During the 52nd IUPAC General Assembly to be held in The Hague in August 2023, the Council will be asked to elect a Vice President, a Secretary General, and members of the newly established Executive Board and Science Board. IUPAC National Adhering Organizations have been invited to submit nominations. (see News posted 17 Jan 2023)
On 1 January 2024, Ehud Keinan (Israel), Vice President and President-Elect of IUPAC, will become President. Javier García-Martínez (Spain), current President, will become Past President and remain an officer and a member of the Executive Board for a period of two years, while Christopher Brett (Portugal), current Past President, will retire. Secretary General Richard Hartshorn (New Zealand) was elected by the Council in July 2019 for a second four-year term and will also retire at the end of 2023. Meanwhile Treasurer Wolfram Koch (Germany) was elected by Council in August 2021 for a four-year term and will continue.
Vice-President
The Vice-President to be elected at the 52nd Council will be President-Elect starting in January 2024, and will become President on 1 January 2026. The nominations received for Vice President are as follows:
- Lidia Armelao (Italy)
- Mary Garson (Australia)
- Zhigang Shuai (China/Beijing)
— VP statement, bio sketch, and CV are compiled in one PDF – see below
Secretary General
The nominations received for Secretary General for the term 2024-2027 are as follows:
- Christine Luscombe (Japan)
- Zoltan Mester (Canada)
— SG bio sketch and CV are compiled in one PDF – see below
Members of Executive Board
The Executive Board shall consist of the President, as Chair, the Vice-President, the Secretary-General, the Treasurer, the Past-President, together with six other members elected by the Council who shall be known as Elected Members. The period of service of Elected Members of the Executive Board shall be two years. Elected Members are eligible for reelection to the same position for a second two-year term. The periods of service shall be arranged in such a way as to ensure continuity. A former Elected Member is not eligible to return to the Executive Board as an Elected Member until a period at least equal to the time they served as an Elected Member on the Executive Board has elapsed. No President of a Division may be simultaneously an Elected Member of the Executive Board. Unless exceptional circumstances are established and special permission of the Council is granted, no National Adhering Organization shall have more than one Elected Member on the Executive Board, and the principle of fair geographical and gender representation of Members shall be taken into account. The Executive Director is an ex officio non-voting member of the Executive Board. (Statutes 7.2)
The nominations received for Elected Members of the Executive Board are as follows (6 to be elected):
- Hemda Garelick (UK)
- Richard Hartshorn (New Zealand)
- Bonnie Lawlor (USA)
- Christine Luscombe (Japan)
- Zoltan Mester (Canada)
- Gloria Obuzor (Nigeria)
- Bipul Saha (India)
- Zhigang Shuai (China/Beijing)
- Miroslav Štěpánek (Czech Republic)
- Pietro Tundo (Italy)
— Candidates bio sketch and CV are all compiled in one PDF – see below
(revised 13 July, adding Obuzor as EB candidate)
Members of Science Board
The Science Board shall consist of the Vice-President, as Chair, the President and the Secretary-General ex officio, together with five members from the Division Presidents and Standing Committee Chairs, and elected by them, and up to five additional members, from the scientific community at large, elected by the Council. The period of service of the Elected Members shall be two years. These Elected Members are eligible for reelection to the same position for a second two-year term. The periods of service shall be arranged in such a way as to ensure continuity. The principle of fair geographical and gender representation of Members shall be taken into account. The Executive Director is an ex officio non-voting member. (Statutes 8.2)
An election was completed during the month of May to elect five members from the Division Presidents and Standing Committee Chairs; these are:
- Lidia Armelao (Italy)
- Derek Craston (UK)
- Igor Lacík (Slovakia)
- Michelle Rogers (USA)
- Frances Separovic (Australia)
The nominations received for Elected Members of the Science Board are as follows (up to 5 to be elected):
- Eva Åkesson (Sweden)
- David Berkowitz (USA)
- Pierre Braunstein (France)
- Amanda Forster (USA)
- Alejandra Palermo (UK)
- Peter Schreiner (Germany)
- Chi-Huey Wong (China/Taipei)
Jihong Yu (China/Beijing)— Candidacy withdrawn on 23 Aug 2023
— PDF compilation including candidates bio sketch and CV
<< link back to 2023 Council page <https://iupac.org/event/council2023/>
(first published online 24 June 2023; revised 13 July, adding one EB candidate; revised 21 July, updating the number of Science Board members to be elected by Council; revised 23 August, withdrawing one SB candidate)
Announcement published in Chem Int July 2023, p. 22