wfn.org | Baha'i news: By-election announced for House of Justice

[Sally Weeks <sweeks@bwc.org>]

>Baha'i World News Service
>http://news.bahai.org
>For more information, contact: news@bahai.org<mailto:news@bahai.org

By-election announced for two members of Universal House of Justice

HAIFA, Israel, 6 January (BWNS) - The Universal House of Justice has announ ced that it has approved the requests of two of its members, Mr. Hooper Dun bar and Dr. Peter Khan, to relinquish their positions owing to their advanc ed age and the heavy burden of work involved in membership.

The announcement came in a letter addressed to all National Spiritual Assem blies of the Baha'i Faith around the world. In the letter, the House of Jus tice said the two men would continue to serve until completion of a by-elec tion to replace them.

The nine members of each National Assembly serve as electors for the House  of Justice, which is the head of the Baha'i Faith. The election will be con ducted by mail, with results scheduled to be announced at Naw-Ruz, the Baha 'i new year, on 21 March.

The regular election of the Universal House of Justice is every five years,  when the members of the National Assemblies serve as delegates to the Inte rnational Convention and vote for all nine members of the international gov erning body. The last election was in April 2008.

Dr. Khan was first elected to the House of Justice in 1987 and Mr. Dunbar i n 1988.

For the Baha'i World News Service home page, go to:
www.news.bahai.org