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Continental Board of Counsellors for Europe

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Continental Board for Europe with Zikrullah Khadem (seated, second from right), 1981.

The Continental Board of Counsellors for Europe is a body responsible for protection and propagation of the Bahá'í Faith in Europe, and appointing members to Auxiliary Boards across Europe. Its membership is appointed by the Universal House of Justice for five year terms.

Contents

  • 1 History
  • 2 Current Members
  • 3 Past Members
  • 4 References
  • 5 Notes

History[edit]

The Continental Board of Europe was one of eleven Boards formed in 1968 for the purpose of fulfilling the functions of the Hands of the Cause indefinitely, as no new Hands could be appointed. Counsellors appointed to the Board did not have defined terms of service until 1980, when the Universal House of Justice began appointing Counsellors for five year terms.[1]

Current Members[edit]

Name Appointed
Paul Verheij 2010
Raffaella Capozzi Gubinelli 2015
Saba Mazza 2015
Yevgeniya Poluektova 2015
Mehdi Rezvan 2015
Orlando Ravelo Hernandez 2020
Varqa Khadem 2020
Shirin Youssefian Maanian 2020
Veranika Medvedeva 2020
Hedyeh Nadafi-Stoffel 2020
Marina Bruckmann 2023
Ana Maria Marian 2024[2]

Past Members[edit]

Continental Board for Europe, 1971
Name Served
Erik Blumenthal 1968 - 1985
Dorothy Ferraby 1968 - 1985
Louis Hénuzet 1968 - 2000
Anneliese Bopp 1970 - 1979
Betty Reed 1970 - 1985
Adib Taherzadeh 1976 - 1988
Dr. Agnes Ghaznavi 1980 - 1990
Hartmut Grossman 1980 - 1988
Ursula Muhlschlegel 1980 - 1990
Dr. Leo Niederreiter 1980 - 1990
Polin Rafat 1985 - 2000
Adam Thorne 1985 - 1988
Sohrab Youssefian 1985 - 2010
Dr. Ilhan Sezgin 1986 - 2010
Patrick O'Mara 1988 - 2001
Elisabeth Muhlschlegel 1988 - 1993
Dr. Shapour Rassekh 1988 - 2000
Foad Kazemzadeh 1990 - 1995
Nabil Perdu 1990 - 2000
Paul Semenoff 1990 - 1995
Larissa Tsutskova 1993 - 2005
Hooshidar Balazadeh 1995 - 2000
Uta von Both 1995 - 2010
Patricia Coles 1995 - 2000
Maija Pihlainen 1995 - 2000
Nosrat Tirandaz 1995 - 2005
Tiberiu Vajda 1995 - 2000
Fevziye Baki 2000 - 2010
Alla Borets 2000 - 2005
Firouzeh Moghbel-Naderi 2000 - 2015
Paul Öjermark 2000 - 2005
Shahriar Razavi 2000 - 2003
Ivo Zerbes 2000 - 2005
Emilio Egea 2001 - 2008
Nicola Towfigh 2003 - 2008
Vivien Craig 2005 - 2010
Olga Daynovskaya 2005 - 2010
Nadia Jaberi-Koppold 2005 - 2010
Saba Khabirpour 2005 - 2015
Hannu Tapani Olkkonen 2005 - 2010
Shirin Fozdar-Foroudi 2005 - 2020
Naisan Azimi 2005 - 2020
Zoraida García Garro 2008 - 2020
Antonella Demonte 2010 - 2013
Andrej Donoval 2010 - 2013
Aistė Elijio 2010 - 2024[2]
Bernard Lo Cascio 2010 - 2020
Olga Daradur 2010 - 2020
Amir Saberin 2015 - 2023

References[edit]

  • https://bahai.works/Ri%E1%B8%8Dv%C3%A1n_messages/1970 1970 appointments
  • https://bahai.works/MUHJ63-86/170/Appointments_to_Continental_Boards_of_Counselors_and_Auxiliary_Boards 1976 appointments
  • https://bahai.works/MUHJ86-01/54/New_Members_of_Universal_House_of_Justice,_International_Teaching_Center,_and_Continental_Boards_of_Counselors 1988 appointments
  • https://bahai.works/index.php?title=File:Baha%27i_News_449.pdf&page=2 1968 Counsellor appointments reported
  • https://bahai.works/index.php?title=File:Baha%27i_News_509.pdf&page=3 1973 Counsellor appointments reported
  • https://bahai.works/MUHJ63-86/180/Additional_Appointments_to_Continental_Boards_of_Counselors 1976 Counsellor appointments reported
  • https://bahai.works/index.php?title=File:Baha%27i_News_599.pdf&page=4 1980 Counsellor appointments reported
  • https://bahai.works/index.php?title=File:Baha%27i_News_657.pdf&page=3 1985 Counsellor appointments reported
  • https://bahai.works/MUHJ86-01/97/Appointment_of_Continental_Boards_of_Counselors 1990 Counsellor appointments reported
  • https://bahai.works/MUHJ86-01/207/Appointment_of_Continental_Counselors_and_Increase_in_Number_of_Continental_Counselors 1995 Counsellor appointments reported
  • https://bahai.works/MUHJ86-01/344/Appointment_of_Continental_Counselors 2000 Counsellor appointments reported
  • https://www.scribd.com/doc/46043272/Bahai-Canada-Nov-Dec-2010 2010 Counsellor appointments reported
  • 2005 Counsellor appointments reported
  • http://bahaicanada.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/27-October-2015-appointment-of-the-counsellors-ENG.pdf 2015 Counsellor appointments reported

Notes[edit]

  1. ↑ https://bahai.works/index.php?title=File:Baha%27i_News_599.pdf&page=3
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 19 November 2024 letter from Karen McKye at BahaiCanada.ca
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