Switzerland’s Federal Council named the four Swiss members on April 16. The fund’s president is Rolf Bloch, head of the Swiss Jewish community.
In the last two months, the board has lost two of the original choices for the three Jewish seats. The first choices were Wiesel, U.S. Undersecretary of Commerce Stuart Eizenstat and Likud Knesset member Avraham Herschson. Eizenstat declined, and was replaced by National Religious Party elder statesman Josef Burg.
The World Jewish Restitution Organization, which Bronfman also leads, will name a permanent replacement for Wiesel at its board meeting in Jerusalem on June 2, WJC Executive Director Elan Steinberg said.