Candidates announced for September’s IPC Governing Board elections

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) announced on 1 August the names of candidates who will stand for election to the IPC Governing Board on 27 September at the 2025 IPC General Assembly in Seoul, Republic of Korea.

The Nominations Panel has declared that there are 30 nominations that meet the formal administrative requirements for consideration for election to the IPC. As part of its ongoing remit, the IPC Nominations Panel has over the last several weeks and in cooperation with an external vetting agency undertaken vetting of the candidates’ backgrounds. All candidates’ integrity and background checks for IPC Governing Board positions have been completed. 

The IPC’s announcement of candidates and publication of a booklet featuring information about each nominee marks the start of campaigning for the 10 elected positions available within the IPC Governing Board.

 

The 2025 IPC Governing Board Elections: Candidates Booklet can be found here. 

 

Under the new IPC Constitution which has been effective since 28 June 2024, the IPC Governing Board will be comprised of one President, two Vice-Presidents, and seven Members-at-Large. They will be joined by the Chairperson and First Vice-Chairperson of the IPC Athletes’ Council and two appointed members.

On 8 August 2025, the candidate Ioanna Karyofylli (NPC Greece) was withdrawn.

 

The nominees for election are as follows (listed in alphabetical order with nominating body in brackets):

 

For IPC President

There are two candidates with one to be elected

•    Dong Hyun Bae (NPC Korea)

•    Andrew Parsons (NPC Brazil)

 

For IPC Vice-President

There are seven candidates for the two roles of IPC Vice-President. The First Vice-President must not be the same gender as the President and the Second Vice-President cannot be of the same gender as the First Vice-President.

First Vice-President

•    Chelsey Gotell (NPC Canada and World Boccia)

•    Leila Marques Mota (NPC Portugal)

•    Ming-Chu Mu (NPC Chinese Taipei)

 

Second Vice-President

•    Kurt Fearnley (NPC Australia)

•    John Petersson (NPC Denmark)

•    Juan Pablo Salazar (NPC Colombia)

•    Nick Webborn (NPC Great Britain)

 

For Member-at-Large

There are 28 candidates for the seven Member at Large roles. At least three elected members should be female and at least three male. One position is open.

•    Murat Aksu (NPC Türkiye)

•    Debra Alexander (NPC South Africa, World Triathlon and World Abilitysport)

•    Mohamed Duaij Alkhalifa (NPC Bahrain)

•    Gbapeba Analene (NPC Togo)

•    Abdulaziz Baeshen (NPC Saudi Arabia)

•    Hamid El Aouni (NPC Morocco)

•    Kurt Fearnley (NPC Australia)

•    Chelsey Gotell (NPC Canada)

•    Ioanna Karyofylli (NPC Greece) – candidate withdrawn 

•    Leila Marques Mota (NPC Portugal)

•    Miki Matheson (NPC Japan)

•    Ming-Chu Mu (NPC Chinese Taipei)

•    Dieudonne Mutangana (NPC Rwanda)

•    Karl Quade (NPC Germany)

•    John Petersson (NPC Denmark)

•    Ilgar Rahimov (IBSA)

•    Miloš Ranitović (NPC Montenegro)

•    Majid Rashed (NPC UAE)

•    Fernando Riaño (NPC Spain)

•    Jose Rodrigo Bejarano Restrepo (NPC Cape Verde)

•    Juan Pablo Salazar (NPC Colombia)

•    Robyn Smith (Virtus)

•    Bradley Snyder (NPC USA)

•    Qiang Song (NPC China)

•    Liliana Suárez Carreón (NPC Mexico)

•    László Szabó (NPC Hungary)

•    Tomas Varga (NPC Slovakia)

•    Nick Webborn (NPC Great Britain)