Officers

(i) The Officers of the WPC and their responsibilities shall be:

(a) President, who shall also preside at meetings of the Council and of the Executive Committee. The President during his/her term of office shall not serve as a member of his/her National Committee.

(b) Senior Vice-President, strategic planning and development, who shall preside at meetings of the Council and of the Executive Committee in the absence of the President. If the President should be indisposed or otherwise unable to fulfil his/her duties, the Senior Vice-President shall act in his/her place until the president is able to resume his/her duties. If he/she should be permanently incapacitated, the Senior Vice-President shall act as President for the remainder of the Presidents term of office.

(c) Vice-President, Congress Programme, who shall chair meetings of the Congress Programme Committee in accordance with Article 7 of this Constitution.

(d) Vice-President, Finance

(e) Vice-President, Marketing/Regional meetings

(f) Vice-President, Membership

No two Officers shall come from the same country. A candidate may be nominated for more than one office, but on election to any office his/her candidature for other offices shall automatically lapse. No person may serve more than two consecutive terms in the same office nor more than three consecutive terms as an Officer of the WPC.

(ii) Nominations for all Officers must be made by one country and seconded by another and shall be submitted to the Director-General at least two months prior to the meeting at which the election is to take place. Each nomination shall be accompanied by a brief biography and by a written confirmation from the candidate of his/her willingness to serve, if elected. These biographies and confirmations will be circulated to all members of the Council with the agenda for the meeting.

(iii) Elections shall be held by secret ballot.

The election of the President requires an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the member countries represented and voting. In the case of each other office there shall be a separate election for each office, each requiring the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the member countries represented and voting in the first two rounds of voting and a simple majority of member countries represented and voting in the third or subsequent rounds. Where there are more than two candidates for any office the candidate with the lowest number of votes in each round shall be eliminated.