LEADERSHIP
Guided by over 100 leaders
representing the world’s faith communities.
The designation of Honorary President may be bestowed upon those meriting the honour by reason of their diligence and leadership in Religions for Peace or in other related fields of endeavor. Honorary Presidents may be requested by the Executive Committee to provide leadership and representation in areas of Religions for Peace activity.
Honorary Presidents
Sheikh Majid Al-Hafeed
Imam of the Big Mosque-Sulaimaniya, The Islamic Scholars Union of Kurdistan; Honorary President, Religions for Peace
Muslim, Iraq
H.E. Dr. Zuhair Alharthi
Secretary General, The International Dialogue Centre - KAICIID; Honorary President, Religions for Peace
His Beatitude Anastasios
Archbishop, Tirana, Durrës and All Albania; Honorary President, Religions for Peace
Christian, Albania
Ms. Rajni Bakshi
Prominent Hindu Author and Journalist; Honorary President, Religions for Peace
Hindu, India
H.H. Dah Couchoro Balogoun
President, National Voudon Council of Benin; Honorary President, Religions for Peace
Indigenous, Benin
Dr. Mustafa Ceric
Raisu-L-Ulama Emeritus, Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina; Honorary President, Religions for Peace
Muslim, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ayatollah Mohaghegh Damad
Dean, Department of Islamic Studies, The Academy of Sciences of Iran; Honorary President, Religions for Peace
Muslim, Iran
Vada Dasturji Khurshed Dastoor
High Priest, Iranshah Atash Behram, Udvada; Honorary President, Religions for Peace
Zoroastrian, India
HRH Prince EL Hassan Bin Talal
Crown Prince of Jordan (1965 - 1999); Honorary President, Religions for Peace
Islam, Jordan
Ambassador Jakob Finci
President, Jewish Community of Bosnia and Herzegovina; ; Honorary President, Religions for Peace
Jewish, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Shri Shrivatsa Goswami
Acharya, Sri Radharaman Mandir; Honorary President, Religions for Peace
Hindu, India
Rabbi Rick Jacobs
President, Union for Reform Judaism; Honorary President, Religions for Peace
Jewish, United States
H.H. Karekin II
Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, Armenian Apostolic Church; Honorary President, Religions for Peace
Orthodox, Armenia
Mr. Steve Killelea
Founder and Executive Chairman, Integrated Research LTD. Charitable Foundation; Institute for Economics and Peace; Honorary President, Religions for Peace
Australia
Chief Raoni Metuktire
Chief of the Kayapo People; Honorary President, Religions for Peace
Indigenous, Brazil
President Pagbalha Geleg Namgyae
Honorary President, China Buddhist Association; President, China Committee on Religions and Peace (CCRP); Honorary President, Religions for Peace
Buddhist, China
Rev. Nichiko Niwano
President, Rissho Kosei-kai; Honorary President, Religions for Peace
Buddhist, Japan
Most Rev. Koshin Ohtani
Monshu (Head Priest) Emeritus, Jodo Shinshu Honganji-ha; Honorary President, Religions for Peace
Buddhist, Japan
H.E. John Cardinal Onaiyekan
Archbishop of Abuja, Archdiocese of Abuja; Honorary President, Religions for Peace
Christian, Nigeria
H.E. Amb. Marie-Therese Pictet-Althann
Order of Malta Permanent Observer to the UN Geneva; Honorary President, Religions for Peace
Christian, Switzerland
Rabbi Joseph Potasnik
Executive Vice President, The New York Board of Rabbis; Honorary President, Religions for Peace
Jewish, United States
H.E. Vinko Cardinal Puljic
Archbishop of Vrhbosna; Honorary President, Religions for Peace
Christian, Bosnia and Herezegovina
Priestess Beatriz Schulthess
President, Indigenous Peoples Ancestral Spiritual Council; Honorary President, Religions for Peace
Indigenous, Costa Rica
Prof. em. Dr. h.c. Wolfgang Schürer
Chairman, Foundation Peace Dialogue of the World Religions and Civil Society; Honorary President and Trustee, Religions for Peace
Christian, Germany
Ajarn Sulak Sivaraksa
Founder, International Network of Engaged Buddhists; Honorary President, Religions for Peace
Buddhist, Thailand
Mufti Husein Smajić
Islamic Community of Bosnia-Herzegovina; Honorary President, Religions for Peace
Islamic Community of Bosnia-Herzegovina
Mme. Cissé Hadja Mariama Sow
President, Muslim Women of Guinea; Honorary President, Religions for Peace
Muslim, Guinea
Bishop Gunnar J. Stålsett
Bishop Emeritus of Oslo, Church of Norway; Honorary President, Religions for Peace
Christian, Norway
The Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit
Former General Secretary, World Council of Churches; Honorary President, Religions for Peace
Christian, Norway
Emmaus Maria Voce
President, Movimento Dei Focolari; Honorary President, Religions for Peace
Christian, Italy
Bishop Dr. Munib Younan
Bishop Emeritus of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land; Honorary President, Religions for Peace
Christian, Palestine