Wikimedia Foundation elections


The Wikimedia Foundation regularly engages the Wikimedia movement in electing individuals to its Board of Trustees (and in the past, to the Funds Dissemination Committee).

Since 2016, the elections are coordinated by an Elections Committee, appointed by the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. Prior elections were organized by ad hoc committees or teams of facilitators.

For other elections within the Wikimedia movement, see elections.

Board of Trustees

Year Seats category Candidates FAQ Questions Results Statistics Organizer Elected Evaluation
2004 Community seats Candidates FAQ Results Statistics Florence Devouard and Angela Beesley
2005 Community seats Candidates FAQ Results Statistics Florence Devouard and Angela Beesley
2006 Community seats Candidates FAQ Results Statistics Erik Möller
2007 Community seats Candidates FAQ Results Elections Committee Erik Möller, Kathleen Walsh and Frieda Brioschi
2008 Community seats Candidates Questions Results Elections Committee Ting Chen
2008 Chapter-selected seats Michael Snow and Arne Klempert
2009 Community seats Candidates Questions Results Elections Committee Ting Chen, Kat Walsh and Samuel Klein Post mortem
2010 Chapter-selected seats Arne Klempert and Phoebe Ayers
2011 Community seats Candidates Questions Results Elections Committee Ting Chen, Kat Walsh and Samuel Klein Post mortem
2012 Chapter-selected seats Candidates Questions Alice Wiegand and Patricio Lorente
2013 Community seats Candidates FAQ Questions Results Statistics Elections Committee Samuel Klein, Phoebe Ayers, and María Sefidari Post mortem
2014 Affiliates-selected seats Candidates Questions Results Patricio Lorente and Frieda Brioschi
2015 Community seats Candidates FAQ Questions Results Statistics Elections Committee Dariusz Jemielniak, James Heilman, and Denny Vrandečić Post mortem
2016 Affiliates-selected seats Candidates FAQ Questions Results Facilitators Christophe Henner and Nataliia Tymkiv
2017 Community seats Candidates FAQ Questions Results Statistics Elections Committee María Sefidari, Dariusz Jemielniak, James Heilman Post mortem
2019 Affiliates-selected seats Candidates FAQ Questions Results Facilitators Nataliia Tymkiv and Shani Evenstein Sigalov Debrief
2021 Community seats Candidates FAQ Questions Results Elections Committee Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight, Victoria Doronina, Dariusz Jemielniak, Lorenzo Losa Post mortem (community); Post-Analysis (WMF)
2022 Community- and affiliate-selected seats Candidates FAQ Questions Results Statistics Elections Committee Shani Evenstein Sigalov, Mike Peel Post-Analysis
2024 Community- and affiliate-selected seats Candidates FAQ Questions Results Statistics Elections Committee Christel Steigenberger, Maciej Artur Nadzikiewicz, Victoria Doronina, Lorenzo Losa

Funds Dissemination Committee

Year Seats category Candidates FAQ Questions Results Statistics Organizer Elected Evaluation
2013 Members Candidates FAQ Questions Results Statistics Elections Committee Delphine Ménard and Cristian Consonni Post mortem
2013 Ombudsperson Candidates Questions Results Statistics Susana Morais
2015 Members Candidates FAQ Questions Results Statistics Elections Committee Lorenzo Losa, Michał Buczyński, Liam Wyatt, Michael Peel, Itzik Edri Post mortem
2015 Ombudsperson Candidates Questions Results Statistics Kirill Lokshin
2017 Members Candidates FAQ Questions Results Statistics Elections Committee Michał Buczyński, Lorenzo Losa, Liam Wyatt, Osmar Valdebenito, Katherine Bavage Post mortem
2017 Ombudsperson Candidates Questions Results Statistics Kirill Lokshin