Academy for Cultural Diplomacy
ICD Advisory Board Members
ICD Advisory Board Members
ICD Advisory Board Members include the following:
Judge Abdulkadir Ilhani
Deputy Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Turkey
Senator Alan Ferguson
The 22nd President of the Australian Senate; Former Senator for South Australia
The Hon. Dr. Alfredo Palacio
Former President of Ecuador
The Hon. Dr. Ali Ahmad Jalali
Former Interior Minister of Afghanistan; Distinguished Professor, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, National Defense University, USA
President Angelo (Anġlu) Farrugia
Speaker of the House of Representatives of Malta
The Hon. Anna Diamantopoulou
Former European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities; Former Greek Minister for Development, Competitiveness and Shipping
President Arnold Rüütel
Former President of Estonia
The Hon. Bertie Ahern
Former Prime Minister of Ireland
Judge Børge Dahl
Former President of the Supreme Court of Denmark
President Branko Hrvatin
President of the Supreme Court of Croatia
The Hon. Cassam Uteem
Former President of the Republic of Mauritius
Lieutenant General (Ret.) Clarence McKnight
Former Director - Command, Control, and Communications, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, US Army
The Hon. Cyril Svoboda
Former Deputy Prime Minister of the Czech Republic; Former Foreign Minister
Minister Dato’ Seri Mohamed Nazri bin Tan Sri Abdul Aziz
Minister of Tourism and Culture of Malaysia
David Soul
Celebrated Actor, Director & Singer
Amb. Delia Domingo-Albert
Former Foreign Minister of the Philippines; Former Ambassador of the Philippines to Germany
The Hon. Dirk Niebel
Former German Minister for Economic Cooperation & Development (2009-13)
Judge Dmitry Dedov
Judge, European Court of Human Rights
MP. Dora Bakoyannis
Member of the Hellenic Parliament; Former Foreign Minister of Greece
Prof. Dr. Dragan Domazet
Rector, Belgrade Metropolitan University
Judge Dragoljub Popovic
Judge, European Court of Human Rights
The Hon. Ekaterine Tkeshelashvili
Former Vice Prime-Minister, State Minister of Georgia for Reintegration; Former Foreign Minister
Amb. Elena Poptodorova
Ambassador of Bulgaria to the United States
The Hon. Dr. Emil Constantinescu
Former President of Romania; Former President & Rector of the University of Bucharest
The Hon. Dr. Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis
Vice President on the Council for Cultural Diplomacy Studies
Minister Erkki Tuomioja
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland
The Hon. Erna Hennicot Schoepges
Former President of the Parliament of Luxembourg; Former Minister of Culture & Religious Affairs
The Hon. Dr. Erhard Busek
Secretary General of Organization for Youth Education & Development; Former Vice-Chancellor of Austria; Former Minister of Education of Austria
Prof. Fausto Pocar
Former President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
The Hon. Franco Frattini
Former Foreign Minister of Italy; Former European Commissioner for Justice, Freedom and Security
The Hon. Gerassimos D. Arsenis
Former Minister of Economics of Greece
Dr. Gerhard Prätorius
Head of Coordination CSR and Sustainability, Volkswagen AG
The Hon. Halldór Ásgrímsson
Former Secretary General of the Nordic Council; Former Prime Minister of Iceland
The Hon. Hrant Bagratyan
Former Prime Minister of Armenia
His Eminence Husein ef. Kavazovic
Grand Mufti of Bosnia & Herzegovina
Ian Gillan
Singer & Song writer with Deep Purple
The Hon. Ioannis Kasoulides (MEP)
Member of the European Parliament; Former Foreign Minister of Cyprus
The Hon. Irakli Khutsurauli
Manager of the Supreme Court of Georgia
Judge Iulia-Cristina Tarcea
Vice President of the High Court of Cassation and Justice Romania
Lord Jack McConnell
Former First Minister of Scotland
The Hon. Jadranka Kosor
Former Prime Minister of Croatia
The Hon. Lieutenant General (Ret.) James B. Peake, M.D.
