The Elective General Assembly of the ILS-Africa Region will take place electronically 20 February 2021. It will be preceded by a Board Meeting that will take place on 19 February 2021, also electronically.

At the General Assembly, elections will be organised to elect the leadership of the ILS-Africa for the 2021-2024 period, so for three years. All Member Federations were invited to nominate candidates for positions before the deadline of 20 November 2020.

The following Elections will take place:

Election of the ILS-Africa President

The following nominations were received (in order of receipt):

• Mohamed Ali Gharbal PhD from Morocco.
• Dhaya Sewduth from South Africa.

The result of the vote will be provided to the Elective General Assembly.

Election of the ILS-Africa Secretary General

The following nominations were received (in order of receipt):

• Ingy El-Shazly from Egypt.
• Helen Herbert from South Africa.

The result of the vote will be provided to the Elective General Assembly.

Election of the ILS-Africa Vice-Presidents

 There is only one candidate per position. This means that the below candidates are automatically elected. 

Election of the ILS-Africa Board Members

 The General Assembly can decide the number of other Board Members. The proposal is to accept all the persons bellow in the ILS Africa Board of Directors. 

Election of the African Representatives in the ILS Board of Directors

 The ILS-Africa President is automatically the ILS Vice-President and sits automatically in the ILS Board of Directors. The ILS-Africa has now the right to appoint five people in the ILS Board of Directors (and one reserve). Each federation had to choose six people otherwise the ballot was void.

The Candidates are (in order of receipt of the ballots): 

The result of the vote will be provided to the Elective General Assembly.

Election of ILS-Africa Commissions

 After the above elections, the elected ILS-Africa Board of Directors will appoint the Chair, Secretary and Members of the five ILS-Africa Commissions.