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The simple answer is yes, as far as i know, anyone who is a legitimate member of the EC can be elected to to any office within the EC. But don’t forget, this election is by other EC members on a mone-person, one vote basis and can be rescinded by a simple majority at an EC meeting. In other words whether they are a tenant or an absentee landlord, they are only there with the approval firstly of the Owners whi either elected them or didn’t put a candidate up against them, and then by the majority approval of the other EC members.
On a general point, I know long-term tenants who have contributed more to the general well-being of buildings that, for instance, investor owners who don’t give a damn what goes on as long as their unit is always tenanted.
On the other hand, I heard of an autocratic chairman who would not permit any opinions contrary to his own who, when he was finally challenged, turned out to be a tenant who didn’t have anyone’s proxy and hadn’t had for years – but he was the longest-running resident of the building so after a few years everyone assumed he was an owner.