SEOUL, Korea (Aug 22, 2025) – The full list of candidates standing in the 2025 World Taekwondo elections was today confirmed ahead of the elections which will take place on 23 October at the General Assembly in Wuxi.
The 2025 General Assembly will be conducted in a hybrid format, with in-person participation in Wuxi and virtual participation for remote attendees. Voting will be conducted by secret ballot using the Lumi Global system.
All officials who are elected will serve a four-year term, beginning the day after the final day of the 2025 World Championships and ending on the final day of the 2029 World Championships.
The candidates are as follows:
President
World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue (Korea) is the sole candidate standing for President.
Vice President
A total of six (6) candidates are standing for three (3) available positions as Vice President, each representing a different Continental Union. The female Council Member who receives the highest number of votes will be elevated to Vice President.
AFRICA
| EL HILALI Driss | Morocco |
ASIA
| YANG Jinbang | Republic of Korea |
EUROPE
| PRAGALOS Athanasios | Greece |
OCEANIA
| KOTSIFAS John | Australia |
PAN AMERICA
| LOPEZ DELGADO Juan Manuel | Mexico |
| PARK Chun Jae | United States of America |
Council Member
A total of 34 candidates are standing for 14 available Council Member positions.
In accordance with the Statutes, each Continental Union must be represented by at least one male and one female Council Member. Once the continental and gender representation requirements are fulfilled, the remaining four (4) seats will be allocated to the candidates who receive the highest number of votes overall, regardless of gender or Continental Union.
AFRICA
| BINGA Margaret Elizabeth (Ms.) | Nigeria |
| EGUEH Fardouza (Ms.) | Djibouti |
| SHAABAN Mohamed (Meedo) | Egypt |
ASIA
| ALZEYOUDI Ahmed Hamdan | United Arab Emirates | |
| CHING Man Chun Louis | Hong Kong, China | |
| DAWANI Nadin (Ms.) | Jordan | |
| JUNG Kook Hyun | Republic of Korea | |
| KIM Byung Hee (Ms.) | Brunei Darussalam | |
| KIM Jung Heon | Republic of Korea | |
| MOAWAD Hadwah (Ms.) | Saudi Arabia | |
| RANA Prakash Shumsher | Nepal | |
| SAEI BONEHKOHAL Hadi | Islamic Republic of Iran | |
| SHAMIYEV Kudrat | Kazakhstan | |
| SHIRGAONKAR Namdev Sampat | India | |
| ZHU Linfang (Ms.) | People’s Republic of China | |
EUROPE
| BINEV Slavtcho | Bulgaria |
| CITO Angelo | Italy |
| HUEBL Alexander | Austria |
| KOLVART Mihhail | Estonia |
| PANKA Anna (Ms.) | Switzerland |
| SAHIN Metin | Turkiye |
| SAMANDZHYIA Lesik | Ukraine |
| TANRIKULU Bahri | Turkiye |
| TEREKHOV Anatoly | Russian Federation |
| VASSALLO Anna (Ms.) | Malta |
OCEANIA
| BURNS Lauren (Ms.) | Australia |
| ISKANDAR Hassan | Australia |
| MAGABLEH Maher | Australia |
| OH Jin Keun | New Zealand |
| PACE Linda Siew Sien (Ms.) | Australia |
PAN AMERICA
| BORELLO CASTILLO María Rosario (Ms.) | Guatemala |
| KIM Inseon | United States of America |
| MANDEL VAISMAN Mario | Chile |
| WARWICK Richard | United States of America |
Auditor
Ali Sagirkaya (Turkiye) is the sole candidate for Auditor.
More details on the election can be found here.
