National Representatives serve an important role within the organization. WAPOR National Representatives:
- Agree to be listed on WAPOR’s website as a National Representative who is available to discuss WAPOR in general and/or specific polling issues in their country;
- Provide annual reports and advice to WAPOR regarding polling-related issues within their country;
- Contribute also to WAPOR’s newsletter information regarding important relevant developments in their nation;
- Include a link to WAPOR’s website on their own personal or organizational web page;
- Encourage professional colleagues and students to also consider WAPOR membership and participation; and
- Maintain familiarity with WAPOR’s Constitution and Code of Ethics.
Country |
National Representative |
Term |
Afghanistan | Ezatullah Adib | 2021-2022 |
Argentina | Maria Braun | 2021-2022 |
Australia | Murray Goot | 2021-2022 |
Austria | Michael Nitsche | 2021-2022 |
Bangladesh | M. Saidul Haq | 2021-2022 |
Belgium | Pascal Chelala | 2021-2022 |
Brazil | Marcia Cavallari Nunes | 2021-2022 |
Bulgaria | Kancho Stoychev | 2021-2022 |
Canada | Christopher Adams | 2021-2022 |
Chile | Marta Lagos | 2021-2022 |
China | Weidong Wang | 2021-2022 |
Colombia | Hernando Rojas | 2021-2022 |
Cyprus | Panayiotis Panayiotou | 2021-2022 |
Czech Republic | Paulina Tabery | 2021-2022 |
East Africa | Angela Ambitho | 2020-2021 |
France | Emmanuel Rivière | 2020-2021 |
Georgia | Merab Pachulia | 2021-2022 |
Germany | Cornelia (Nelly) Mothes | 2021-2022 |
Greece | Katerina Diamantaki | 2021-2022 |
Hong Kong | Edward Tai | 2021-2022 |
India | Yashwant Deshmukh | 2021-2022 |
Iran | Amir Farmanesh | 2020-2021 |
Iraq | Munqith Dagher | 2021-2022 |
Israel | Yariv Tsfati | 2020-2021 |
Japan | Tadahiko Maeda | 2021-2022 |
Kenya | Margit Cleveland | 2020-2021 |
Lithuania | Rima Kalinauskaite | 2021-2022 |
Mexico | Carlos Muñiz Muriel | 2019-2020 |
Nepal | Jui Shrestha | 2020-2021 |
Netherlands | Frits Spangenberg | 2020-2021 |
Nigeria | Paul Nnanwobu | 2019-2020 |
Pakistan | Ijaz Gilani | 2021-2022 |
Panama | Jorge Martin Frech | 2020-2021 |
Philippines | Joel Flores | 2020-2021 |
Poland | Irina Tomescu | 2020-2021 |
Qatar | Noora Ahmed Lari | 2020-2021 |
Romania | Marchella Abrasheva | 2021-2022 |
Russia | Anna Andreenkova | 2021-2022 |
Singapore | Leong Chan Hoong | 2021-2022 |
South Africa | Mari Harris | 2021-2022 |
South Korea | Seokho Kim | 2021-2022 |
Spain | Sara Morais Vargas | 2021-2022 |
Switzerland | Michèle Ernst Stähli | 2021-2022 |
Taiwan | Eric Chen-hua Yu | 2020-2021 |
Turkey | Bulent Kilincarslan | 2021-2022 |
Ukraine | Kseniya Kizilova | 2021-2022 |
United Arab Emirates | Tatiana Karabchuk | 2021-2022 |
United Kingdom | Johnny Heald | 2020-2021 |
United States | Tom W. Smith | 2021-2022 |
Uruguay | Ignacio Zuasnabar | 2021-2022 |