Former Council Members
May 2004 - May 2010
- Prof. Sheikha Abdulla Al-Misnad
Qatar
President, Qatar University - Prof. Lidia R. Arthur Brito
Mozambique
Director, Division of Science Policy and Sustainable Development, Natural Science Sector, UNESCO - Mr. Jayantha Dhanapala
Sri Lanka
Former Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs, United Nations, New York; former Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations in Geneva - Prof. Gloria Cristina Flórez
Peru
Professor, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos - Dr. Eduardo Carrega Marçal Grilo
Portugal
Trustee, Gulbenkian Foundation; former Minister of Education of Portugal - Dr. Ji Fusheng
China
Independent Consultant; Former Counselor, Permanent Mission of the People’s Republic of China to the United Nations - Prof. Marju Lauristin
Estonia
Professor of Social Communication, Tartu University; former Minister of Social Affairs, Estonia
- Prof. Andrei Marga
Romania
Professor of Contemporary Philosophy and Logic; former Rector, Babeş-Bolyai University - Dr. Otto S. R. Ongkosongo
Indonesia
Geologist and Research Professor, Research Center for Oceanography, Indonesian Institute of Sciences - Prof. Akilagpa Sawyerr
Ghana
Former Secretary-General, Association of African Universities; former Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Law, University of Ghana - Ambassador Terusuke Terada
Japan
President, Foreign Press Center/Japan; former Ambassador of Japan to Mexico, Belize, and Republic of Korea - Prof. Hebe Maria Cristina Vessuri
Venezuela
Head and Senior Researcher, Department of Science Studies, Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research - Prof. David Ward
United States
Consultant, American Council on Education; Former President, American Council on Education - Prof. Alison Wolf
United Kingdom
Professor of Management and Professional Development, King’s College London, University of London
May 2001 - May 2007
- Prof. Peter H. Katjavivi
Namibia
Ambassador of Namibia in Germany - Prof. Rafaa Ben Achour
Tunisia
Prof., King Saud University, Faculty if Administrative Science, Department of Law - H. E. Dr. Ahmad Jalali
Iran
Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of the Islamic Republic of Iran to UNESCO - Prof. José Raymundo Martins Roméo
Brazil
Rector, Colegio do Brazil - Dr. Dorothy L. Njeuma
Cameroon
Rector, University of Yaounde I - Prof. Jocelyne Perard
France
Prof., Centre de Recherches de Climatologie, Universite de Bourgogne-UMR CNRS
- Prof. Dr. Dagmar Schipanski
Germany
Minister, Thurigian Ministry for Science, Research and Art - Prof. Vappu Taipale
Finland
Prof., Director-General, National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health (STAKES) - Dr. Juan Vela Valdés
Cuba
Minister of Higher Education; Rector, Universidad de la Habana - Prof. Dr. Lyudmila A. Verbitskaya
Russian Federation
Rector, St. Petersburg State University
May 1998 - May 2004
- Dr. Yoginder K. Alagh
India
Member of Parliament (Upper House), India; Vice-Chairman, Sardar Patel Institute of Economic and Social Research; and former Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology and Power, Government of India - Prof. Faizah Al-Kharafi
Kuwait
Former President, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait - Dr. Josep M. Bricall
Spain
Former President, Conference of European Rectors (CRE)- Association of European Universities); and former Rector, University of Barcelona, Spain - Prof. Ana María Cetto
Mexico
Deputy Director-General and Head, Department of Technical Cooperation, International Atomic Energy Agency; and former Research Prof., Institute of Physics, National University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico - Prof. Elizabeth Croll
U.K./New Zealand
Head, Department of Development Studies, University of London, United Kingdom - Dr. Donald Gerth
USA
President, California State University, Sacramento, California, USA - Prof. Aleksandra Kornhauser
Slovenia
Director, International Centre for Chemical Studies, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Prof. Lin Quan
China
Secretary-General, Ministry of Science and Technology, Beijing, People's Republic of China - Prof. Ahmadou Ndiaye
Senegal
Former Ministre Conseiller special du Président de la République, Dakar; and former Rector, Université Gaston-Berger de Saint-Louis, Senegal - Dr. Jairam Reddy
South Africa
Independent Consultant in Higher Education; and former Vice-Chancellor, University of Durban, South Africa - Prof. Dr. Wichit Srisa-an
Thailand
