Cláudio Laks Eizirik of Brazil won the IPA election for president-elect, the International Psychoanalytical Association announced in May. Eizirik defeated Ana Maria Andrade de Azevedo, also of Brazil, and Moisés Lemlij of Peru. In this election cycle, the presidency of the IPA was designated for Latin America.
Daniel Widlöcher, who ran unopposed, was re-elected for a second term as IPA president. Widlöcher asked Donald Campbell of London to serve with him as secretary general, replacing Alain Gibeault of Paris who declined to serve a second term as secretary general.
Nadine Levinson won the vote for IPA treasurer, narrowly defeating Allan Compton. Both Levinson and Compton are APsaA members.
Two candidates ran unopposed to become globally elected representatives for Europe: Henk Jan Dalewijk of the Netherlands and SverreVarvin of Norway.
Raquel Zak de Goldstein of Argentina and Marcelo Viñar of Uruguay were elected as the representatives for Latin American, winning office in a large field of seven candidates.
Charles M.T. Hanley of Canada and Robert Tyson (U.S.A.) won the election for globally selected representatives from North America.
Europe, from the smaller societies: H. Shmuel Erlich (Israel) and Agneta Sandell (Sweden)
Europe, from the larger societies: Marilia Aisenstein (Paris), Werner Bohleber (Germany), Donald Campbell (Britain)
Latin America, from the smaller societies: Aloysio A. D'Abreu (Brazilian Psychoanalytic Society of Rio de Janiero), Carmén Medici de Steiner (Uruguay)
Latin America, larger societies: Celia Katz de Eskenazi (Argentina), Leopold Nosek (Brazilian Psychoanalytic Society of São Paulo), Fernando Weissmann (Argentina)
North America, smaller societies: Norman Doidge (Canada), James Gooch (Psychoanalytic Center of California)
North America, larger societies: Sander Abend, Richard Fox, and Robert Pyles, all from APsaA