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 Jacqueline Sharpe
IPPF Treasurer: Dr Naomi Seboni
Immediate Past President: Dr Nina Puri
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

Ms. Maria Ignacia Aybar (Chile)
Ms. Andrea Cohen (Canada)
Dr. Jacqueline Sharpe (Trinidad & Tobago)
Dr. Esther Vicente (Puerto Rico)
Mr. Carlos Welti (Mexico)