6th United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs; Former Surgeon General of the United States Army
Admiral James Milton Loy
Former United States Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security; Former Commandant of the Coast Guard; Chair, Tyler Institute for Leadership, US Coast Guard Academy, USA
The Hon. Sir James R. Mancham
Founding President of the Republic of Seychelles
The Hon. Jan Figel
Vice President of the National Council of Slovakia; European Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Youth
The Hon. Dr. Jan Pronk
Former Minister for Development Cooperation and the Environment of the Netherlands; Former Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
The Hon. Jan-Erik Enestam
Secretary-General of the Nordic Council; Former Finnish Minister of Defence and the Environment
The Hon. Janez Janša
Former Prime minister of Slovenia
Minister Jean Paul Adam
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Seychelles
President José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
Former Prime Minister of Spain
Rear Admiral Dr. Joyce M. Johnson
Rear Admiral (Ret.) U.S. Public Health Service
Judge Julia Sebutinde
Judge, International Court of Justice
Prof. Dr. Karl P. Donfried
Professor Emeritus of Religion and Biblical Literature, Smith College USA
Amb. Katalin Bogyay
Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Hungary to UNESCO; President of UNESCO's General Conference (2011 - 2013)
Senator Larry Lee Pressler
Former US Senator from South Dakota
The Hon. László Kovács
Former European Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union
The Hon. Lawrence Gonzi
Former Prime Minister of Malta
Senator Linda Lanzillotta
Vice President of the Italian Senate
The Hon. Luc Van den Brande
Former Minister-President of Flanders-Belgium; Former President, European Committee of the Regions
Marcia Barrett
Celebrated Artist; Lead Singer of Boney M
The Hon. Mari Kiviniemi
Former Prime Minister of Finland
The Hon. Masaharu Nakagawa
Former Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science & Technology of Japan
The Hon. Michèle Alliot-Marie
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of France
Senatorv Mihai Razvan Ungureanu
Former Prime Minister of Romania
Judge Milka Ristova
Judge Supreme Court of the Republic of Macedonia
The Hon. Mirko Cvetkovic
Former Prime Minister of Serbia
The Hon. Mirko Tomassoni
Member of the Parliament of San Marino; Former Captain Regent of San Marino
Amb. Mohamed Orabi
Former Foreign Minister of Egypt; Former Ambassador of Egypt to Germany
Dr. Mohammed Omran
Executive Chairman, the Egyptian Exchange
The Hon. Paul-Eerik Rummo
Former Estonian Minister of Culture and Education
Amb. Paula Dobriansky
Former Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs
H.E. Amb. Ranko Vilovic
Ambassador, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Croatia to the United Nations
The Hon. Rashed Al Baloushi
Chief Executive, Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange
Minister Dr. Remus Pricopie
Minister of Education of Romania; Former Dean, National School of Political Science and Public Administration, Romania
The Hon. Rexhep Meidani
Former President of Albania; Former Dean, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Tirana, Albania
Senator Richard Bryan
Former United States Senator
The Hon. Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin
Former French Minister of Social Affairs & Sports; Former Minister of the Environment
The Hon. Rubén Arosemena Valdés
Former Vice President of Panama
The Hon. Rui Duarte Barros
Former Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau
The Hon. Dr. Said W. Musa
Former Prime Minister of Belize
President Staffan Nilsson
President, European Economic and Social Committee
The Hon. Dr. Solomon Isaac Passy
Former Foreign Minister of Bulgaria
The Hon. Francesco Rutelli
Former Deputy Prime Minister of Italy; Former Minister of Culture and Tourism; Former Mayor of Rome
President Stjepan Mesić
Former President of Croatia
The Hon. Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi
