EFP History
The European Federation of Parasitologists was founded on November, 14, 1966 in Jablonna, Poland. The initiator of the European Federation was Pr Witold Stefanski, well-known Polish parasitologist and director of the Institute of Parasitology of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw.
A copy of the EFP foundation act can be found here
The first European Multicolloquium of Parasitology (EMOP) was organised by Pr Jean Marie Doby in Rennes, France
(1-4 September 1971).
Subsequently, the EFP has organized an EMOP every four years:
- Trogir, Yugoslavia, 1-6 September 1975
- Cambridge, UK, 7-13 September 1980
- Izmir, Turkey, 14-19 October 1984
- Budapest, Hungary, 4-9 September 1988
- Den Hague, Netherlands, 7-11 September 1992
- Parma, Italy, 2-6 September 1996
- Poznan, Poland, 10-14 September 2000
- Valencia, Spain, 18-23 July 2004
- Paris, France, 24-28 August 2008
- Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 25-29 July 2012
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Turku, Finland, 20-24 July 2016
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Belgrade, Serbia, 12-16 October 2021 (postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic)
Prof Witold Stefanski
The following Executive boards were elected during the different EMOPs
1971
President: Garnham
Vice president: Kozar, Piekarski
Secretary: Peters
1975
President: Doby
Vice presidents: Pawlowski, Kassai, Peters
Secretary: Petrovic
Treasurer: Freyvogel
1980
President: Kassai
Vice presidents: Vassilev, Yasarol
Secretary: Peters
Treasurer: Freyvogel
1984
President: Cordero del Campillo
Vice presidents: Vassilev, Van der Kaay
Secretary: Thulin
Treasurer: Muller
1988
President: Muller
Vice presidents: Coba, Jansen
Secretary: Thulin
Treasurer: Mehlhorn
1992
President: Halvorsen
Vice presidents: Mas-Coma
Secretary: Borgsteede
Treasurer: Arme
1996 President: Halvorsen
Vice presidents: Mas-Coma, Borgsteede
Secretary: Altintas
Treasurer: Freyvogel
2000
President: Houin
Vice presidents: Bruschi, Wedrychowicz
Secretary: Guruz
Treasurer: Sluiters
2004
President: Mas-Coma
Vice presidents: Bruschi, Carlier
Secretary: Mariaux
Treasurer: Sluiters
2008 President: Mas-Coma;
Vice presidents: Dupouy-Camet, Linder
Secretary: Holland
Treasurer: Pozio
2012
President: Dupouy-Camet;
Vice presidents: Romig, Cozma
Secretary: Holland
Treasurer: Pozio
2016
President: Romig
Vice presidents: Cozma, Oksanen
Secretary: Djurkovic-Djakovic
Treasurer: Rinaldi
2021
President: Olgica Djurkovic-Djakovic
Vice presidents: Isabelle Villena, Bonnie Webster
Past President: Thomas Romig
Secretary: Lucy Robertson
Treasurer: Laura Rinaldi
2024
President: Olgica Djurkovic-Djakovic
Vice presidents: Isabelle Villena, Bonnie Webster
Past President: Thomas Romig
Secretary: Lucy Robertson
Treasurer: Laura Rinaldi
Prof Prof PCC Garnham, 1st president
Prof Pr JM Doby, 2nd president
Prof Pr S. Mas-Coma, past president of the EFP, giving a YSA award