The 77th FIP Congress was held in Shanghai on 3 December 2024 at the Shen Ballroom of the Portman Ritz-Carlton Hotel. There were 37 voting delegates present in person from the American, European and Asian FIP Members, with 18 votes in proxy.
FIP President Chirakiti gave a warm welcome to all delegates and invited Ms Gao Hong Tao, Vice-President of the All-China Philatelic Federation, host of CHINA 2024 International Stamp Exhibition, to give a speech at the opening of the Congress, in appreciation of the CHINA 2024 Organising Commitee’s support in making the Congress possible.
During the Congress, the Vice-Presidents for America and Europe, as well as the Directors for America and Europe had to be elected. The candidates were all elected with majority of votes:
Vice-President for America – 1 Candidate
– Mr Aldo Samame y Samame, Peru
Vice-President for Europe – 1 Candidate
– Mr Yigal Nathaniel, Israel
Director for America – 1 Candidate
– Mr Reinaldo Macedo, Brazil
Director for Europe – 1 Candidate
– Mr Peter Suhadolc, Slovenia
There were also fruitful discussions on the updates to the GREX. The following upcoming FIP World Stamp Exhibitions were also granted approval of FIP Patronage by the Congress:
PHILAKOREA 2025
DUBAI 2026
MACAO 2026
PHILATAIPEI 2026
BELGRADE 2027
SLOVFILEX 2027
For more details on the exhibitions please refer to Exhibitions – Fédération Internationale de Philatélie
The FIP Board would like to thank all Members for your support and we hope all delegates had a wonderful time in Shanghai!