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EGU Election Autumn 2021

The EGU Election Autumn 2021 for the next Union President, General Secretary and Division Presidents was closed on 30 November 2021. 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, 1614 EGU members voted in this election. Please see the results below.

EGU President 2023–2025

Irina M. Artemieva was elected to serve as EGU President for the term 2023–2025. Irina M. Artemieva will be inaugurated during the EGU plenary meeting on 24 May 2022 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 (2023–2025) 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.

Irina M. Artemieva

Irina M. Artemieva

Elected candidate

44.4% of votes

Athanasios Nenes

Athanasios Nenes

Candidate

29.5% of votes

Denis-Didier Rousseau

Denis-Didier Rousseau

Candidate

22.9% of votes

EGU General Secretary 2022–2024

Jane K. Hart was elected as the EGU General Secretary for the term 2022–2024. Jane K. Hart will be inaugurated during the EGU plenary meeting on 24 May 2022 in Vienna, Austria.

Jane K. Hart

Jane K. Hart

Elected candidate

59.2% of votes

Marian Holness

Marian Holness

Candidate

35.9% of votes

EGU Division Presidents 2023–2025

All elected candidates will serve as Division Presidents for the term 2023–2025. 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 24 May 2022 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 2023 EGU plenary meeting and may stand for re-election for a further two years.

AS Atmospheric Sciences

Philip Stier was elected as the AS Division President for the term 2023–2025.

Philip Stier

Philip Stier

Elected candidate

56.4% of votes

Christian George

Christian George

Candidate

39.9% of votes

BG Biogeosciences

Lisa Wingate was elected as the BG Division President for the term 2023–2025.

Lisa Wingate

Lisa Wingate

Elected candidate

77.7% of votes

Adriano Sofo

Adriano Sofo

Candidate

20.5% of votes

CL Climate: Past, Present & Future

Kerstin Treydte was elected as the CL Division President for the term 2023–2025.

Kerstin Treydte

Kerstin Treydte

Elected candidate

98.1% of votes

CR Cryospheric Sciences

Carleen Tijm-Reijmer was elected as the CR Division President for the term 2023–2025.

Carleen Tijm-Reijmer

Carleen Tijm-Reijmer

Elected candidate

97.9% of votes

ESSI Earth and Space Science Informatics

Jens Klump was elected as the ESSI Division President for the term 2023–2025.

Jens Klump

Jens Klump

Elected candidate

98.8% of votes

EMRP Earth Magnetism & Rock Physics

Sergio Vinciguerra was elected as the EMRP Division President for the term 2023–2025.

Sergio Vinciguerra

Sergio Vinciguerra

Elected candidate

98.8% of votes

ERE Energy, Resources and the Environment

Viktor J. Bruckman was elected as the ERE Division President for the term 2023–2025.

Viktor J. Bruckman

Viktor J. Bruckman

Elected candidate

98.1% of votes

GMPV Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology

Holly Stein was elected as the GMPV Division President for the term 2023–2025.

Holly Stein

Holly Stein

Elected candidate

52.4% of votes

Andrea Di Muro

Andrea Di Muro

Candidate

26.2% of votes

Fidel Costa

Fidel Costa

Candidate

19.9% of votes

G Geodesy

Annette Eicker was elected as the G Division President for the term 2023–2025.

Annette Eicker

Annette Eicker

Elected candidate

99.1% of votes

GD Geodynamics

Jeroen van Hunen was elected as the GD Division President for the term 2023–2025.

Jeroen van Hunen

Jeroen van Hunen

Elected candidate

98.3% of votes

GM Geomorphology

Kristen Cook was elected as the GM Division President for the term 2023–2025.

Kristen Cook

Kristen Cook

Elected candidate

94.9% of votes

GI Geosciences Instrumentation and Data Systems

Pietro Tizzani was elected as the GI Division President for the term 2023–2025.

Pietro Tizzani

Pietro Tizzani

Elected candidate

39.4% of votes

Bernard Foing

Bernard Foing

Candidate

36.4% of votes

Roberto Pierdicca

Roberto Pierdicca

Candidate

22.7% of votes

HS Hydrological Sciences

Alberto Viglione was elected as the HS Division President for the term 2023–2025.

Alberto Viglione

Alberto Viglione

Elected candidate

55.7% of votes

Georgia Destouni

Georgia Destouni

Candidate

43.3% of votes

NH Natural Hazards

Heidi Kreibich was elected as the NH Division President for the term 2023–2025.

Heidi Kreibich

Heidi Kreibich

Elected candidate

55.6% of votes

Paolo Tarolli

Paolo Tarolli

Candidate

44.4% of votes

NP Nonlinear Processes in Geosciences

François Schmitt was elected as the NP Division President for the term 2023–2025.

François Schmitt

François Schmitt

Elected candidate

97.4% of votes

OS Ocean Sciences

Johan van der Molen was elected as the OS Division President for the term 2023–2025.

Johan van der Molen

Johan van der Molen

Elected candidate

98.0% of votes

PS Planetary and Solar System Sciences

Anezina Solomonidou was elected as the PS Division President for the term 2023–2025.

Anezina Solomonidou

Anezina Solomonidou

Elected candidate

66.9% of votes

Stephen Mojzsis

Stephen Mojzsis

Candidate

32.5% of votes

SM Seismology

Alice-Agnes Gabriel was elected as the SM Division President for the term 2023–2025.

Alice-Agnes Gabriel

Alice-Agnes Gabriel

Elected candidate

97.2% of votes

SSS Soil System Sciences

Heike Knicker was elected as the SSS Division President for the term 2023–2025.

Heike Knicker

Heike Knicker

Elected candidate

95.2% of votes

ST Solar-Terrestrial Sciences

Emilia Kilpua was elected as the ST Division President for the term 2023–2025.

Emilia Kilpua

Emilia Kilpua

Elected candidate

47.0% of votes

Alessandro Retinò

Alessandro Retinò

Candidate

28.5% of votes

Alexis Rouillard

Alexis Rouillard

Candidate

24.5% of votes

SSP Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Palaeontology

Cinzia Bottini was elected as the SSP Division President for the term 2023–2025.

Cinzia Bottini

Cinzia Bottini

Elected candidate

98.5% of votes

TS Tectonics and Structural Geology

Paola Vannucchi was elected as the TS Division President for the term 2023–2025.

Paola Vannucchi

Paola Vannucchi

Elected candidate

99.2% of votes