Executive Board

About the EB

The WVF Executive Board is composed of the President, the Deputy President, the Secretary General, the Treasurer General, and 6 Vice Presidents who are the elected or appointed Chairpersons of the Regional Standing Committees and the Standing Committee on Women.
 
The members of the Executive Board, except for the Secretary General, are appointed or elected by the General Assembly. Following a change to the WVF Constitution adopted by the 28th General Assembly, which was held in Sopot (Poland) in 2015, the Secretary General is now also  appointed by the Executive Board.
Secretary General

Mr. Dan Viggo Bergtun

NORWAY

About

Dan-Viggo Bergtun was born in Harstad, in the North of Norway in 1956. After his Basic Business School in Marketing, he joined the Norwegian Army in the North of Norway. After  the Army and mission for UN peacekeepers, he was employed by the government of Oslo. He has been working for veterans since 1978 and was former SCEA Chair and Vice President of the WVF 2009-2015. WVF President from 2015 to 2023, and WVF General Secretary from 2023. Member of SPIA (Soldiers of Peace International Association) and Honorary President of the WVF.

President

Docteur El Mostafa El Ktiri

MOROCCO

About

Appointed by King Mohammed VI as High Commissioner for Former Members of the Resistance Movement and the Liberation Army

President of the Association of Moroccan Economists

President of the network of associations and organizations of civil society for the support of territorial integrity and citizenship

President of the Association of Moroccan – Vietnamese Friendship

Deputy President of the WVF 2019 – 2023

Deputy President
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Gen. Vidosav Kovacevic

SERBIA

About

General Vidosav Kovačević was born in 1955. During his career, he completed all the highest military schools, from the Military Gymnasium, the Military Academy – Air Force and Air Defense, to the General Staff Training.

He was the head of the Administration for Morale of the Yugoslav Army, the assistant to the chief of the General Staff of the Yugoslav Army, and the head of the Military Academy. He took part in military operations and has the status of a First Category fighter.

He has been a member of the Presidency of SUBNOR since 2013, in 2015 he was elected deputy president, and he became the president of the Alliance of Associations of Fighters of the National Liberation Wars of Serbia by the Decision of the Electoral Assembly in 2020.

He was elected deputy president of the WVF at the 30th General Assembly in Belgrade on March 9, 2022.

Treasury General

Maj. Derek Oduro Rtd.

GHANA

About

Maj. Derek Oduro was born in 1958. During his military career he was finance officer from 1979 to 2005. He have a master in Peace and Security and have done UN service in Lebanon, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Congo. He has also been Deputy Minister of Defence for 4 year and is still a member of the Ghanaian parliament which he has been for 16 years.

Vice President

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Mr. Tut Gatwech Garang SCAA

SOUTH SUDAN

About

Tut Gatwech Garang was born in South Sudan while it was still part of the greater Sudan.   After the civil war broke out. Tut sought asylum in Denmark where he has lived ever since. Tut has a background in Marketing and Communication and is an alumnus of the University College South Denmark,

 During the liberation of South Sudan Tut was a part of the Red army terms as The Lost Boys of South Sudan, priority to elected as a Chairman of Standing committee of African affairs he was assisting as head of communication and protocol for former Chairman Colonel Alfred Fuller

 Tut Gatwech previously led SPLM Denmark Chapter, a lobbying organization whose main task is to bringing people from South Sudan with SPLM membership together.

Vice President

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Lt. Gen. Chi Liang Wu SCAP

ROC on Taiwan

About

Chi Liang Wu was a graduate of the Artillery Class of the Chinese Military Academy (CMA) in Taiwan, 1964.

Later, he also graduated from the Military Art Institute of the National Defense University in Taiwan.

After graduation from the CMA, he worked his military career up from lieutenant to lieutenant general; from platoon leader to deputy commander-in-chief. He was appointed Chair of SCAP and Vice President by the WVF President 31. May 2023.

Chi Liang Wu was a graduate of the Artillery Class of the Chinese Military Academy (CMA) in Taiwan, 1964.

Later, he also graduated from the Military Art Institute of the National Defense University in Taiwan.

After graduation from the CMA, he worked his military career up from lieutenant to lieutenant general; from platoon leader to deputy commander-in-chief. He was appointed Chair of SCAP and Vice President by the WVF President 31. May 2023.

Vice President

Mr. Andrej Kocbek SCEA

SLOVENIA

About

Andrej Kocbek, was born in Maribor – Slovenia in 1950.

After he was employed in the Territorial Defense, he performed various command duties at the battalion and division levels. In the Slovenian Army, he served as the Director of the Center for Military Schools, defense attaché, military representative in international defense organizations, advisor to the Chief of General Staff. In the war for independent and sovereign Slovenia in 1991, he was the project unit’s commander for training recruits for the new Slovenian army.

 

He received state and military awards for his outstanding services in defending the freedom and sovereignty of the Republic of Slovenia and his participation in developing the defense forces. As a proud war veteran, he performs the duties of coordinator for international cooperation in the Union of veterans of the war for Slovenia.

Vice President

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Mr. Saif Khan SCA

USA

About

Saif Khan currently serves as an attorney specializing in Veterans Law in the United States of America.  He was elected Chairman of the Standing Committee for the Americas (SCA) and Vice President of the World Veterans Federation during the first World Veterans Congress that was held in Paris, France in 2019. 

Mr. Khan served in the United States Army as a Combat Engineer and deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. 

He was appointed Chair of SCA and Vice President by the WVF President 31. May 2023 after his leave.

Vice President

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Vice President

Maj. Gen. Faisal M. Al Jazzaf

KUWAIT