Former Rector, Suranaree University of Technology, Thailand - Prof. Françoise Thys-Clement
Belgium
Pro-Rector, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium - Dr. Carlos Tünnermann Bernheim
Nicaragua
Consultant on Higher Education; and former Special Adviser to the Director-General of UNESCO for Latin America and the Caribbean, Managua, Nicaragua - Ambassador Chusei Yamada
Japan
Member, International Law Commission of the United Nations; and former Prof. of International Law, Faculty of Law, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
May 1995 - May 2001
- Prof. Donald Ekong
Nigeria
Prof., University of the Gambia, Banjul, Gambia; former Consultant in Higher Education Management, The Ford Foundation, Johannesburg, South Africa; former Secretary-General, Association of African Universities, Accra, Ghana; and former Vice-Chancellor, Port Harcourt University, Nigeria - Prof. Paolo Costa
Italy
Sindaco (Mayor), Comune di Venezia; Prof., Department of Economic Science, Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia; former Minister of Public Works, Ministry of Public Works, Government of Italy; former Rector and Prof. of Regional Economics, University Ca' Foscari of Venice, Italy - Dr. Salim El-Hoss
Lebanon
Former Prime Minister of Lebanon and former Minister of Education, Government of Lebanon - Prof. Genady Nikolaevich Golubev
Russian Federation
Head, Department of World Physical Geography and Geoecology, Faculty of Geography, Moscow State University, Russian Federation; and former Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations and Assistant Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) - Prof. Françoise Héritier-Augé
France
Director, Laboratoire d'Anthropologie Sociale, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Collège de France
- Prof. Risto Ihamuotila
Finland
Chancellor, University of Helsinki; former Rector, University of Helsinki; Vice-Chairman, Finnish Council of University Rectors, Finland - Dr. Graça Machel
Mozambique
President, Foundation for Community Development (FDC); Chairperson, National Organization of Children of Mozambique; former Minister of Education and Culture, Government of Mozambique - Dr. Valeria Merino-Dirani
Equador
Executive Director, Corporacion Latinoammericana para el Desarrollo CLD, Quito, Ecuador - Prof. Ingrid Moses
Australia
Vice-Chancellor, University of New England; former Vice-Chancelor (Academic), University of Canberra, Australia - Prof. José Joaquín Brunner Ried
Chile
Director, Programa Educación, Fundación Chile; and former Minister, Ministry of the Secretary-General, Government of Chile
May 1992 - May 1998
- Mr. Vladimir DLOUHY
Czech Republic
(Resigned in December 1995)
Minister of Industry and Trade, Czech Republic - Ambassador Hideo KAGAMI
Japan
Former Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations in New York - Dr. Hanaa KHEIR-EL-DIN
Egypt
Prof. of Economics and Chairperson, Economics Department, Cairo University, Cairo - Prof. Sang Soo LEE
Republic of Korea
Prof. Emeritus, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul - Prof. Madina LY-TALL
Mali
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to France - Dr. Edson MACHADO DE SOUSA
Brazil
Former Secretary of Science and Technology of the Presidency, Government of Brazil - Dr. Lucien F. MICHAUD, SJ
Canada
Prof., University of Sudbury, Ontario
- Dr. A. P. MITRA
India
Bhatnagar Fellow (CSIR), National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi - Prof. Jacob L. NGU
Cameroon
Inspector-General In Charge of Higher Education, Ministry of Higher Education, Yaounde - Dr. Luis Manuel PENALVER
Venezuela
Honorary President, Grupo Universitario Latino-Americano (GULERPE) - Dr. Victor RABINOWITCH
United States of America
Senior Vice-President, MacArthur Foundation, Illinois - Prof. Frances STEWART
United Kingdom
Director, Queen Elizabeth House, Oxford University - Prof. J. A. van GINKEL
The Netherlands
UNU Rector from 1 September 1997 to 31 August 2007
Rector Magnificus and Prof. of Human Geography, Utrecht University, The Netherlands - Dr. WANG Shaoqi
China
Director-General, Department of International Cooperation, State Science and Technology Commission (SSTC), Beijing
May 1989 - May 1995
- Dr. Claude FREJACQUES
France
(Deceased)
Prof. and former Chairman, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris - Dr. Sippanondha KETUDAT
Thailand
Chairman, Petroleum Authority of Thailand, Bangkok - Father Felipe MAC GREGOR
Peru
Chairman, Instituto de la Paz, Universidad del Pacifico, Lima - Dr. Lucille MAIR
Jamaica
