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Honorary Chairmen

The Executive Assembly may appoint past Chairs of WEC as Honorary Chairs and past Officers as Honorary Officers. These appointments are valid for the lifetime of the holder. Honorary Chairs and Officers have no official duties. They are entitled to be present at the annual meetings of the Executive Assembly, but do not have a vote. A list of WEC's current honorary officers is presented below: 

Honorary Chairs: 
Andre Caille (Canada)
Sven Hultin (Finland)
Gerhard Ott (Germany)
Antonio del Rosario (Philippines)
John Baker (United Kingdom)
Jim Adam (United States)

Honorary Officers: 
Carlos Pierro (Argentina)
Philip Aiken (Australia)
Ketane Sithole (Botswana)
José Luis Alquéres (Brazil)
Norberto de Franco Medeiros (Brazil)
Gordon MacNabb (Canada)
Richard Drouin (Canada)
Qing Ye (China)
Zhang Guobao (China)
Diby Kroko (Côte d'Ivoire)
Asger Bundgaard-Jensen (Denmark)
François Ailleret (France)
Marcel Boiteux (France) *
Karlheinz Bund (Germany)
Johannes Teyssen (Germany)
C.P. Jain (India)
T.R. Satish Chandran (India) *
Kieran O'Brien (Ireland)
Chicco Testa (Italy)
Shige-etsu Miyahara (Japan)
Ali A. Attiga (Jordan)
Hisham Khatib (Jordan)
KunMo Chung (Korea Rep.)
Joong Kyum Kim (Korea Rep.)
Abbas Al-Naqi (Kuwait)
David Kim (Korea Rep.)
YB Tan Sri Dato Abu Zarim bin Haji Omar (Malaysia)
Francisco Barnés (Mexico)
Juan Eibenschutz (Mexico)
Alioune Fall (Senegal)
José Luis Antoñanzas (Spain)
Elias Velasco (Spain)
Göran Ahlström (Sweden)
Hüseyin Arabul (Turkey)
Ali Galip Mutdogan (Turkey) *
Bill Doub (United States)
John M. Derrick Jr. (United States)
Don Jordan (United States) *
Ron Wood (United States)
Michael Morris (United States)
Joaquín Tredinick (Venezuela)
* Honorary Presidents