Secretary-General of the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
The Hon. Theodoros Pangalos
Former Deputy Prime Minister of Greece
Senator Tim Hutchinson
Former United States Senator from Arkansas
President Ugo Mifsud Bonnici
Former President of Malta
The Hon. Dr. Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga
Former President of Latvia
President Valdis Zatlers
Former President of Latvia
Judge Vesna Medenica
President of the Supreme court of Montenegro
Prof. Dr. Vladimir Filippov
Rector of the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia; Former Minister of Education of Russia
President Xhezar Zaganjori
President of the Supreme Court of Montenegro
The Hon. Yves Leterme
Former Deputy Secretary General of the OECD; Former Prime Minister of Belgium
The Hon. Yasar Yakis
Former Foreign Minister of Turkey
IPAHP Advisory Board Members
Áine Collins TD
Member of the Irish Parliament
Mufti Akhmed Tamim
Mufti of Ukraine- Senator Alan Ferguson
The 22nd President of the Australian Senate; Former Senator for South Australia 
Dr. Alfred Sant (MEP)
Member of the EU Parliament; Former Prime Minister of Malta
MEP Angelika Werthmann
Member of the Euripean Parliament- President Angelo (Anġlu) Farrugia
Speaker of the House of Representatives of Malta 
MP Anna Wallén
Member of the Parliament of Sweden
Mufti Dr. Aziz ef. Hasanović
President of Meshihat of Islamic Community in Croatia
Bill Cash (MP)
Member of the British Parliament (for Stone)
MP Davor Bozinovic
Member of the Parliament of Croatia, Chairperson of the Inter parliamentary Cooperation Committee
Senator Dominique Tilmans
Former Member of the Belgian Senate
MP. Dora Bakoyannis
Member of the Hellenic Parliament; Former Foreign Minister of Greece
MP Egidijus Vareikis
Member of the Parliament of Lithuania
MP Elfyn Llwyd
Member of the British Parliament
Ferdous Ara Begum
Gender Issues Specialist; Former Member of UN CEDAW Committee; Former Director General, Bangladesh Television
Senator Francesco Maria Amoruso
Member of the Italian Senate; President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean of Malta
Bishop Fülöp Kocsis
Bishop of the Diocese Hajdudorog, Hungary
MEP George Sabin Cutas
Member of the European Parliament
Georgi Pirinski (MEP)
Member of the EU Parliament; Former Chairman of the National Assembly of Bulgaria
Sir Graham Watson
Member of European Parliament for the South West of England and Gibraltar- His Eminence Husein ef. Kavazovic
Grand Mufti of Bosnia & Herzegovina 
The Hon. Ints Dālderis
Former Minister of Culture of the Republic of Latvia; Former Director, the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra
MP Jeffrey Donaldson
Member of the British Parliament
The Hon. Jesmond Muggliet
Former Member of the Parliament of Malta
Bishop Kjeld Holm
Bishop of Aarhus, Denmark
The Hon. Kristiina Ojuland
Former Foreign Minister of Estonia
MEP Leonidas Donskis
Member of the European Parliament
MP Lia Quartapelle
Member of the Italian Parliament, Democratic Party
MP Lilyana Pavlova
Member of the Bulgarian Parliament- Senator Linda Lanzillotta
Vice President of the Italian Senate 
Senator Lucio Maan
Member of the Italian Senate
MP Marta Grande
Member of the Italian Parliament
MEP Milan Zver
Member of the EU Parliament- The Hon. Mirko Tomassoni
Former Member of the Parliament of San Marino; Former Captain Regent of San Marino 
The Hon. Nouzha Skalli
Former Member of the Parliament of Morocco; Moroccan Minister of Social Development, Family, and Solidarity
MP Ögmundur Jónasson
• MP Ögmundur Jónasson Member of the Parliament of Iceland; Former Minister of Justice & Human Rights
MP Robert John Walter
Member of the British Parliament
His Eminence Metropolitan Stephanos of Tallinn
Primate of the Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church
MP Tsiaras Konstantinos
Member of the Hellenic Parliament, Former Deputy Foreign Minister of Greece
MP Wayne David
Member of the British Parliament
The Council for Cultural Diplomacy Studies
- The Hon. Dr. Ali Ahmad Jalali
