The UNIDROIT Governing Council supervises all policy aspects of the means by which the Institute's statutory objectives are to be attained and in particular the Secretariat's carrying out of the Work Programme, the drawing up of which is its responsibility. It is made up of one ex officio member, the President of the Institute, who is appointed by the Italian Government, and 25 elected members, typically eminent judges, practitioners, academics and civil servants. The current Governing Council was elected by the General Assembly of UNIDROIT member States at its 57th session (Rome, 28 November 2003).
Mr Martin ADENSAMER (Austria)
Mr Tugrul ARAT (Turkey)
Mr Antonio BOGGIANO (Argentina)
Mr Hans-Georg BOLLWEG (Germany)
Mr Sergio CARBONE (Italy)
Mr Nabil ELARABY (Egypt) **
Mr Michael Bendik ELMER (Denmark)
Mr Henry Deeb GABRIEL (United States of America)
Mr Ian GOVEY (Australia)
Mr Attila HARMATHY (Hungary)
Mr Arthur S. HARTKAMP (Netherlands) *
Mr Gerard W. HOGAN (Ireland)
Mr Kiyoshi HOSOKAWA (Japan)
Mr Anthony INGLESE (United Kingdom)
Mr Alexander KOMAROV (Russian Federation)
Mr Byung-Hwa LYOU (Republic of Korea) *
Mr Didier OPERTTI BADÁN (Uruguay)
Mr Jorge SÁNCHEZ CORDERO DAVILA (Mexico)
Mr Biswanath B. SEN (India) *
Mr Stanislaw J. SOLTYSINSKI (Poland)
Mr Bruno STURLESE (France)
Ms Anne-Marie TRAHAN (Canada) *
Mr Evelio VERDERA y TUELLS (Spain)
Mr Ioannis VOULGARIS (Greece) *
Mr Pierre WIDMER (Switzerland)
Mr Yuqing ZHANG (People’s Republic of China)
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Member of the Permanent Committee.
** Mr Elaraby was appointed an additional member of the Council by the General Assembly at its 58th session on 26 November 2004, as a judge in office of the International Court of Justice, on a proposal by the President of UNIDROIT in accordance with the second sentence of paragraph 3 of Article 6 of the Statute.
MEMBERS
Mr Berardino LIBONATI, President of UNIDROIT *