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and Permanent Representative of Jamaica to the United Nations in New York - Dr. Abdel Salam MAJALI
Jordan
Chairman, World Affairs Council, Amman - Prof. Lydia MAKHUBU
Swaziland
Vice-Chancellor, University of Swaziland, Kwaluseni - Prof. Vladen A. MARTYNOV
USSR
Director, Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
- Prof. Fatima MERNISSI
Morocco
(Resigned in 1993)
Prof. and Researcher, Institut Universitaire de la Rechereche Scientifique, Université Mohammed V (Rabat) - Dr. Rafael PORTAENCASA
Spain
Rector, Polytechnical University of Madrid - Dr. Raimo VAYRYNEN
Finland
Prof. of International Relations, University of Helsinki - Prof. Josephine GUIDY-WANDJA
Côte d'Ivoire
Prof. of Mathematics, Université National de la Côte d'Ivoire, Abidjan - Prof. YAO Erxin
People's Republic of China
(Resigned in 1991)
Director, Department of International Cooperation, State Science and Technology Commission, Beijing
May 1986 - May 1992
- Prof. Mary F. BERRY
United States of America
Prof. of History and Law, Howard University, Washington, DC - Father Alfonso BORRERO
Colombia
Rector, Universidad Javeriana, Bogota - Dr. Umberto COLOMBO
Italy
Chairman, Italian National Agency for Atomic and Alternative Energy Sources (ENEA), Rome - Ambassador Kuniyoshi DATE
Japan
(Appointed in 1987)
Former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Iraq and to the Federative Republic of Brazil - Dr. Keith B. GRIFFIN
United Kingdom
President, Magdalen College, Oxford University - Prof. Heitor GURGULINO DE SOUZA
Brazil
(Resigned in 1987)
Physics Department, Universidade Estadual Paulista - Prof. Joseph KI-ZERBO
Burkina Faso
University of Dakar - Prof. Candido MENDES DE ALMEIDA
Brazil
(Appointed in 1987)
President, Sociedade Brasileira de Instruçao, Rio de Janeiro
- Prof. M. G. K. MENON
India
Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, New Delhi - Dr. Martha MVUNGI
Tanzania
Principal Secretary, Ministry of Education and Senior Lecturer, University of Dar-es-Salaam - Prof. Mihaly SIMAI
Hungary
(Appointed in 1987)
Deputy Director, Institute for World Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest - Prof. Rehman SOBHAN
Bangladesh
Chairman, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, Dhaka - Prof. Ryozo SUNOBE
Japan
(Resigned in December 1987)
Kyorin University, Special Adviser to the Crown Prince's Household and Member of the Provisional Council on Educational Reform, Tokyo - Prof. Justin THORENS
Switzerland
Faculty of Law, University of Geneva and President, International Association of Universities
May 1983 - May 1989
- Dr. Bakr Abdullah BAKR
Saudi Arabia
Rector, University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran - Dr. Bashir BAKRI
Sudan
Chairman, National Bank of Sudan, Khartoum - Dr. Marie-Therese BASSE
Senegal
Technical Counselor, Office of the President of the Republic of Senegal, Dakar - Prof. Andre BLANC-LAPIERRE
France
Prof., Signals and Systems Laboratory, Advanced School of Electricity, Gif-sur-Yvette - Prof. Dr. Jozsef BOGNAR
Hungary
(resigned in April 1986)
Director Institute for World Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest - Dr. Mercedes CONCEPCION
Philippines
Dean, Population Institute, University of the Philippines - Dr. Helge GYLLENBERG
Finland
(appointed in May 1985)
Prof. of Microbiology, University of Finland, Helsinki
- Prof. Walter Joseph KAMBA
Zimbabwe
Vice-Chancellor, University of Zimbabwe, Harare - Dr. Gerald C. LALOR
Jamaica
(appointed in May 1985)
Pro-Vice-Chancellor, University of the West Indies, Kingston - Dr. Maria de Lourdes PINTASILGO
Portugal
Former Caretaker Prime Minister, Lisbon - Prof. Yevgeniy M. PRIMAKOV
USSR
Director, Institute of World Economy and International Relations USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow - Dr. Alberto WAGNER DE REYNA
Peru
Former Ambassador of Peru to UNESCO - Ms. ZHAO Dihua
People's Republic of China
Deputy Director, Division of Information Science and Methodology, Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China, Beijing
May 1980 - May 1986
- Royal Prof. Ungku Abdul AZIZ
Malaysia
Vice-Chancellor, University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur - Dr. Daniel Adzei BEKOE
Ghana
(resigned in April 1984)
Vice-Chancellor, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra - Dr. Elise BOULDING
United States of America
Prof. and Chairman, Department of Sociology, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire - Dr. Satish CHANDRA
India
Chairman, University Grants Commission, New Delhi - Prof. Donald E. U. EKONG
