PNND Council Members

Agnieszka Brugger was elected to parliament in 2009, and at that time was the youngest member of the Bundestag (German Parliament). She is a member of the Defence Committee and the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-proliferation. She is the spokeswoman for disarmament of the Green group in parliament.

Ui-Hwa Chung has served as the Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea since June 2014. Prior to that he was Chair of the Parliamentary Commission on Reunification. He has co-hosted events in the parliament on denuclearization in NE Asia including the proposal for a NE Asia NWFZ. He also serves as Honorary President of the World Scout Parliamentary Union.

Jeremy Corbyn is a British Labour Party Member of Parliament for Islington North. He has been in the House of Commons since he won his seat at the 1983 general election. A long-time supporter of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, he is one of its three Vice-Chairs. He also serves on the UK delegation to the Inter Parliamentary Union, and has chaired the UK – Mexico Parliamentary Friendship Group. Jeremy is currently leader of the UK Labour Party.

Linda Duncan serves as a member of the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities.  Known for taking a strong stance on environamental issue, she has served as National Democratic critic for environment. Prior to this Ms. Duncan worked as an international environmental consultant. She is also a member of the Canadian Delegration to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA), Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association and Canada-Unites States Inter Parliamentary Group.

Alain Ficini serves on the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Monaco Parliament. He is also the head of the Monaco Parliament delegation to the Inter Parliamentary Union and to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly.

Alena Gajdůšková has served as the First Vice-President of the Senate of the Czech Republic, and a vice-president of the Czech Social Democratic Party. She is currently an adviser to the Prime Minister. Her work is focused on the issues of science and research, healthcare and human rights. She is a proponent of cooperative security and highlights the key role of the European Union in keeping peace and stability in the region. She was a supporter of the campaign against the deployment of the US National Missile Defence system components in the Czech Republic. She is Vice-President of the Czech Association of Patients, and a member of the Czech Red Cross.

Senator Yassin Husban is a doctor and former medical administrator. Prior to joining the senate he served as Director- General of Al-Hussein Medical City, Director of Queen Alia Military Hospital and Director of Dentistry at the Royal Medical Services. In the Senate he serves on the Information and National Orientation Committee, Administrative Committee, and Agriculture and Water Committee.

A member of Althingi for the Reykjavik South Constituency since, Birgitta Jónsdóttir is the Vice-Chairman of the parliamentary group of the Movement 2010, and member of committees dealing with education, general affairs, foreign affairs, environment, European affairs and the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. Birgitta is also a member of the Iceland delegation to the Inter Parliamentary Union. She was instrumental in the IPU adopting a resolution in 2015 on digital freedom.

Marianne Malak Kamal is Egypt’s youngest parliamentarian. She has served in the upper house since 2012. As a Coptic Christian she represents a minority voice, but one who calls for dialogue, tolerance and inclusion of all religions and persuasions. She has been a member of the member of the constitution assembly and of the national council for human rights. She has a degree in law, a master in human rights and a Phd in international law.

Dov Khenin is a member of the Knesset Internal Affairs and Environment Committee and the Committee on the Rights of the Child. He is chairman of the Chairman, Social-Environmental Lobby and the Civil Rights Lobby and a member of the Lobby for Jewish-Arab Coexistence.

Caroline Lucas is the first Green Party member elected to the UK House of Commons. She was previously a member of the European Parliament. Lucas served on the European Parliament Committee for Trade, Industry, Energy and Research; Committee on the Environement, Public Health and Consumer Policy; Committee on International Trade and Temporary Committee on Climate Change.  In her role as an activist, she has beeen on the National Council of Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) since 2004. She has held positions such as the former vice-president of Stop the War Coalition, Trustee of the Radiation Research Trust. She has authored many books on globalisation, localisation, animal welfare, trade justice and food.

Christa Markwalder was elected for the Liberal Party (FDP) to the Swiss National Council in 2003. Since then she has been member of the Foreign Policy Commission, which she is currently chairing. She is also member of the Committee for Legal Affairs and the German-language Drafting Committee. Since 2007, Markwalder is part of the delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union. She also chairs the parliamentary group on renewable energies, the parliamentary group Green Cross, the parliamentary group for environmentally conscious management, and is the co-president of the parliamentary group for voluntary work and volunteering. Christa Markwalder holds a law degree and a certificate in ecology.

Ghassan Moukheiber is Lebanese parliamentarian with a special interest in human rights. He is a member of the parliamentary Law and Administration committee, Rapporteur of the parliamentary Human Rights committee and member of the parliamentary Environment committee. He chairs the Arab Region ‘Parliamentarians Against Corruption" organization and the Lebanese Chapter "Lebanese Parliamentarians Against Corruption."

David Patrick Bernard Norris is a scholar, independent Senator, and gay and civil rights activist. Norris represents the University of Dublin constituency in the Seanad as an Independent. He was first elected to the Seanad in 1987, and has been re-elected at each election since. He was the first openly gay person to be elected to public office in Ireland. Founder of the Campaign for Homosexual Law Reform, he is also a prominent member of the Church of Ireland. He was a candidate for President of Ireland in the October 2011 election.

Georgi Prinski Jr, is a member of the European Parliament, serving on the Committee on Budget Control, and on the EU Cooperation Committees with Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. Prior to the European Parliament, Mr Prinski was a member of the Bulgarian Parliament. He served as Vice Premier during two administrations and as Chairman of the Bulgarian National Assembly from 2005-2009.

Shane Reti was elected to parliament in 2014. Prior to that he worked as a doctor specializing in family medicine. He has been awarded the Queens Service Medal for his contributions to community health. Shane is fluent in Maori, English and Japanese, and led the PNND delegation to the 70th anniversary of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima in August 2015. He serves as the Secretary of PNND New Zealand.

Member of the Mazhilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan of the fifth convocation, Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defense and Security. Member of Political Council of the People’s Democratic Party “Nur Otan”, elected by the party list.

Mohamed Anwar El-Sadat is the founder of the Reform and Development Party, and nephew of late President Anwar Sadat. Anwar El-Sadat has been a member of parliament for three consecutive terms since 2005. He has served as Chair of the Human Rights Committee in Parliament and on the 2012 Constitutional Committee. He has been an active supporter of the establishment of a Middle East Zone Free of Nuclear Weapons and other Weapons of Mass Destruction and a supporter of the Camp David Accords signed by Egyptian President Anwar El Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin following negotiations mediated by US President Jimmy Carter.

Senator Awad Salim Masaeed is a Lt General who has served as Director General of Civil Defense, Assistant Chief of Staff for manpower, and Commander of the Command and Staff College. He currently serves on the Senate Committees for Health and Environment, and Tourism and Heritage.

Torstein Tvedt Solberg has a master's degree in Culture, Environment and Sustainability at the University of Oslo. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 2013. Solberg is a member of the Norwegian Parliament delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe.

Jarosław Wałęsa is Deputy Chair of PNND European Parliament Section. He was elected to the European Parliament in 2005. He serves on the European Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee, and is a member of Global Zero, a global movement of high level civic leaders working for the elimination of nuclear weapons. He was co-sponsor of a European Parliament Written declaration on Zero Nuclear Weapons which attracted the endorsement of over half of the members of the European Parliament. Wałęsa is the son of former Polish President, Lech Wałęsa.