Nominations
2025 Nominations
NEW: Call for Nominations to Council
All Regular Members in good standing are entitled to submit nominations for candidates to Council and Standing Committees. Each nomination must be supported by the nominee’s Regular Member Association.
To be considered, nominations must be submitted in English preferably by e-mail to Ms Djerdana Ivosevic divosevic@fdiworlddental.org with Ms Maria Kramarenko mkramarenko@fdiworlddental.org in copy, or by fax to +41 (0) 22 560 8140, by 14 May 2025.
All nominations need to include the following documents:
1. Standing Committee Nomination Form 2025
2. Curriculum vitae (CV)/personal record
3. Written presentation/letter of motivation (Council: not more than 500 words; Standing Committees: not more than 350 words).
All nominations that meet the criteria will be made available to Regular Members 60 days prior to the meeting.
2025 Elections
Deadline for submission of nominations to Council - Saturday, 14 June 2025
ENDING SOON Deadline for submission of nominations to Standing Committees - Wednesday, 14 May 2025
Elections dates:
Council during General Assembly B on Thursday, 11 September 2025 (14:00-17:30)
Standing Committees : during General Assembly B on Thursday, 11 September 2025 (14:00-17:30) and during Council meeting C on Friday, 12 September 2025 (09:00-15:30).
2025 Vacancies
Council
There are three vacancies: one vacancy for President-elect and two vacancies for Council. One vacancy for the Council is open for nominations from North America only. The vacancy for President-elect and the second vacancy for Council are open to nominations from all Geographic Areas. All members are to be elected by the General Assembly.
Depending on the outcome of the elections for FDI President-elect, the vacancy of the FDI Treasurer may also become available at the General Assembly meeting. Therefore, we are calling for early nominations for this vacancy. Please note that the elections of the Treasurer will take place only should that seat become vacant.
> Access the 2025 list of vacancies
Standing Committees
Membership Liaison and Support Committee
The Membership Liaison and Support Committee monitor and advise Council on issues concerning internal and external communications and FDI support to members.
There are five vacancies. Two vacancies will be filled by the General Assembly election and three by the Council.
> Access the 2025 list of vacancies
Dental Practice Committee
The Dental Practice Committee monitor and advise Council on issues concerning dental practice.
There are four vacancies. Two vacancies will be filled by General Assembly election and two by the Council.
> Access the 2025 list of vacancies
Education Committee
The Education Committee monitor and advise Council on issues concerning dental education, the scientific programme of the World Dental Congress and the FDI's continuing education programme.
There are two vacancies. One vacancy will be filled by the General Assembly election and one by the Council.
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Science Committee
The Science Committee monitor and advise Council on scientific issues related to oral health.
There is one vacancy. It will be filled by the Council election.
> Access the 2025 list of vacancies
Public Health Committee
The Public Health Committee monitor and advise Council on issues concerning the improvement of oral and general health in disadvantaged populations and on issues surrounding wider health promotion.
There are no vacancies in the Public Health Committee.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR THE CANDIDATES!
Documents should be submitted in English. However, in addition to the documents in English, Associations are allowed to provide translated versions in one of the other FDI languages (French, German and Spanish) at their own cost. The written presentations will be reproduced in the General Assembly documentation exactly as received. No editing or translation will be done by the FDI.
Eligible candidates will have the opportunity to introduce themselves with a 3 minute PowerPoint presentation prior to the elections. Further information concerning the presentations will be announced at a later stage.