Vol.
35 No. 4
July-August 2013
According to IUPAC statutes, Council must elect officers of the Union and elected members of the Bureau. Nominations for the various positions that fall vacant at the end of 2013 had to be received by the Secretary General at the IUPAC Secretariat before 13 June 2013 (i.e., two months before the start of the Council meeting).
On 1 January 2014, Mark Cesa (USA), vice president and president elect, will become president. The vice president to be elected will be president elect on 1 January 2014 and will become president on 1 January 2016. Kazuyuki Tatsumi (Japan), current president, will become past president and remain an officer and a member of the Bureau for a period of two years. Meanwhile, Nicole Moreau (France), current past president, will retire while Secretary General René Deplanque (Germany) and Treasurer John Corish (Ireland) who were elected to four-year terms, 2012–2015, will continue their service for two more years.
Election Ballot
Vice President
Gabriel A. Infante (Puerto Rico)
Natalia Tarasova (Russia)
Qi-Feng Zhou (China/Beijing)
Bureau
Russell J. Boyd (Canada)
Tavarekere K. Chandrashekar (India)
Richard Hartshorn (New Zealand)
Colin Humphris (UK)
Christopher K. Ober (USA)
Pietro Tundo (Italy)
Jean-Pierre Vairon (France)
Kaoru Yamanouchi (Japan)
Qi-Feng Zhou (China/Beijing) |
At its assembly in Istanbul, Turkey, on 14–15 August 2013, the Council will be asked to elect a vice president and members of the Bureau to fulfill the vacancies created by retiring members (see March-April 2013 CI for details; www.iupac.org/publications/ci/2013/3502/iw1_election.html).
Details on the election, including biographies of the nominees, are available online. To make your voice heard, contact your National Adhering Organization and get involved.
www.iupac.org/news/news-detail/article/nominees-for-election-of-iupac-officers-and-bureau-members.html
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