International Romani Union

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Romano Internacionalno Jekhetanipe International Romani Union
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Anthem: Gelem, Gelem
Location	Vienna
Official language	Romani
Type	Transnational Union
Leaders
• President	Zoran Dimov
• Vice presidents	Ajten Berlafa, Stefano Kuzhicov
• Vice president for education	Punita G Singh
• Vice president for finances	Vijendra Sharma
• Head of parliament	Rosita Grönfors
• Vice presidents of the parliament	Grazziano Halilovic, Radmila Nesic
• Vice president of the IRU for the Russia, Australia, USA, Asia	Artur Kvik, Nijazi Taip, Anatoly Butakov, Veerandra Rishi
• General secretary	Ramush Muarem
• Treasurer	Veli Husein
• High commissioner - IRU Youth - Roma ombudsman	Khurram Khan - Tashya Mathuin - Nina Rusokova
Establishment	1971
Website iromaniunion.org/index.php/rm/

The International Romani Union (Romani: Romano Internacionalno Jekhetanipe), formerly known as the International Gypsy Committee and International Rom Committee, is an organization active for the rights of the Romani people. Its seat is in Vienna. The International Romani Union also has offices in Skopje, North Macedonia, and Washington, D.C., US.

The IRU was established at the second World Romani Congress in 1978.^[1] Its presidents have included Stanislav Stankiewicz, Emil Ščuka, and before him, Rajko Đurić, who held this office for many years. The current president of the IRU is Zoran Dimov, who was elected during the 10th congress which was held on 18–20 March 2016 in Skopje, Macedonia. It was attended by 100 delegates and members of the IRU from 40 countries. After that, a new leadership of the IRU parliament chaired by the past head of parliament Stevo Balogh from Austria was elected.

The IRU has a consultative ECOSOC status within the UN.^[2]