The Governing Council, which meets biannually, is the Federation's highest policy-making body, comprising five representatives from each of the six regions of IPPF, including at least one person under the age of 25 from each region.
IPPF President/Chairperson of Governing Council:
Dr Naomi Seboni
IPPF Treasurer: Sujatha Natarajan
Immediate Past President: Dr Jacqueline Sharpe Honorary Legal Counsel: Mr Kweku Osae Brenu
Chairperson, Audit Committee: Mrs Helen Eskett
Chairperson, Membership Committee: Ms Fathimath Shafeega
Governing Council Members entitled to vote
Elected regional representatives: November 2008 – May 2011
Africa Region
Mr. Eric Guenne Ralphe (Cameroon)
Mr. Bebe Fidaly (Madagascar)
Mrs. Felicite Nsabimana (Burundi)
Dr. Naomi Seboni (Botswana)
Mrs. Roseline Toweh (Liberia)
Arab World Region
Mrs. Mariem Mint Ahmed Aicha (Mauritania)
Mrs. Kawssar Al-Khayer (Syria)
Dr. Moncef Ben Brahim (Tunisia)
Prof. Said Badri Kabouya (Algeria)
Mr. Ahmed Al Sharefi (Iraq)
East, South East Asia and Oceania Region
Dr. Kamaruzaman Ali (Malaysia)
Dr. Maria Talaitupu Kerslake (Samoa)
Ms. Wong Li Leng (Malaysia)
Ms. Linda Penno (New Zealand)
Dr. Zheng Zhenzhen (China)
Europe Region
Ms. Khadija Azougach (France)
Mr. Denis Deralla (Albania)
Ms. Elena Dmitrieva (Russia)
Ms. Ruth Ennis (Ireland)
Ms. Eva Palasthy (Switzerland)
South Asia Region
Ms. Padma Cumaranatunge (Sri Lanka)
Ms. Surayya Jabeen (Pakistan)
Mr. Subhash Pradhan (Nepal)
Mr. Ankit Saxena (India)
Ms. Fathimath Shafeega (Maldives)
Western Hemisphere Region
Andrea Cohen (Canada)
Diana Barco (Colombia)
Esther Vicente (Puerto Rico)
Jovana Rios Cisnero (Panama)