Board

Re-election of all bodies of the European Association of Political Consultants

On October 2, 2026, the General Assembly of the EAPC took place at Evangelische Akademie in Frankfurt/Germany, during which all bodies of the association were newly elected. The elected bodies are composed as follows:

Board

President

Hélène Masliah-Gilkarov

France

Vice President

Arnaldo Costeira

Portugal

Vice President

Anthony Grally

France

Treasurer

Sepp Hartinger

Austria

Past President

Reza Kazemi

Germany

Board Member
Selin Özkan
Turkey

Board Member
Susanne Sternizky
Austria

Board Member

Michela Bettinelli

Italy

eapc-eva-zeglovits

Board Member

Eva Zeglovits

Austria

Board Member

Giovanni Diamanti

Italy

Auditors

Member
Peter Frei
Switzerland

Josef-Heinz-Eitzenberger

Member
Josef-Heinz Eitzenberger
Austria

Code of Conduct committee

Member
Volker Riegger
Germany

Committee Chair
Mehmet Ural
Turkey

Member
Christoph Hofinger
Austria

EAPC Honorary Members

Member
† Joe Napolitan
USA

Member
† Michel Bongrand
France

Member
Volker Riegger
Germany

Committee Chair
Mehmet Ural
Turkey

Member
Peter Frei
Switzerland

Member
Bo Krogvig
Sweden

Member
Lojze Peterle
Slovenia

Member
Faye Diamond
USA

Member
Greg Diamond
USA

Member
Susanne Hartinger
Austria

Past Presidents

1996 to 1998
Sepp Hartinger
Austria 

eapc-member-volker-riegger

1998 to 2000 
Volker Riegger
Germany 

2000 to 2002 
Mario Ballerini
Italy 

2002 to 2004     
Andrey Bulychev
Russia

2004 to 2006
Mehmet Ural
Turkey

2006 to 2008
Bo Krogvig
Sweden

2008 to 2010
Christoph Hofinger
Austria

2010 to 2012
Gerlinde Manz-Christ
Liechtenstein

2012 to 2014
Jan Juul Christensen
Denmark

Necati-Ozkan

2014 to 2016     
Necati Özkan
Turkey

2016 to 2018     
Marko Rakar
Croatia

2018 to 2022     
Igor Mintusov
Russia

2022 to 2024

Gülfem Saydan Sanver

Turkey

 

2024 to 2026

Reza Kazemi

Germany