Current Leaders

National Chapter Members for Executive Council
and Governance Assembly (Since Tokyo Assembly)

※EC=Executive Council member, GA=Governance Assembly member

Australia

●　Prof. Desmond Cahill. O.A.M. (Roman Catholic) *EC/GA  Profile
●　Dr. Susan Ennis (Protestant) *GA  Profile
●　Ms. Philippa Rowland (Buddhist) *GA  Profile
●　Ms. Therese Sussmilch (Brahma Kumaris) *GA

People’s Republic of Bangladesh

●　Principal Sukomal Barua (Buddhist) *EC/GA Profile
●　Prof. Dr. NHM Abu Bakar (Muslim) *EC/GA Profile
●　Prof. Ranajit Kumar Dey *GA 
●　Prof. (Rtd.) Rashida Khanam Ph.D. (Muslim)  *GA Profile
●　Mr. Dilip Barua *GA
●　Mr. Ambrose Gomes *GA
●　Mr. Md. Yachin *GA
●　Rev. Kanchan Barua (Buddhist) *GA

Kingdom of Cambodia

●　Ven. Dr. Yon Seng Yeath (Buddhist) *GA
●　Mr. Oeun Sam Art (Buddhist) *EC/GA
●　Mr. Yi Thon (Buddhist) *GA
●　Father Un Son (Roman Catholic) *GA

People’s Republic of China

●　Mr. Deng Zongliang (Roman Catholic) *EC/GA
●　Master Ven. Yanjue (Buddhist) *EC/GA
●　Ven. Li Guangfu (Taoist) *EC/GA
●　Imam Yang Faming (Muslim) *EC/GA
●　Rev. Fang Xingyao (Roman Catholic) *EC/GA
●　Rev. Xu Xiaohong(Protestant) *EC/GA
●　Mr. Lacan (Tibetan Buddhist) *GA
●　Panchen Erdeni Choskyi Gyalpo (Tibetan Buddhist) *GA
●　Ven. Zhang Gaocheng *GA
●　Mr. Adilijiang Ajikelimu (Muslim)*GA
●　Rev. Shen Bin *GA
●　Ms. Gao Ye (Taoist) *GA

India

●　Father Bento Neves Rodrigues (Christian) *EC/GA
●　Mr. Narayanapillai Vasudevan (Hindus) *EC/GA
●　Dr. Deepali Bhanot (Hindus) *EC/GA
●　Mr. Abdul Mabood (Muslim) *EC/GA
●　Mr. Ezekiel Isaac Malekar (Jewish) *EC/GA
●　Swami Atmapriyananda (Hindus) *GA
●　Dr. Anitha Ajith (Hindus) *GA
●　Dr. Sujeet Kumar Dubey(Hindus) *GA
●　Dr. M.D. Thomas (Christian) *GA
●　Representative of Shri Sugunendra Theetha Swamiji *GB (Name will be given later.)
●　Mr. Iqbal Asif (Muslim) *GA
●　Dr. Karuna Sagari Venkatachalam (Hindu)  *GA

Republic of Indonesia

●　Prof. Mohammad Machasin Syamsudin (Muslim) *EC/GA
●　Father Johannes Hariyanto, SJ (Roman Catholic) *EC/GA
●　Prof. Philip Kuntjoro Widjaja (Buddhist) *EC/GA
●　Rev. A. Elga Joan Sarapung (Protestant) *EC/GA
●　Mrs. Dewi Kanti Setianingsih *GA
●　Dr. Chandra Setiawan, Ph.D. *GA
●　Prof. Dr. Nyoman Kertia *GA
●　Prof. Dr. Musdah Mulia  *GA
●　Rev. Dr. Mery L. Y. Kolimon (Christian) *GA
●　Mr. Rudy Soraya *GA

Republic of Iraq

●　(To be nominated *EC/GA)
●　(To be nominated *GA)
●　(To be nominated *GA)
●　(To be nominated *GA)

Japan

●　Rev. Keiji Kunitomi(Buddhist) *EC/GA
●　Rev. Munemichi Kurozumi (Shinto) *EC/GA
●　Dr. Kathy Matsui (Buddhist) *EC/GA
●　Ven. Gijun Sugitani(Buddhist) *EC/GA
●　The Most Rev. Makoto Uematsu (The Anglican Episcopal Church in Japan) *EC/GA
●　Rev. Mitsuo Miyake (Shinto) *GA
●　Ven. Eigen Onishi(Buddhist) *GA
●　Rev. Megumi Wada(Buddhist) *GA

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

●　(To be nominated *EC/GA)
●　(To be nominated *GA)
●　(To be nominated *GA)
●　(To be nominated *GA)

