EGU Election Autumn 2017

The EGU Election Autumn 2017 for the next Union President, General Secretary and Division Presidents was closed on 30 November 2017. We would like to thank each of the candidates for their initiative in standing for the election. We also sincerely thank all those EGU members who used their voting right. Active participation in elections ensures continuation of the well-established bottom-up structure of our Union!

In total, 2283 EGU members voted in this election. Please see the results below.

Alberto Montanari was elected to serve as EGU President for the term 2019–2021. Alberto Montanari will be inaugurated during the EGU plenary meeting on 9 April 2018 in Vienna, Austria, serving first as the EGU Vice-President (President-Elect) for one year. The elected candidate will then serve as EGU President for two years (2019–2021) and finally as Vice-President (Past-President) for the fourth year. Note that the terms start and end at the Plenary which is held during the General Assembly.

Håkan Svedhem was elected as the EGU General Secretary for the term 2018–2020. Håkan Svedhem will be inaugurated during the EGU plenary meeting on 9 April 2018 in Vienna, Austria.

All elected candidates will serve as Division Presidents for the term 2019–2021. First-time elected Division Presidents (i.e., candidates who are not serving as Division Presidents at the time of the election) will be inaugurated during the EGU plenary meeting on 9 April 2018 in Vienna, Austria, and serve for one year as Deputy Presidents after their inauguration. They will then serve for a two-year term starting from the 2019 EGU plenary meeting and may stand for re-election for a further two years.

AS Atmospheric Sciences

Athanasios Nenes was elected as the AS Division President for the term 2019–2021.

BG Biogeosciences

Giuliana Panieri was elected as the BG Division President for the term 2019–2021.

CL Climate: Past, Present & Future

Didier Roche was elected as the CL Division President for the term 2019–2021.

CR Cryospheric Sciences

Olaf Eisen was elected as the CR Division President for the term 2019–2021.

ESSI Earth and Space Science Informatics

Helen M. Glaves was elected as the ESSI Division President for the term 2019–2021.

EMRP Earth Magnetism & Rock Physics

Fabio Florindo was elected as the EMRP Division President for the term 2019–2021.

ERE Energy, Resources and the Environment

Sonja Martens was elected as the ERE Division President for the term 2019–2021.

GMPV Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology

Marian Holness was elected as the GMPV Division President for the term 2019–2021.

G Geodesy

Johannes Böhm was elected as the G Division President for the term 2019–2021.

GD Geodynamics

Paul Tackley was elected as the GD Division President for the term 2019–2021.

GM Geomorphology

Daniel Parsons was elected as the GM Division President for the term 2019–2021.

GI Geosciences Instrumentation and Data Systems

Lara Pajewski was elected as the GI Division President for the term 2019–2021.

HS Hydrological Sciences

Maria-Helena Ramos was elected as the HS Division President for the term 2019–2021.

NH Natural Hazards

Ira Didenkulova was elected as the NH Division President for the term 2019–2021.

NP Nonlinear Processes in Geosciences

Stéphane Vannitsem was elected as the NP Division President for the term 2019–2021.

OS Ocean Sciences

Karen Heywood was elected as the OS Division President for the term 2019–2021.

PS Planetary and Solar System Sciences

Stephanie C. Werner was elected as the PS Division President for the term 2019–2021.

SM Seismology

Philippe Jousset was elected as the SM Division President for the term 2019–2021.

SSS Soil System Sciences

Lily Pereg was elected as the SSS Division President for the term 2019–2021.

ST Solar-Terrestrial Sciences

Olga Malandraki was elected as the ST Division President for the term 2019–2021.

SSP Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Palaeontology

Marc De Batist was elected as the SSP Division President for the term 2019–2021.

TS Tectonics and Structural Geology

Claudio Rosenberg was elected as the TS Division President for the term 2019–2021.