd Substitute

Gunde ODGAARD, BAT-Kartellet, (Denmark)Member
Jens-Olav PEDERSEN, DEF - The Danish Union of Electricians , (Denmark)1st Substitute

Ole-Kristian PAULSEN, Industry Energy Union, (Norway)2nd Substitute
Europe - (Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands) - Group 2
Brahim HILAMI, CG FGTB - La Centrale Générale FGTB, (Belgium)Member
Gianni DE VLAMINCK, CG FGTB - La Centrale Générale FGTB, (Belgium)1st Substitute
Alexandre GOVAERTS, CG FGTB - La Centrale Générale FGTB, (Belgium)2nd Substitute
Pierre CUPPENS, ACV-BIE - ACV Building, Industry and Energy Union, (Belgium)Member
Patrick VANDENBERGHE, ACV-BIE - ACV Building, Industry and Energy Union, (Belgium)1st Substitute
* Justin DAERDEN *, ACV-BIE - ACV Building, Industry and Energy Union, (Belgium)2nd Substitute
Janna MUD, FNV - Dutch Trade Union Federation, (Netherlands)Member

* Zamaney MENSO *, FNV - Dutch Trade Union Federation, (Netherlands)1st Substitute
Ellen HOEIJENBOS, FNV - Dutch Trade Union Federation, (Netherlands)2nd Substitute
Europe - (Germany) - Group 3
Dietmar SCHÄFERS, IG BAU - Trade Union for Building, Forestry, Agriculture and the Environment, (Germany)Member
Robert FEIGER, IG BAU - Trade Union for Building, Forestry, Agriculture and the Environment, (Germany)1st Substitute

Fritz HEIL, IG BAU - Trade Union for Building, Forestry, Agriculture and the Environment, (Germany)2nd Substitute

Nicole SIMONS, IG BAU - Trade Union for Building, Forestry, Agriculture and the Environment, (Germany)Member
Ulrike LAUX, IG BAU - Trade Union for Building, Forestry, Agriculture and the Environment, (Germany)1st Substitute

Fritz HEIL, IG BAU - Trade Union for Building, Forestry, Agriculture and the Environment, (Germany)2nd Substitute
Friedhelm AHRENS, IG Metall - Metalworker's Union, (Germany)Member

Brigitte DÖTH, IG Metall - Metalworker's Union, (Germany)1st Substitute
Vacant #2nd Substitute
Europe - (Austria, Switzerland) - Group 4
Josef MUCHITSCH, GBH - Building and Wood Workers' Trade Union, (Austria)Member

Herbert AUFNER, GBH - Building and Wood Workers' Trade Union, (Austria)1st Substitute

Brigitte SCHULZ, GBH - Building and Wood Workers' Trade Union, (Austria)2nd Substitute
Nico LUTZ, Unia, (Switzerland)Member
Rita SCHIAVI, Unia, (Switzerland)1st Substitute

Hans MAISSEN, Syna, (Switzerland)2nd Substitute
Europe - (France, Italy, Portugal, Spain) - Group 5
Claudio SOTTILE, FILCA-CISL - Italian Federation of Construction and Allied Workers, (Italy)Member

Vito PANZARELLA, FENEAL-UIL - National Federation of Building, Wood and Allied Workers, (Italy)1st Substitute
Mercedes LANDOLFI, FILLEA-CGIL - Italian Federation of Wood, Building and Allied Industry Workers, (Italy)2nd Substitute

Christian ROY, FO BTP - Building, Public Works, Wood, Paper, Ceramics, Quarries and Construction Materials, (France)Member

Jean-Michel GILLET, FNCB (CFDT) - National Federation of Salaried Workers in Construction and Wood Industries, (France)1st Substitute
Vacant #2nd Substitute
Vicente SANCHEZ JIMENEZ, CCOO of Construction and Services, (Spain)Member
Jesús Antonio FERNANDEZ BEJAR, CCOO of Construction and Services, (Spain)1st Substitute

Maria Angeles ROMERO CAMBRA2nd Substitute
Pedro Luis HOJAS CANCHO, UGT FICA, (Spain)Member
Juan Carlos BARRERO MANCHA, UGT FICA, (Spain)1st Substitute
(Maria) Angeles FERNANDEZ MARIN, UGT FICA, (Spain)2nd Substitute
Europe - (Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom) - Group 7
Gail CARTMAIL, UNITE - Unite the Union Construction division , (United Kingdom)Member
Jo PISANI, UNITE - Unite the Union Construction division , (United Kingdom)1st Substitute
Vacant #2nd Substitute
James McCABE, UNITE - Unite the Union Construction division , (United Kingdom)Member
Samantha JONES, UNITE - Unite the Union Construction division , (United Kingdom)1st Substitute
Vacant #2nd Substitute
Europe - (Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia) - Group 8

