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The ESPN Council comprises the President, the Assistant President, the Treasurer and 8 ordinary councillors, who between them are responsible for the various Council portfolios as listed below.
Ordinary councillors serve a 3-year, non-renewable term. Vacancies are announced via ESPN member communications. Candidates must have the written support of two ESPN members. ESPN members vote to select their preferred candidates according to the number of vacancies. In the interests of broad representation on Council, where there is more than one candidate from the same country, only the top-ranked candidate can be appointed to Council.
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Prof. Dieter Haffner – ESPN President
Hannover Medical School, Hannover. Germany
Conflict of interest
Year of appointment: 2022
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Prof. Francesco Emma – ESPN Assistant President
Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital – IRCCS
Piazza Sant’ Onofrio, 4 – 00165 Rome, Italy
Conflict of interest
Year of appointment: 2022
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Prof. Jun Oh – ESPN Treasurer
Medical Center University, Hamburg, Germany
Year of appointment: 2019
![Arend Bökenkamp](https://www.espn-online.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Arend-Bokenkamp-1.jpg)
Arend Bökenkamp
Council Member
Emma Children’s Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Center
Year of appointment: 2023
![Ayşe Balat](https://www.espn-online.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Ayse-Balat-1.jpg)
Ayşe Balat
Council Member
Gaziantep University, Medical Faculty, Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Gaziantep, Turkiye
Year of appointment: 2023
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Fabio Paglialonga
Council Member
Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda- Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico
Milan, Italy
Conflict of interest
Year of appointment: 2021
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Jerome Harambat
Council Member
Hôpital Pellegrin-Enfants, University of Bordeaux
Bordeaux, France
Conflict of interest
Year of appointment: 2021
![Karolis Azukaitis](https://www.espn-online.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Karolis-Azukaitis-1.jpg)
Karolis Azukaitis
Council Member
Vilnius University Faculty of Medicine
Year of appointment: 2023
![Malgorzata Mizerska-Wasiak](https://www.espn-online.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Malgorzata-Mizerska-Wasiak.jpg)
Malgorzata Mizerska-Wasiak
Council Member
Department of Pediatrics and Nephrology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
Year of appointment: 2023
![Matko Marlais](https://www.espn-online.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Matko-Marlais-Portrait.jpg)
Matko Marlais
Council Member
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Year of appointment: 2023
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Stella Stabouli
Council Member
Aristotle University
Thessaloniki, Greece
Conflict of interest
Year of appointment: 2021
![Rute Baeta Baptista](https://www.espn-online.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Rute-Baeta-Baptista.jpg)
Rute Baeta Baptista
Ex-officio member
Hospital Dona Estefânia (HDE), Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central (CHULC), Lisbon, Portugal
Year of appointment: 2023
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Dieter Haffner
ESPN President
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Francesco Emma
ESPN Assistant President
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Jun Oh
ESPN Treasurer
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Arend Bökenkamp
Council Member
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Ayşe Balat
Council Member
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Fabio Paglialonga
Council Member
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Jerome Harambat
Council Member
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Karolis Azukaitis
Council Member
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Malgorzata Mizerska-Wasiak
Council Member
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Matko Marlais
Council Member
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Stella Stabouli
Council Member
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Rute Baeta Baptista
Ex-officio member