ICSU elects new Executive Board

A new Executive Board was elected by representatives from ICSU’s 114 National Members and 29 International Scientific Unions at the 29th General Assembly in Maputo, Mozambique, 21-24 October.

President-Elect

Professor Yuan Tseh Lee (chemistry), China: Taipei

Professor Lee will take up the appointment in April 2010 and will succeed the current ICSU President, Catherine Bréchignac, in October 2011.

Officers elected to the ICSU Executive Board

Vice-President for Scientific Planning and Review
Kari Raivio (medicine), University of Helsinki, Finland

Vice-President for External Relations
Reiko Kuroda (chemistry/biophysics), University of Tokyo, Japan

Secretary-General
Maurice Tchuente (computer science), University of Yaounde 1, Cameroon

Treasurer
Hans Rudolf Ott (condensed matter physics), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zürich), Switzerland

(Note: Catherine Bréchignac, President, and Goverdhan Mehta, Past-President (until March 2010) assumed their offices during the General Assembly.)

Ordinary Members

From Union Members

• Bryan Henry, International Union of Pure and Applied and Chemistry (IUPAC)
• Dov Jaron, International Union for Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine (IUPESM)
• J. Bruce Overmier, International Union of Psychological Science (IUPsyS)
• Uri Shamir, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG)

From National Members

• Fu Congbin, China: Beijing
• Maurizio Iaccarino, Italy
• Sergio Pastrana, Cuba
• Abdul Hamid Zakri, Malaysia