Ieva GRETERE , LBNA - Latvian Building Sector Trade Union, (Latvia)Member
Inguna SINICA, LMNA - Forestry Sphere Trade Union of Latvia, (Latvia)1st Substitute
Anete KICE, LMNA - Forestry Sphere Trade Union of Latvia, (Latvia)2nd Substitute

Gyula PALLAGI, EFEDOSZSZ - Federation of Building, Wood and Building Material Industry Workers’ Unions, (Hungary)Member
Vacant #1st Substitute
Vacant #2nd Substitute
Europe - (Bulgaria, Romania) Group 9

Ioanis PARTENIOTIS, FCIW-Podkrepa - Federation “Construction, Industry and Water Supply”-Podkrepa, (Bulgaria)Member
Petar ABRASHEV, FSO GSDP - Federation of Trade Union Organisations in Forestry and Wood Processing Industries , (Bulgaria)1st Substitute
Yordan YORDANOV, FCIW-Podkrepa - Federation “Construction, Industry and Water Supply”-Podkrepa, (Bulgaria)2nd Substitute

Gheorghe BALACEANU, FGS - General Union Federation FAMILIA, (Romania)Member

Ramona Mercedes VELEANU, FGS - General Union Federation FAMILIA, (Romania)1st Substitute
Dorel OANCEA, FSCR - Federation of Cement Workers' Unions of Romania, (Romania)2nd Substitute
Europe - (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia) Group 10

Vlado PAVLOVIC, SSPDPRS - Trade Union of Forestry, Wood Processing and Paper of the Republic of Srpska, (Bosnia-Herzegovina)Member
Lejla CATIC, SSSPDP BiH - Independant Trade Union of Forestry, Wood Processing and Paper in Bosnia and Herzegovina , (Bosnia-Herzegovina)1st Substitute

Živko MITREVSKI, SIDEMK - Trade Union of Workers in Forestry, Wooden Industry and Energy in Republic of North Macedonia, (North Macedonia)2nd Substitute
Jasenka VUKSIC, SGH - Trade Union of Construction Industry of Croatia, (Croatia)Member
Andelko KASUNIC, NCS - Indepedent Road Workers Trade Union, (Croatia)1st Substitute

Nenad MARKOVIC, SGIGMCG - Trade Union of Building and Construction Materials Industry of Montenegro, (Montenegro)2nd Substitute
Europe -(Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Russia) Group 11
Vasyl ANDREYEV, PROFBUD - Construction and Building Materials Industry Workers' Union of Ukraine, (Ukraine)Member
Marina KURTANIDZE, The Georgian Constructors and Foresters Independent Trade Union, (Georgia)1st Substitute

Kussein YESSENGAZIN, Sectoral Trade Union of Workers of Building Complex and Housing and Communal Services of the Republic of Kazakhstan, (Kazakhstan)2nd Substitute
Denis ZHURAVLEV, TRIWU - Timber and Related Industries Workers' Union of the Russian Federation, (Russian Federation)Member

Boris SOSHENKO, RBWU - Construction and Building Materials Industry Workers' Union of the Russian Federation, (Russian Federation)1st Substitute

Victor TALMACI, SINDICONS - Federation of Constructions and Building Material's Trade Unions "SINDICONS" of the Republic of Moldova, (Moldova)2nd Substitute
Europe - (Cyprus, Greece, Israel, Malta, Turkey) Group 12
Ramazan AGAR, YOL-IS - Turkish Union of Road, Construction and Building Workers, (Turkey)Member

Yiannakis IOANNOU, FCMW - Federation of Construction and Mines Workers (SEK), (Cyprus)1st Substitute
Mürsel TASCI, AGAÇ-IS - Turkish Wood and Paper Industry Workers' Union, (Turkey)2nd Substitute
Yitzhak MOYAL, NUBWW - National Union of Building, Wood Workers - Histadrut, (Israel)Member

Avital SHAPIRA-SHABIROW, NUBWW - National Union of Building, Wood Workers - Histadrut, (Israel)1st Substitute

Vacant2nd Substitute
Latin America & Caribbean

Saúl MENDEZ RODRIGUEZ, SUNTRACS - National Construction Industry Workers´ Union, (Panama)Chair

Victor Hugo BRANDAN, UOCRA - Construction Workers of the Republic of Argentina, (Argentina)1st Vice-Chair
Denilson PESTANA, FETRACONSPAR - Federation of Workers in Construction and Wood Furnitures Industries of the State of Paraná, (Brazil)1st Substitute
Paulo BORBA, SINTRACONST-ES - Trade Union of Workers in Construction & Public Works of the State of Espirito Santo, (Brazil)1st Substitute

José LOPEZ, SINTRA-SKINCO-COLOMBIT - Skinco Colombit Manizales' Workers Trade Union, (Colombia)2nd Substitute
Richenel ILARIO, SEBI - Sindikato di Empleadonan den Bibienda, (Curaçao)3rd Substitute
Latin America/Caribbean - (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú, Venezuela) - Group 25

