National Representatives

National Representatives at WAPOR serve an important role within the organization promoting the mission of WAPOR in their countries and facilitating advancement of public opinion research worldwide. National Representatives are required to maintain membership in WAPOR and familiarity with WAPOR’s Constitution and its Code of Professional Ethics and Practices. They are expected to encourage professional colleagues and students to consider WAPOR membership and participation. National Representatives participate in WAPOR’s Freedom Survey conducted approximately every 5 years that serves as the basis for the ESOMAR-WAPOR Freedom Report. National Representatives are invited to contribute information to WAPOR’s newsletter regarding important developments in opinion polling in their country/region. National Representatives also provide a brief annual report and current advice as needed to WAPOR regarding polling-related issues within his/her county/region including, but not limited to, threats to the freedoms to conduct and publish opinion polls, as well as general trends in the opinion research business. 

Tasks and duties of National Representatives

  1. Agreeing to be listed on WAPOR’s website as your country’s/region’s National Representative as an expert who is available to discuss WAPOR in general and/or specific polling issues in your country/region.
  2. Providing advice as needed to WAPOR regarding polling-related issues within your county/region including, but not limited to, threats to the freedoms to conduct and publish opinion polls, as well as general trends in the opinion research business.
  3. Completing WAPOR’s Annual Country Report for your country and up to one additional country in your region as needed, which is an online survey which WAPOR will initiate in the fourth quarter of each year.
  4. Contributing information to WAPOR’s newsletter regarding important developments in opinion polling in your country/region in WAPOR’s working language (English) plus one local language if it is different from the WAPOR working language.
  5. Participating in WAPOR’s periodic Freedom Survey which is conducted on-line with National Representatives, WAPOR members and other subject matter experts.
  6. Including a link to WAPOR’s website on your own personal or organizational website (if available).
  7. Initiate and/or participate in one or more events per year in your country/region with students, colleagues, and/or the press, educating them on WAPOR’s mission.
  8. Encouraging professional colleagues and students to consider WAPOR membership and participation.
  9. Maintaining membership in WAPOR and knowledge of WAPOR’s Constitution and its Code of Professional Ethics and Practices. 

Terms of service 

  1. Period of service. National Representatives are appointed by the President for a two-year term, with the possibility of one additional two-year term, for a total of four years. To improve the efficiency of administration, renewals shall be processed for all eligible National Representatives within 30 days prior to the expiration of their term. National Representatives who do not wish to renew their period of service for another term must inform the WAPOR Secretariat 60 days prior to the expiration of their term. Except for reappointments to fill a seat due to mid-term vacancy, former National Representatives may reprise their position only after two years.
  2. WAPOR Membership. National Representatives are required to be members of WAPOR in good standing. To represent the association, membership in WAPOR global is mandatory (chapter membership is optional). Membership must be renewed/ acquired no later than December 1 prior to the commencement of the 2-year term. National Representatives need to acquire 2-years membership corresponding to the period of their service. Only candidates who hold active membership can be invited to sign the National Representative agreement.
  3. Period of grace. In case the National Representative did not acquire/ renew their membership prior to January 31, WAPOR has a right to withdraw the title and open a call for a new nomination.
  4. End of service. National Representatives who finished their term shall recommend a new nominee in their country (application subject to review by the Membership Committee and approval by the President).
  5. National Representatives are required, upon availability, to respond to the inquiries from WAPOR concerning completion of the annual report, providing inputs for the newsletter etc. National Representatives who do not respond to the correspondence from WAPOR for over 3-months’ time will have their titles withdrawn.

