During the 87th General Session of the World Assembly of Delegates of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) held from 26 to 31 May 2019, elections were conducted to fill vacancies on the Council and on the Bureaux of the Regional Commissions.

Election of two members of the Council

• Dr Nimia Lisset Gómez Rodríguez (Dominican Republic) – member of the Council
• Dr Nikolay Vlasov (Russia) – member of the Council.

Election of a Vice-President and the Secretary General of the Regional Commission for the Americas

• Dr Jaspinder Komal (Canada) – Vice-President
• Dr Wilmer José Juárez Juárez (Nicaragua) – Secretary General.

Election of the President, a Vice-President and the Secretary General of the Regional Commission for Asia, the Far East and Oceania

• Dr Norio Kumagai (Japan) – President
• Dr Quaza Nizamuddin Bin Hassan Nizam (Malaysia) – Vice-President
• Dr Alireza Rafiepoor (Iran) – Secretary General.

Election of a Vice-President and the Secretary General of the Regional Commission for Europe

• Dr Vesna Dakovic (Montenegro) – Vice-President
• Dr Ivan Smilhin (Belarus) – Secretary General.

Election of a Vice-President of the Regional Commission for the Middle East

• Dr Sanad Alharbi (Saudi Arabia) – Vice-President.

Members of the OIE Council

Bureaux of the Regional Commissions

General organisation