Council is led by the President, who is the Chair of Council. The Presidential term is two years, and every second year, the President is joined by a President-elect, who fulfils that role for one year until succeeding as President. Council members are elected by the Fellows, Honorary Fellows and Associates of the 缅北禁地 (IFoA).
Council has 30 elected seats, divided into 2 constituencies: the General and鈥疭cottish constituencies.
Members of the IFoA belong only to one constituency.鈥�
The number of Council members representing the 2 constituencies is set in accordance with Bye-law 21 of the IFoA鈥檚 constitution. At present, there are 24 and 6 seats representing the General and Scottish constituencies respectively.鈥��
Council may also co-opt up to 3 additional members, as prescribed in the IFoA鈥檚 Regulations, to cover particular circumstances. Paul Sweeting, the President, was co-opted onto Council from the date of the 2024 AGM in accordance with Regulation 4.
Elected members of Council will normally serve a 3-year term, after which they will be required to stand down. A member of Council may stand for re-election but may only serve a maximum of 2 consecutive terms before being required to retire for at least a year.
More information on standing for election to Council, voting in Council elections, and the relevance and implications of the 2 constituencies, can be found in鈥痶his Q&A document (PDF, 200 KB).
The members of Council for the 2025-2026 sessional year are:
*Member of the Scottish constituency