Presidium

Congress presidium

Carlo Maria Palermo is a young professional living and working in Italy. Member of JEF-Europe EB from 2011 to 2013. For the last 20 years, he has been committed in Federalist organizations and he served, from the local to European level our movements. He has been member from 1997 to 2018 (since he was 14). He is member of the UEF since 2001.

Elisa Selinummi has been active in JEF-Finland first as a member of the board and later as a vice-president responsible for relations with JEF-Europe. She has also been on the presidium of the JEF-Europe Federal Committee and Auditors Committee. Currently Elisa is vice president of EMI Finland and works in the European parliament.

Pauline Gessant is member of the federalist family since 2003. She was in particular Vice-president of JEF-Europe in 2009-2011 and President of JEF-Europe in 2011-2015. She is currently Vice-President of UEF-Europe, President of "Friends of JEF" (JEF alumni network) and member of European Movement - France Board.

Peter Oomsels was President of JEF Leuven in 2010-2011, President of JEF Belgium in 2012-2013, Senior Vice President of JEF Europe in 2013-2015 and member of the JEF Arbitration Board in 2015-2017. He currently lives in Brussels and occasionally supports the federalist movement as trainer in federalist academy events.

Sven Bisang started his journey in JEF as a regional coordinator of Young European Swiss (JEF Switzerland) in Zurich. After two years as co-president of JEF Switzerland, he got the opportunity to serve two terms on the Presidium of JEF Europe's Federal Committee which ended at the Zurich Congress 2015. Sven is now a vice-president of "Friends of JEF" (JEF alumni network) and the treasurer of the local section of UEF Switzerland in Basel, still passionately advocating to get his little Alpine republic to think again about active membership of the Union.

Returning officer

Valentin Dupouey is the former Secretary General of JEF Europe (2016/2018) and after a gap year travelling around the world, he is now working as Director of Fondation EURACTIV, a think-and-do tank for the health of the Media sector in Europe.

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