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New Exbo - congress Buenos Aires
New Exbo - congress Buenos Aires

The new leadership of Education International ready to lead

Leading the profession Education International's 10th World Congress
published 3 August 2024 updated 4 September 2024

After a week of intense debate and exchange among the 1,200 participants of the 10th World Congress of Education International, the new Executive Board held its first session in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

One of the major outcomes of the 10th World Congress is that Education International’s delegates elected a new Executive Board, bringing many new leaders from around the world. The Executive Board takes the helm at a critical time for education unions with a mandate to translate the resolutions and aspirations debated and adopted over the week into a coherent and ambitious strategic plan.

The new EI President, Mugwena Maluleke, of SADTU (South Africa), welcomed the new members of the Board, observing that when he joined the Board the open seats comprised of nine men and one woman.

"Today we have flipped that situation and have nine women and one man. That is progress! Colleagues, I have a lot of confidence in the work we will do together, in the campaigns we will win, and I know we will learn a lot from each other. Our mandate is clear, our responsibility great and our resolve is solid," he noted.

At their first meeting after the Congress concluded, EI General Secretary David Edwards thanked the returning Executive Board members for their leadership in ensuring a great Congress, encouraged the new members to engage and offered them his full support in taking the organization forward with vision and solidarity.

The members of the new Executive Board

Officers

  • President: Mr. Mugwena Maluleke; SADTU (South Africa)
  • Vice President from Africa: Marième Sakho Dansokho; SYPROS (Senegal)
  • Vice President from Asia-Pacific: Takashi Kajiwara; JTU (Japan)
  • Vice President from Europe: Johanna Jaara Åstrand; STU (Sweden)
  • Vice President from Latin America: Heleno Araújo; CNTE (Brazil)
  • Vice President from North America and the Caribbean: Becky Pringle; NEA (United States)
  • General Secretary: David Edwards.

Regional seats

  • Regional Seat from Africa: Hélène Nekarmbaye; SET (Chad)
  • Regional Seat from Africa: Yohannes Benti Chokorso; ETA (Ethiopia)
  • Regional Seat from Asia-Pacific: Correna Haythorpe; AEU (Australia)
  • Regional Seat from Asia-Pacific: Kamala Kanta Tripathy; AIPTF (India)
  • Regional Seat from Europe: Daniel Kebede; NEU (United Kingdom)
  • Regional Seat from Europe: Maike Finnern; GEW (Germany)
  • Regional Seat from Latin America: Gilda Montero; ANDE (Costa Rica)
  • Regional Seat from Latin America: Roberto Baradel; CTERA (Argentina)
  • Regional Seat from North America and the Caribbean: Alfonso Cepeda; SNTE (Mexico)
  • Regional Seat from North America and the Caribbean: Shelley Morse; CTF-FCE (Canada)

Open seats

  • Jalila Al-Salman; BTA (Bahrain)
  • Domingo Ayala; FECODE (Colombia)
  • Olha Chabaniuk; TUESWU (Ukraine)
  • Evelyn DeJesus; AFT (United States)
  • Manal Hdaife; PPSTLL (Lebanon)
  • Ann Mari Milo Lorentzen; UEN (Norway)
  • Manuela Mendonça; FENPROF (Portugal)
  • Nadine A. Molloy; JTA (Jamaica)
  • Marjolaine Perreault; CSQ (Canada)
  • Unifah Rosyidi; PGRI (Indonesia)

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