Elections

Presidential Election for the 2025-2029 Term

Presidential Election 2025-29, Runoff Round

Dr Alla Guekht has been elected ILAE President, 2025-29 after the runoff round  was concluded on the 1^st May 2024. The results are as follows:

Out of the 127 Chapters, 111 voted while a further 7 were ineligible owing to non-payment of dues. The remaining 9 Chapters were eligible but did not participate.

It gives us great pleasure to inform you that Prof. Guekht has accepted her election as President for the next term. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank Prof. Edward H. Bertram and Dr Roberto Caraballo for running. We are sure that they, along with all of our members, will join us in congratulating Prof. Guekht on her election and wishing her a productive and successful tenure as President.

Solomon Moshé, Elections Committee Chair
Patricia Braga
Angelina Kakooza
Boulenouar Mesraoua
Emilio Perucca
William Theodore
Peter Wolf

25 March 2024

The elections for the ILAE President for the 2025-2029 term have concluded. Dr. Edward H Bertram and Dr. Alla Guekht received the highest number of votes and were also tied in the number of votes received. According to the By-Laws, we will conduct a run-off between Dr. Bertram and Dr. Guekht which will start on 1 April and conclude on 1 May. All 127 Chapters will be invited to participate once again. The third candidate, Dr. Roberto Caraballo, received fewer votes and is therefore not eligible to participate in the next round. The Elections Committee thanks him for his participation, willingness to run and interest in the Presidency. The number of votes received per candidate are:

29 January 2024

From the list of eligible people, ILAE is pleased to announce the following candidates are running for ILAE President for the 2025-2029 term.

Ballots will be sent out on 29 January 2024 to each of the ILAE’s Chapters. Only Chapters that are up to date with their dues will be eligible to vote. Voting will conclude on 22 March. Chapters’ votes are weighted according to their size using the following gliding scale:

Chapters that do not collect dues have 1 vote.

Following the election of the President, we begin the process to elect the 3 members of the Management Committee.

Edward H. Bertram, III
CV | Statement

Roberto Horacio Caraballo
CV | Statement

Alla Guekht
CV | Statement

A message from the ILAE Executive Committee

The nomination for election to any ILAE office is based on previously discussed and approved eligibility criteria, and on what an individual has contributed to the mission and vision of the ILAE. The ILAE is not involved in national or international politics but is an organization striving for a world where no person’s life is limited by epilepsy; an organization based on the principle of inclusion of all health professionals who support people with epilepsy no matter where they live in the world and an organization that promotes the overarching principle of medical neutrality.

Historical Elections Information

Past elections results