José LOPEZ, SINTRA-SKINCO-COLOMBIT - Skinco Colombit Manizales' Workers Trade Union, (Colombia)Member

* Hoover DELGADO HURTADO *, FEDESOMEC - Equatorian Federation of Operators and Mechanics of Road Equipment, (Ecuador)1st Substitute
Kenner SEVILLANO, CTC - Confederation of Construction, Wood and Allied Workers of Ecuador, (Ecuador)2nd Substitute
Luis GILVONIO ALEGRIA, FETRACEPPE - National Federation of Cement and Pre-mix Workers of Peru, (Peru)Member

Palmides ESCORCIA, SINTRAPIZANO - Pizanos' WorkersTrade Union, (Colombia)1st Substitute
Henry MONTANO, CTSPE - Confederation of Public Sector Workers of Ecuator, (Ecuador)2nd Substitute
Latin America/Caribbean - (Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay) - Group 26
Roberto BURGOS, STMM - Masisa Mapal Plant Workers' Trade Union, (Chile)Member
Jorge GORNATTI, USIMRA - Association of Trade Unions in the Wood Industry in the Republic of Argentina, (Argentina)1st Substitute
Vacant #2nd Substitute

Victor Hugo BRANDAN, UOCRA - Construction Workers of the Republic of Argentina, (Argentina)Member
Cristian VIVAR, FETRACOMA - National Federation of Workers in Construction, Wood, Services and Allied Sectors, (Chile)1st Substitute
Vacant #2nd Substitute
Latin America/Caribbean - (Brazil) - Group 27
Paulo BORBA, SINTRACONST-ES - Trade Union of Workers in Construction & Public Works of the State of Espirito Santo, (Brazil)Member
Raimundo NONATO, SINTEPAV-CE - Trade Union of Workers in Heavy Construction Sector of the State of Ceará, (Brazil)1st Substitute
Adauri PEREIRA, SITICOMFLORIPA - Trade Union of Workers in the Construction Industries and Furniture of Florianòpolis and region , (Brazil)2nd Substitute
Denilson PESTANA, FETRACONSPAR - Federation of Workers in Construction and Wood Furnitures Industries of the State of Paraná, (Brazil)Member
Gelson SANTANA, STICC-POA - Trade Union of Workers in Civil Construction Industries of Porto Alegre , (Brazil)1st Substitute
Raimundo RIBEIRO SANTOS, SINTRAPAV - Trade Union of Workers in Construction of Roads and Public & Private Works of the State of Paraná, (Brazil)2nd Substitute
Latin America/Caribbean - (Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama) - Group 28

Pedro Julio ALCANTARA, FENTICOMMC - National Federation of Workers in the Construction, Wood and Construction Materials Industries, (Dominican Republic)Member
Julio FLORES, SOICSCES - Union of Workers in the Construction and Allied Industries, (El Salvador)1st Substitute

Walter SOTO JIMENEZ, UNATROPYT - National Union of Public Works and Transport Workers, (Costa Rica)2nd Substitute

Luis BARBOSA, SNSCAASC - National Trade Union of Carpenters, Bricklayers and Allied Trade Unions, (Nicaragua)Member
Jaime CABALLERO, SUNTRACS - National Construction Industry Workers´ Union, (Panama)1st Substitute
Carlos GODOY, SITRAASPE - Union of Workers of Aguas de San Pedro, (Honduras)2nd Substitute
Latin America/Caribbean -(Barbados, Bermuda, Curacao, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Surinam) - Group 29

George SCOTT, BIU - Bermuda Industrial Union, (Bermuda)Member
Collin VIRGO, BITU - Bustamante Industrial Trade Union, (Jamaica)1st Substitute
Pernell GRANT, BIU - Bermuda Industrial Union, (Bermuda)2nd Substitute
Richenel ILARIO, SEBI - Sindikato di Empleadonan den Bibienda, (Curaçao)Member
Edward StJACOBS, SEBI - Sindikato di Empleadonan den Bibienda, (Curaçao)1st Substitute

Robby BERENSTEIN, C-47 - Progressive Trade Union Federation 47, (Suriname)2nd Substitute
North America
Michael (Mike) ROSE, IAMAW - International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers , (United States)Chair of the Regional Board
* Michael (Mike) MARTIN *, IABSORIW - International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers, (United States)Chair of Organizing Committee
Chris WASILENCHUK, CMAW - Construction Maintenance and Allied Workers Canada, (Canada)Chair of Affiliation Committee
North America (Canada, United States)
Chris CARLOUGH, SMART - The International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers, (United States)Member
Andrew LARSON, IUPAT - International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, (United States)Member
Scott DOHERTY, UNIFOR , (Canada)Member
Jeff BROMLEY, USW - United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, (Canada)Member