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The Current Members of the SPT:

Name of member

Country of nationality

Term of office

Ms. Mari AMOS  

Estonia

31 December 2014

Mr. Mario Luis CORIOLANO, Vice-Chairperson

Argentina

31 December 2012

Mr. Arman DANIELYAN

Armenia

31 December 2014

Ms. Marija DEFINIS-GOJANOVIC

Croatia

31 December 2012

Mr. Malcolm EVANS, Chairperson

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

31 December 2012

Mr. Emilio GINÉS SANTIDRIÁN

Spain

31 December 2014

Ms. Lowell Patria GODDARD

New Zealand

31 December 2012

Mr. Zdenek HAJEK, Vice-Chairperson

Czech Republic

31 December 2012

Ms. Suzanne JABBOUR, Vice-Chairperson

Lebanon

31 December 2012

Mr. Goran KLEMENCIC

Slovenia

31 December 2012

Mr. Paul LAM SHANG LEEN

Mauritius

31 December 2012

Mr. Zbigniew LASOCIK

Poland

31 December 2012

Mr. Petros MICHAELIDES

Cyprus

31 December 2014

Ms. Aisha Shujune MUHAMMAD, Vice-Chairperson

Maldives

31 December 2014

Mr. Olivier OBRECHT

France

31 December 2014

Mr. Hans Draminsky PETERSEN  

Denmark

31 December 2014

Ms. Maria Margarida E. PRESSBURGER

Brazil

31 December 2012

Mr. Christian PROSS

Germany

31 December 2012

Mr. Victor Manuel RODRIGUEZ-RESCIA

Costa Rica

31 December 2012

Ms. Judith SALGADO

Ecuador

31 December 2014

Mr. Miguel SARRE IGUÍNIZ

Mexico

31 December 2014

Ms. Aneta STANCHEVSKA

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

31 December 2014

Mr. Wilder TAYLER SOUTO  

Uruguay

31 December 2014

Mr. Felipe VILLAVICENCIO TERREROS

Peru

31 December 2014

Mr. Fortuné Gaétan ZONGO

Burkina Faso

31 December 2014

 
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