Former Interior Minister of Afghanistan; Distinguished Professor, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, National Defense University, USA 
Prof. Dr. Álvaro Escribano Saéz
Vice Rector, Universidad Carlos II de, Madrid
Amb. András Simonyi
Managing Director, Center for Transatlantic Relations, Johns Hopkins University; Former Hungarian Ambassador to the United States
Prof. Dr. Aquien Pascal
Vice President, The scientific Council, Université Paris 4 Sorbonne
Prof. Dr. Athanasios D. Koustelios
Vice-Rector of Academic Affairs, University of Thessaly, Greece
Bill Summers
Celebrated American Musician
Prof. Dr. Bulyzhenkov Igor Edmundovich
Rectorate Councellor, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology- The Hon. Cyril Svoboda
Former Deputy Prime Minister of the Czech Republic; Former Foreign Minister - Prof. Dr. Dragan Domazet
Rector, Belgrade Metropolitan University 
Prof. Dr. Enver Halilovic
Rector, University of Tuzla- The Hon. Dr. Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis
Former Foreign Minister of the Republic of Cyprus - The Hon. Dr. Erhard Busek
Secretary General of Organization for Youth Education & Development; Former Vice-Chancellor of Austria; Former Minister of Education of Austria 
Prof. Dr. Euripides Stephanou
Rector, University of Crete
The Hon. Gigi Tevzadze
Rector of Ilia State University
Prof. Dr. Gwenaele Proutière-Maulion
Vice President, European Affairs and International Relations, Université de Nantes
Prof. Dr. Hans Köchler
Professor of Philosophy at the University of Innsbruck; President of the International Progress Organization
Prof. Dr. Hassan B. Diab
Ministry of Education and High Education of Lebanon; Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, American University of Beirut; Lebanon
Prof. Dr. Ivan Ilchev
Rector, Sofia Univeristy
Prof. Dr. Javier Casalí
Vice-President of International Relations and Cooperation, Public University of Navarre
Prof. Dr. John M. Hobson
Professor of Politics and International Relations, University of Sheffield, UK- Prof. Dr. Karl P. Donfried
Professor Emeritus of Religion and Biblical Literature, Smith College USA 
Dr. Khaldoon Aba Hussain
Chief Executive Officer, Isa Cultural Centre, Bahrain
Prof. Dr. Ludomír Šlahor
Vice Rector for International Relations, Comenius University, Bratislava
Mark C. Donfried
Director General of the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy
Prof. Dr. Michael Lederer
Executive Vice President of International Affairs & Executive Education, Furtwangen University
Prof. Dr. Mike Hardy
Professor of Intercultural Relations; Executive Director, the Institute for Community Cohesion, Coventry University, UK
Prof. Dr. Murat Tuncer
President of the Hacettepe University, Turkey
Prof. Dr. Patrick Quinn
Provost, Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy
Prof. Dr. Paul De Knop
Rector, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Prof. Dr. Pedro Nonell, Director
EENI Global Business School, Spain
Prof. Dr. Rolf Tarrach
Rector of the University of Luxembourg
Dr. Selmo Cikotić
Dean, School of Government, American University in Bosnia and Herzegovina; Former Minister of Defense of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Prof. Dr. Sibrandes Poppema
President of the University of Groningen
Prof. Dr. Sjaak Koenis
Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Maastricht University
Prof. Dr. Soodursun Jugessur
Pro Chancellor & Chairman, University of Mauritius & Chairman, Mauritius Research Council
Prof. Dr. Tariq Modood
Director, University Research Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship, University of Bristol, UK
The Hon. Dr. Vasile Puscas
Former Romanian Minister for European Affairs
Prof. Dr. GH. Vlad Nistor MP
President of the Senate, University of Bucharest- Prof. Dr. Vladimir Filippov
Rector of the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia; Former Minister of Education of Russia
Prof. Dr. Wahid Omar
President & Vice-Chancellor, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Prof. Dr. Zvonimir Paul Separovic
Former Minister of Justice of Croatia; Former Rector, University of Zagreb, Croatia
