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ESC 365

National Heart Failure Societies & Working Groups

Bosnia Herzegovina

Republic of Moldova

North Macedonia

Russian Federation*

Is your NHFS or WG not included on this list?

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The president's name
The president's email address
Dates of their term
Any other useful information
When the heart failure meeting takes place
Dedicated website/webpage URL

HFA Summit

Every year, the Heart Failure Association invites all presidents to the HFA Summit for a day to discuss the issues relating to heart failure management in their countries and Europe.

Heart Failure Awareness Days

Held annually, over 25 countries raise awareness of heart failure through TV programmes, newspaper articles, open house clinics, debates in parliament, bicycle rides, walks , children's art competitions and other events.

Albania

President: Artan Goda

Armenia

President: Hamayak Sisakian
Dates of term: November 2019 – November 2023

Austria

President: Christopher Adlbrecht
Dates of term: 1 June 2020 – 1 November 2022

Azerbaijan

President: Tofig Jahangirov

Belarus*

* The Belorussian National Heart Failure Society and Working Group is temporarily suspended from the membership of the ESC. See ESC statement

President: Alena Kurlianskaya

Belgium

President: Anne-Catherine Pouleur
Dates of term: April 2020 - April 2022

Bosnia & Herzegovina

President: Larisa Dizdarevic-Hudic

Bulgaria

President: Plamen Gatzov

Canada

President: Shelley Zieroth

Croatia

President: Duska Glavas

Cyprus

President: Christos Christou

Czech Republic

President: Filip Malek

Denmark

President: Brian Logstrup
Dates of term: 1 May 2019 – 1 May 2021

Egypt

President: Magdy Abdelhamid
Dates of term: 2019–2021

Estonia

President: Tiina Uuetoa

Finland

President: Heli Tolppanen

France

President: Nicolas Lamblin
Dates of term: January 2019– December 2021

Georgia

President: Zviad Kipiani

Germany

President: Philip Raake

Greece

President: Grigorios Giamouzis

Hungary

President: Robert Sepp
Dates of term: November 2020 - November 2023

Iceland

President: Arnar Thor Rafnsson
Dates of term: May 2020 - May 2022

Ireland

President: Kenneth McDonald

Israel

President: Israel Gotsman

Italy

President: Nadia Aspromonte

Kazakhstan

President: Amina Rakisheva

Korea

President: Dong-Ju Choi

Kosovo

President: Gani Bajraktari
Dates of term: March 2019 - March 2021

Kyrgyzstan

President: Erkin Mirrakhimov

Latvia

President: Ginta Kamzola

Lebanon

President: Hadi Skouri

Lithuania

President: Diana Zaliaduonyte

Luxembourg

President: Jean Beissel

Malta

President: Robert Xuereb

North Macedonia

President: Silvana Jovanova

Netherlands

President: Olivier Manintveld

Norway

President: Thomas Von Lueder

Poland

President: Przemyslaw Leszek

Portugal

President: José Silva Cardoso
Dates of term: May 2019 - May 2020

Republic of Moldova

President: Eleonora Vataman

Republic of San Marino

President: Liano Marinelli

Romanian

President: Antoniu Octavian Petris
Dates of term: September 2020 - September 2022

Russian Federation*

* The Russian National Heart Failure Society and Working Group is temporarily suspended from the membership of the ESC. See ESC statement

President: Albert Galyavich

Serbia

President: Milica Dekleva Manojlovic

Slovakia

President: Eva Goncalvesova
Dates of term: October 2018–October 2021

Slovenia

President: Mitja Lainscak

Spain

President: José Gonzalez Costello
Dates of term: October 2020 - October 2022

Sweden

President: Krister Lindmark

Switzerland

President: Roger Hullin

Syria

President: Amr Abdin

Tunisia

President: Faouzi Addad

Turkey

President: Hakan Altay

Ukraine

President: Leonid Voronkov

United Kingdom

President: Simon Williams
Dates of term: December 2019 - December 2021

Uzbekistan

President: Timur Abdullaev

Heart Failure Specialists of Tomorrow

Visit the representatives of the Heart Failure Specialists of Tomorrow in each country