International Board

The International Board of the APLO establishes and amends the constitutions of the APLO, accredits delegations, and coordinates the competition internationally. It is re-elected annually during the grand annual meeting attended by all delegations.

Minkyu Kim

General Chair

Co-Founder of APLO
Co-chair of KLO & Team Leader (2016–2018)
Member of IOL Board & Problem Committee
IOL Contestant ( 2011)

Simona Klemenčič

Public Relations Chair

Member of IOL Board
Organizer of the  Linguistics Olympiad of Slovenia
Team Leader of Slovenia
Comparative Linguist

Vlad A. Neacșu

Secretary General & International Jury Chair

Founder of the APLO Joint Training
Member of ONL Jury,  HKLO Board & Jury, IOL Board
Team Leader of Hong Kong (2021–2024)
IOL Contestant ( 2014, 2015) and Volunteer (2019)

Suhaimi Ramly

Board Member

Co-Founder of APLO
Founder & Vice Chair of MyCLO
Team Leader of Malaysia (2018-2019)

Grace Kuo

Board Member

Co-chair of TOL
Member of IOL Board
Team Leader of Taiwan (2023-2024)

International Jury

The International Jury of the APLO is responsible for creating the problem set in all official languages, collecting and validating results reported by the Local Jury, and awarding contestants according to the APLO’s award guidelines. For correspondence, please send an email at [email protected].

Minkyu Kim

Member since 2019

See above for details

Jaeyeong Yang

Member since 2019

Member of KLO Problem Committee
Team Leader of Korea (2017, 2018, 2024)
IOL Contestant ( 2015, 2016)

Tsuyoshi Kobayashi

Member since 2019

Organizing Chair of JOL
Team Leader of Japan
IOL Contestant ( 2016)

Tamila Krashtan

Member since 2019

Co-chair of Ukrainian LO
Team Leader of Ukraine (since 2016)
Co-founder of Onling
Member of OLRM Jury

Shinjini Ghosh

Member since 2020

Member of IOL Problem Committee
Member of PLO Organizing Committee
IOL Contestant ( 2016, 20172018)

Chih-Chun Wang

Member since 2020

Former member of TOL Problem committee
IOL Contestant ( 2018, 2019)
APLO Contestant ( 2019)

Vlad A. Neacșu

Chair (2022–23, 25), Member since 2021

See above for details

Kazune Sato

Member since 2022

Director & Problem Committee Chair of JOL
Member of UKLO Problem Committee
Member of IOL Problem Committee
IOL Contestant ( 2019)

Hoju Cha

Chair (2024), Member since 2022

Member of  KLO Problem Committee
Team Leader of Korea (2017–2018, 2024)
APLO International Jury Chair 2024

Henry Wu

Member since 2022

Former member of OzCLO Committee
IOL Contestant ( 2016)
IOL Volunteer (2019)

Jerome Jochems

Member since 2023

Member of TKO Problem Committee
Team Leader of the Netherlands (2013-14)
Team Leader of the Isle of Man (2022)
IOL Contestant ( 2012)

Tung-Le Pan

Member since 2023

Member of IOL Problem Committee
Co-founder of HKLO
Member of TOL Organizing Committee
IOL Contestant ( 2017, 2018)

Ethan Chi

Member since 2023

Co-chair of NACLO Organizing Committee
IOL Contestant ( 2018)

Zdravko Ivanov

Member since 2024

Member of Bulgarian LO Jury
IOL Contestant ( 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)

Diego Ostoja-Kowalski

Member since 2024

Member of OLM Problem Committee
IOL Contestant ( 2018, 2019)

Panawat Tiacharoen

Member since 2024

IOL Contestant ( 2022, 2023)
APLO Contestant ( 2022 2023)

Alexander Piperski

Member since 2024

Member of  IOL Problem Committee
Member of Traditional Linguistics Olympiad Problem Committee
IOL Contestant ( 2004, 2005)

Arul Kolla

Member since 2025

Member of NACLO Problem Committee
IOL Contestant ( 2022, 2023)

Leonardo Paillo

Member since 2025

Member of OBL Problem Committee
IOL Contestant ( 2022, 2023)
IOL Volunteer (2024)

Ji Hun Wang

Member since 2025

Member of KLO Problem Committee
Member of NACLO Organizing Committee
Team Leader of Korea (2022)
IOL Contestant ( 2017)

Past Members

Past members

International Board

  • Monojit Choudhury (co-founder)
  • Shu-Kai Hsieh (co-founder)
  • Rujul Gandhi

International Jury

  • Jeong Yeon Choi
  • Tae Hun Lee
  • Yung-Jui Yao
  • Maria Losada
  • George Enrique Dueñas
  • Yu-Hsuan Lee
  • Khairul Anwar
  • Balaram Prasain
  • Bal Krishna Bal
  • Shen-Chang Huang
  • Aalok Sathe
  • Nicolas Wang
  • Rujul Gandhi (Chair, 2020–21)
  • Michał Boroń
  • Yuyang Liu
  • Gustavo Baracat