Republic of Korea

●　Rev. Taehyon Kim (Protestant） *EC/GA
●　Ven. Wonkyung (Buddhist) *EC/GA
●　Rev. Jungsoo Lee (Won Buddhist) *EC/GA
●　Ms. Miae Lee (Cheondo-gyo)  *EC/GA
●　Mr. Youngsun Kim (Roman Catholic) *EC/GA
●　Mr. Jaehoon Han  *GA

 Kyrgyz Republic

●　Ms. Jamby Djusubalieva (Muslim, sufi) *EC/GA
●　Mr. Vladislav Heo (Buddhist) *GA

Malaysia

●　Dr. Poey Tiang Peow (Buddhism) *EC/GA
●　Muhammad Afifi  (Muslim) *GA
●　Pearly Chan Poh Yee (Taoist) *GA
●　Sheila Chakrabarty  *GA

Mongolia

●　Ven. Dr. Tumeekhuu Bulgan (Buddhist) *EC/GA
●　Dr. Lhagvademchig Jadamba  *GA

Republic of the Union of Myanmar

●　Al Haj Kalifah U Aye Lwin (Muslim) *EC/GA
●　Mr. U Myint Swe (Buddhist) *GA
●　Dr. Hla Tun (Hindus) *GA
●　Father George Shwe Htun (Roman Catholic) *GA
●　Daw Yin Yin Maw (Protestant) *GA
●　Rev. Mahn Palmerston (Myanmar Council of Churches) *GA

Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal

●　Mrs. Indira Manandhar (Buddhist) *EC/GA
●　Mr. Lokmaya Golcha (Jains)  *GA
●　Mrs. Pooja Manandhar (Hindus)  *GA
●　Mr. Narendra Pandey (Baha’i)  *GA

New Zealand

●　Emeritus Prof. Paul Morris (Jewish) *EC/GA
●　Dr. Pushapa Wood (Hindus) *GA

Islamic Republic of Pakistan

●　Mr. Khalid Nawaz Khan Marwat (Muslim) *EC/GA
●　Ms. Huma Ikramullah Kashif (Muslim) *EC/G
●　Mr. Muhammad Hanif Khan (Muslim) *GA
●　Mrs. Seemi Ikuramullah Khan (Muslim) *GA
●　Ms. Danishamand (Muslim)  *GA
●　Mr. Nadeem Jillani (Muslim) *GA
●　Ms. Asfa Khan (Muslim) *GA
●　Mr. Mahmood Kakar (Muslim) *GA
●　Ms. Leena Samuel (Christian)  *GA
●　Mr. Salman Khan (Muslim) *GA
(One more EC member from among the 10 will be nominated later)

Republic of the Philippines

●　Dr. Lilian J. Sison (Roman Catholic) *EC/GA
●　Father Carlos Reyes (Roman Catholic)*EC/GA
●　Hadia Lourdes Mastura (Muslim) *GA
●　Archbishop Antonio Ledesma, DD (Roman Catholic)  *GA
●　Imam Ebra Moxsir (Muslim) *GA
●　Father Filemon Dela Cruz, Jr. OP (Roman Catholic) *GA
●　Ms.Haidi Flores-Fajardo (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) *GA
●　Dr. Pablito Baybado Jr. (Roman Catholic) *GA

Singapore

●　(To be nominated *EC/GA)
●　(To be nominated *GA)

Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

●　Ven. Meadawchchiye Dhammajothi Thero (Buddhist) *EC/GA
●　Father Leopold Rathnasekara (Roman Catholic) *EC/GA
●　Ven. Bellanwila Pamarathana (Buddhist) *GA
●　Miss Cristabel Saverimuttu (Roman Catholic) *GA

Kingdom of Thailand

●　Ms. Kanchana B. Soonsawad (Buddhist) *EC/GA
●　Prof. Kirti Bunchua *EC/GA
●　Dr. Niracharapa Tongdhamachart (Buddhist) *GA
●　Dr. Suphatmet Yunyasit (Buddhist) *GA
●　Associate Prof. Dr. Ismail Lutfi Japakiya *GA
●　Bishop Joseph Chusak Sirisut (Roman Catholic) *GA

Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste

●　(To be nominated *EC/GA)
●　(To be nominated *GA)

●　From Asia Pacific Women of Faith Network 
Rev. A. Elga Joan Sarapung (Indonesia, Chair of APWoFN) *EC

●　From Asia & the Pacific Interfaith Youth Network
Dr. Renz Christian Argao (Philippines, Moderator of APIYN) *EC

※The moderator, the Deputy Moderator, Secretary-General, Co-Presidents, the Chair of APWoFN(Women’s Network) and APIYN (Youth Network), and the elected members become EC members in accordance with the Constitution.