IWC Chairs & Vice-chairs

The Chair and Vice-chair are elected from among the Commissioners and usually serve for four years, first as Vice-chair for two years, and then as Chair.

The current Chair is Amadou Telivel Diallo of the Republic of Guinea and the current Vice-chair is Dr Nick Gales of Australia.  Both were elected into office at the Commission meeting in October 2022. 

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  Amadou Telivel Diallo, Republic of Guinea, current IWC Chair
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  Dr Nick Gales, Australia, current IWC Vice-chair

List of Previous Chairs

The names and national government of IWC Chairs and Vice-chairs from 1949 to the present day are listed below.  An additional column shows the Meeting Chair which, for a variety of reasons, has occasionally differed from the Annual/Biennial Chair.