Key Dates
| Dates | Action |
| 3 September 2025 | Voting rights eligibility deadline |
| 3 March 2026 | Call for candidates opens |
| 29 May 2026 | Deadline for candidacies |
| 1-19 June 2026 | Review of candidacies |
| 2-24 July 2026 | e-Voting |
| August 2026 | Announcement of the results at the EAPC General Assembly (ESC Congress 2026, Munich) |
| September 2026 | Start of 2026-2028 mandate |
Open positions
- 3 Executive Officers positions:
- 1 President-Elect
- 1 Secretary
- 1 Treasurer
- 4 Nominating Committee members
- Sections nuclei members (number of open positions per section to be announced at a later stage):
- Population science and public health section
- Primary care and risk factor management section
- Secondary prevention and rehabilitation section
- Sports cardiology and exercise section
EAPC Rules of Governance: eligibility criteria
Rules of governance have been replaced the EAPC constitution (validated by the ESC Board on 25 August 2023). ESC Associations rules of governance are included in Annex V of the ESC Bylaws, approved by ESC Board in December 2024, and subject to some potential changes in summer 2025 (as a result of a two-year review as approved by 2022-2024 ESC Board).
The EAPC election application process and voting will be carried out in accordance with these bylaws.
Voting Rights
Only EAPC Members having settled their membership dues by 3 September 2025 (six months before the call for candidates opens on 3 March 2026) and at the time the voting starts.
If you have any questions, please contact the EAPC Team at eapc@escardio.org
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