Nigeria
(appointed in July 1984)
Vice-Chancellor, University of Cross River State - Dr. Dennis IRVINE
Jamaica
(resigned in June 1984)
Vice-Chancellor and Principal, University of Guyana - Prof. Andre Louis JAUMOTTE
Belgium
President of the Council, Free University of Brussels
- Prof. Dr. Reimut JOCHIMSEN
Federal Republic of Germany
Minister of Economics and Transportation of Land North Rhine-Westphalia, Dusseldorf - H.E. Dr. Stanley KALPAGE
Sri Lanka
Chairman, University Grants Commission; Secretary, Ministry of Higher Education, Colombo - Sir John KENDREW
United Kingdom
Secretary-General, International Council of Scientific Unions (Paris); Director-General, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (Heidelberg) - Dr. Karl Eric KNUTSSON
Sweden
Secretary-General, Swedish Agency for Research Cooperation with Developing Countries (SAREC), Stockholm - Prof. Shizuo SAITO
Japan
President, Foreign Press Center of Japan, Tokyo - Dr. Charles Valy TUHO
Côte d'Ivoire
Rector, University of Abidjan - Prof. Victor URQUIDI
Mexico
President, El Colegio de Mexico, Mexico City
May 1977 - May 1983
- Dr. Estefania ALDABA-LIM
Philippines
Secretary, Social Services and Development - Prof. hab. Pawel BOZYK
Poland
Extraordinary Prof., Central School of Planning and Statistics, Warsaw - Dr. Carlos CHAGAS
Brazil
Director, Institute of Biophysics, Rio de Janeiro - Dr. Wilbert Kumalija CHAGULA
Tanzania
Minister for Water Development, Energy and Minerals, Arusha - Dr. Jean COULOMB
France
President, Academy of Sciences, Paris - Dr. P.N. DHAR
India
(resigned in October 1978)
Prime Minister Secretary, New Delhi
- Reverend Father Felipe E. MACGREGOR
Peru
Rector, Catholic University, Lima - Dr. Abdel Salam MAJALI
Jordan
Minister of Education, Amman - Prof. MALU wa Kalenga
Zaire
Director, Centre for Nuclear Study, National University of Zaire, Kinshasa - Dr. Stephan VEROSTA
Austria
Prof. of International Law Vienna - Dr. Shams E. EL-WAKIL
Egypt
Ambassador, Permanent Delegate of the Arab Republic of Egypt to UNESCO - Dr. Ines WESLEY-TANASKOVIC
Yugoslavia
UNESCO National Commission of Yugoslavia, Belgrade
May 1974 - May 1980
- Dr. Jacob Festus ADE-AJAYI
Nigeria
Vice-Chancellor, University of Lagos - Lord BRIGGS
United Kingdom
Vice-Chancellor, University of Sussex - Dr. Roger GAUDRY
Canada
Rector, University of Montreal - Dr. Hans LOWBEER
Sweden
Chancellor of the Swedish Universities, Stockholm - Mr. Yoshinori MAEDA
Japan
Former President, Japan Broadcasting Corporation Tokyo - Prof. Antonio MARUSSI
Italy
Instituto di Geodesia e Geofisica, University of Trieste - Dr. Joseph Maina MUNGAI
Kenya
(resigned in April 1976)
Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Nairobi
- Mr. Motoo OGISO
Japan
(resigned in 1974)
Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations in New York - Dr. Majid RAHNEMA
Iran
Special Advisor to the Prime Minister, Former Minister of Science and Higher Education, Teheran - Dr. Marcel ROCHE
Venezuela
Former Director, Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research, Caracas - Dr. Seydou Madani SY
Senegal
Rector, University of Dakar - Dr. Edward W. WEIDNER
United States of America
Chancellor, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay - Dr. Eric Eustace WILLIAMS
Trinidad and Tobago
Prime Minister, Port of Spain - Dr. Keniz Fatima YUSUF
Pakistan
Vice-Chancellor, Islamabad University
May 1974 - May 1977
- Prof. Jean BERNARD
France
Member of the Academie des Sciences Prof. of the Faculty of Medicine University of Paris - Dr. Marcolino Gomes CANDAU
Brazil
Director-General Emeritus, World Health Organization, Geneva - Dr. Ismail GHANEM
Egypt
Former Rector, Ain-Shams University, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Cairo - Prof. Janusz W. GOLEBIOWSKI
Poland
Head of Chair of Contemporary Politics, Department of Social Sciences, Warsaw University - Dr. Aklilu HABTE
Ethiopia
Former President, Haile Selassie I University, Addis Ababa - Prof. Dr. Reimut JOCHIMSEN
Federal Republic of Germany
State Secretary Federal Ministry of Education and Science Bonn
- Dr. Gopalaswami PARTHASARATHY
India
Vice-Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi - Dr. Jose Louis ROMERO
Argentina
Former Rector, University of Buenos Aires - Dr. Victor E. SAHINI
Romania
Director, Centre of Physical Chemistry, Bucharest - Dr. Victor URQUIDI
Mexico
President, El Colegio de Mexico, Mexico City - Dr. Abdul-Razzak KADDOURA
Syria
(resigned in January 1976)
Rector, University of Damascus
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