Nomination and renewal

  1. National Representative positions are filled through nominations and self-nominations of WAPOR membership in good standing. Expressions of interest shall be sent to the WAPOR Secretariat at waporoffice@gmail.comand/or admin@wapor.org. (Self)Nomination shall consist of a completed application form accompanied by a resume. The name of the nominee and the country they apply to represent shall be clearly listed. All applications will be reviewed by the Membership Committee; recommended nominees shall then be approved by the WAPOR President. 
  2. Nominations for the next term (2025-2026) are due by November 1, 2024. The results will be communicated to all applicants by November 15, 2024. The period of service of the newly nominated National Representatives shall comprise 2 years (2025-2026) commencing on January 1, 2025. 
  3. Invitations for a renewal shall be issued by the WAPOR Secretariat, following the approval of the Membership Committee and the President, no later than December 1 of each year. In case the National Representative does not respond to the renewal invitation within 60 days, WAPOR has a right to withdraw the title and open a call for a new nomination.
  4. All WAPOR members in good standing are eligible to be their country’s National Representative if they are working (or retired from) the opinion polling field in the country they would represent, in academe, business, government, media non-profits and other organizations commissioning or consuming public opinion polls. 
  5. A person may represent only one country at a time. At the discretion of WAPOR’s Council, National Representatives may be appointed if they reside outside of the country they would represent, as there may be good reasons due to threats to their political freedoms, civil rights and personal safety.
CountryNational RepresentativeTerm
AfghanistanEzatullah Adib2023-2024
AlbaniaVisar Berisha2024-2025
AlgeriaMahfoudh Hajji2024-2025
AngolaCarlos Pacatolo2024-2025
ArgentinaManuel Hermelo2024-2025
ArmeniaGayane Bakhshyan2024-2025
AustraliaNicholas Biddle2024-2025
AustriaMichael Nitsche2023-2024
BangladeshMonzurul Haque2024-2025
BelgiumFemke Dekeulenaer2024-2025
BeninLouis Tomavo2024-2025
BoliviaDaniel E. Moreno Morales2023-2024
Bosnia and HerzegovinaAida Hadziavdic Begovic2023-2024
BrazilJulian Borba2024-2025
BulgariaMarchella Abrasheva2024-2025
CambodiaChandara Gnim2024-2025
CamerounFansi Theodoret Marie2024-2025
CanadaChristopher Adams2023-2024
Cape VerdeÁlvaro Elgueta-Ruiz2024-2025
ChilePaulina Valenzuela2024-2025
ChinaYisong Hu2024-2025
ColombiaLuciana Carla Manfredi2024-2025
Costa RicaCarlos Denton2024-2025
Côte d’IvoireJoseph Koné2024-2025
CyprusDionysis Panos2024-2025
Czech RepublicMatous Pilnacek2024-2025
Dominican RepublicVladimir Rozon2024-2025
EcuadorAna Lucía Córdova-Cazar2023-2024
EgyptAbdel-Hamid Abdel-Latif2023-2024
EthiopiaMulu Teka2024-2025
FranceJean-Yves Dormagen2024-2025
GeorgiaAni Lortkipanidze2024-2025
GermanyJosef Hartmann2024-2025
GhanaSam Ojo2024-2025
GreeceIoannis Andreadis2024-2025
Guinea ConakryAliou Barry2024-2025
HondurasRodney Romero2024-2025
Hong KongKenneth Chan2024-2025
HungaryDaniel Fazekas2024-2025
IndiaRaghavendra Srivastava2024-2025
IndonesiaAan Rizaldi2024-2025
IranAmir Farmanesh2024-2025
IraqHaitham Numan2024-2025
IsraelAlon Zoizner2023-2024
ItalyFerrucio Biolcati Rinaldi2024-2025
JamaicaDeborah Bourne2024-2025
JapanYoosung Park2024-2025
JordanFares Braizat2024-2025
KazakhstanBotagoz Rakisheva2023-2024
KenyaAngela Ambitho2023-2024
Korea, Republic ofShang E. Ha2024-2025
KosovoBlerina Kuci2024-2025
KuwaitSamir Abu Rumman2024-2025
KyrgyzstanKasiet Ysmanova2023-2024
LatviaSalvis Lielbārdis2024-2025
LebanonRabih Haber2024-2025
LibyaNedal Swehli2023-2024
LithuaniaEgle Butkeviciene2024-2025
MalaysiaWai Yu See Toh2023-2024
MaldivesMariyam Shahuneeza Naseer2024-2025
MexicoLuis Herrero2024-2025
MoldovaSintov Ruslan2024-2025
MongoliaTsetsenbileg Tseveen2023-2024
MontenegroVuk Cadjenovic2024-2025
MoroccoMhammed Abderebbi2023-2024
MyanmarRamon Calleja2023-2024
NepalJui Shrestha2023-2024
NetherlandsFrits Spangenberg2023-2024
New ZealandLara Greaves2024-2025
NigeriaYemi Oniyitan2024-2025
North MacedoniaCarsten Broich2024-2025
PakistanBilal Gilani2024-2025
PalestineNabil Kukali2023-2024
PanamaJorge Martin Frech2023-2024
ParaguayErica Imbrogiano Pereira2024-2025
PeruPatricia Rojas2024-2025
PhilippinesJoel Flores2023-2024
PolandMichal Kotnarowski2023-2024
PortugalAntónio Salvador2024-2025
QatarNoora Ahmed Lari2023-2024
RomaniaKancho Stoychev2024-2025
RussiaElena Koneva2024-2025
Saudi ArabiaAbdullah Alhokail2023-2024
SenegalAlhi N’Guessan2024-2025
SerbiaZoran Gavrilovic2024-2025
SingaporeJack Loo2024-2025
Slovak RepublicPavol Kosnac2024-2025
SloveniaZiva Broder2024-2025
South AfricaLuan de Wet2024-2025
SpainAraceli Mateos Diaz2024-2025
Sri LankaMihirani Dissanayake2024-2025
SudanElmogiera Elawad2024-2025
SurinameJohn Krishnadath2024-2025
SwedenTorbjörn Sjöström2024-2025
SwitzerlandMichèle Ernst Stähli2023-2024
SyriaFiras AlKayal2024-2025
TajikistanMuzaffar Olimov2023-2024
ThailandKati Limapichat2024-2025
Timor-LesteEduardo Keira Zen2024-2025
TunisiaBen Hafaiedh Abdelwahab2023-2024
TürkiyeBulent Kilincarslan2023-2024
TurkmenistanDaniil Maykovskiy2024-2025
UkraineOlga Burova2023-2024
United Arab EmiratesMohamed Farid Azzi2024-2025
United KingdomJohnny Heald2023-2024
United StatesGary Langer2024-2025
UruguaySantiago Peyrou2024-2025
VenezuelaRoberto Briceño-León2023-2024