Council members

The Council acts as a second chamber and transmits national interests and specificities to the European level. National assemblies elect its members (all IFOAM Organics Europe’s members of a given Member State or EFTA country). Our Council consists of one Council member and two Deputy Council Members from each EU country at most. The Council elects a chair and one vice-chair among its Council members/deputies for two years in its first meeting following the General Assembly.

 

For a list of former Council members, please read our annual reports.

 

IFOAM Organics Europe Council Members 2023-2026: 

 

Austria

Heidelinde Kottnig
Council member
Thomas Fertl
Deputy Council Member & Board Member - Rapporteur for farming

Belgium

Lieve Vercauteren
Council Member
Muriel Huybrechts
Deputy Council Member

Bulgaria

Stoilko Apostolov
Council Member
Krassimir Benjamin
Deputy Council Member

Croatia

Dijana Posavec
Council Member
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Andrea Vugrinović
Deputy Council Member
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Ivica Novak
Deputy Council member

Czech Republic

Daniela Bartáková
Council Member
Andrea Hrabalová
Deputy Council Member

Denmark

Louise Køster
Deputy Council Member

Estonia

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Merit Mikk
Council Member
Airi Vetemaa
Deputy Council Member

Finland

Aura Lamminparras
Council Member
Aira Sevón
Deputy Council Member
Susann Rännäri
Deputy Council Member

France

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David Peyremote
Council Member
Jérôme Cinel
Deputy Council Member
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Jacques Caplat
Deputy Council Member

Germany

Peter Röhrig
Council Member
Alexander Beck
Deputy Council Member
Lea Ilgeroth-Hiadzi
Deputy Council Member

Greece

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Christina Vakali
Council Member
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Nikolaos Ioannou
Deputy Council Member
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Konstantinos Dimitriadis
Deputy Council Member

Hungary

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Borbála Ware
Council Member

Iceland

Olafur Dyrmundsson
Council Member
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Stefán Gíslason
Deputy Council Member

Ireland

Gillian Westbrook
Council Member
Stephen Meredith
Deputy Council Member

Italy

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Marco Santori
Council Member
Massimo Quinto
Deputy Council Member
Lorenzo Mantelli
Lorenzo Mantelli
Deputy Council Member

Latvia

Raivis Bahšteins
Council Member
Ieva Lāce
Deputy Council Member
Jānis Garančs
Deputy Council Member

Lithuania

Jurgita Naujokaityte
Council Member
Virginija Luksiene
Council Vice-Chair, Deputy Council Member
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Lina Juodyte
Deputy Council Member

Luxembourg

Daniela Noesen-Steiger
Council Member

Malta

Mario Salerno
Council Member
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Joe Sciberras
Deputy Council Member
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Lino Cini
Deputy Council member

The Netherlands

Gerdine Kaptijn
Council Member
Marian Blom
Deputy Council Member & Board Member

Norway

Gerald Altena
Council Member
Grete Serikstad
Deputy Council Member
Markus Brun Hustad
Deputy Council Member

Poland

Dorota Metera
Council Member
Ursula Sołtysiak
Deputy Council Member

Portugal

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Jaime Manuel Carvalho Ferreira
Council Member

Romania

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Avraham Marian Cioceanu
Council Member

Slovakia

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Milos Homola
Council Member

Spain

Évelyne Alcázar Marín
Council Chair, Council Member
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Aina Calafat Roger
Deputy Council Member

Sweden

Josefine Johansson Zuazu
Council Member
Jonas Carlberg
Deputy Council Member

Switzerland

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Barbara Früh
Council Member
Hans Ramseier
Deputy Council Member

Ukraine

Kateryna Shor
Kateryna Shor
Council member

United Kingdom

Roger Kerr
Council member
Christopher Atkinson
Deputy Council Member
 
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