Nominees for Election of IUPAC Officers and Bureau Members

47th IUPAC Council Meeting
Istanbul, 14-15 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.

The nominations received for Vice President are as follows:

•  Gabriel A. Infante (Puerto Rico) nomination retracted on 18 July 2013
• Natalia Tarasova (Russia)
• Qi-Feng Zhou (China/Beijing)

Elected Members of Bureau, retiring in 2013, who are not eligible for re-election, but may be nominated for another office:

• Stanislaw Penczek (Poland)
• Elsa Reichmanis (USA)
• Maria Van Dam-Mieras (Netherlands)

Elected Members of the Bureau who are eligible for re-election for an additional four-year term:

• Colin Humphris (UK)
• Itamar Willner (Israel)
• Qi-Feng Zhou (China/Beijing)

Elected Members of Bureau, who were elected at the 46th Council until 2015:

• Christopher M. A. Brett (Portugal) (2012-2015)
• Javier García-Martínez (Spain) (2012-2015)
• Ram Lamba (Puerto Rico) (2008-2011, 2012-2015)
• Natalia Tarasova (Russia) (2008-2011, 2012-2015) 

At least six Elected Members of the Bureau must be elected at the 47th Council in Istanbul, i.e., the minimum number of ten Elected Members (Statute 7.2) less the four Elected Members who continue in office until 2015.

The nominations received for Elected Members of the Bureau are as follows:

• 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)

Short CV/bios of the nominees and VP candidates statements are available below: