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Previous Union officers

Executive Board

Presidents Irina M. Artemieva (2023–present)
Helen M. Glaves (2021–2023)
Alberto Montanari (2019–2021)
Jonathan Bamber (2017–2019)
Hans Thybo (2015–2017)
Günter Blöschl (2013–2015)
Donald Bruce Dingwell (2011–2013)
Tuija Pulkkinen (2009–2011)
Gerald Ganssen (2007–2009)
John Ludden (2005–2007)
Peter Fabian (2002–2005)
André Berger (Honorary President)
Vice-presidents Helen M. Glaves (2020–2021, 2023–present)
Irina M. Artemieva (2022–2023)
Alberto Montanari (2018–2019, 2021–2022)
Jonathan Bamber (2016–2017, 2019–2020)
Hans Thybo (2014–2015, 2017–2018)
Günter Blöschl (2012–2013, 2015–2016)
Donald Bruce Dingwell (2010–2011, 2013–2014)
Tuija Pulkkinen (2008–2009, 2011–2012)
Gerald Ganssen (2006–2007, 2009–2010)
John Ludden (2007–2008)
Peter Fabian(2005–2006)
Max Coleman (2002–2005)
General secretaries Jane K. Hart (2022–present)
Giuliana Panieri (2020–2022)
Håkan Svedhem (2016–2020)
Mioara Mandea (2012–2016)
Hans Thybo (2007–2012)
Richard Worden (2002–2006)
Treasurers Patric Jacobs (2015–present)
Roland Schlich (2005–2015)
Mike Hapgood (2002–2004)
Executive secretaries Philippe Courtial (2010–present)
Arne Richter (2002–2009)
Roland Schlich (2002–2004)

Division presidents

Atmospheric Sciences (AS) Philip Stier (2023–present)
Athanasios Nenes (2019–2023)
Annica Ekman (2015–2019)
Oksana Tarasova (2011–2015)
Charlotte Bay Hasager (2007–2011)
Ulrich Pöschl (2003–2007)
Ray Bates (2002–2003)
Biogeosciences (BG) Lisa Wingate (2020–present)
Giuliana Panieri (2017–2020)
Alina Stadnitskaia (2013–2017)
Gert-Jan Reichart (2009–2013)
Jelle Bijma (2005–2009)
Jean-Pierre Gattuso (2002–2005)
Climate: Past, Present & Future (CL) Kerstin Treydte (2023–present)
Irka Hajdas (2021–2023)
Didier Roche (2017–2021)
Thomas Blunier (2013–2017)
Denis-Didier Rousseau (2009–2013)
Gerrit Lohmann (2006–2009)
Gerald Ganssen (2002–2006)
Cryospheric Sciences (CR) Carleen Tijm-Reijmer (2021–present)
Olaf Eisen (2017–2021)
Jürg Schweizer (2013–2017)
G. Hilmar Guðmundsson (2009–2013)
Carmen de Jong (2007–2009)
Jonathan Bamber (2002–2007)
Earth Magnetism & Rock Physics (EMRP) Sergio Vinciguerra (2023–present)
Fabio Florindo (2019–2023)
Angelo De Santis (2015–2019)
Georg Dresen (2011–2015)
Mioara Mandea (2007–2011)
Jean-Pierre Valet (2002–2007)
Energy, Resources and the Environment (ERE) Viktor Bruckman (2021–present)
Sonja Martens (2017–2021)
Christopher Juhlin (2013–2017)
Michael Kühn (2009–2013)
Hermann Held (2005–2009)
Paul Glover (2002–2005)
Earth and Space Science Informatics (ESSI) Jens Klump (2020–present)
Helen M. Glaves (2017–2020)
Joan Masó (2013–2017)
Stefano Nativi (2008–2013)
Geodesy (G) Annette Eicker (2021–present)
Johannes Böhm (2017–2021)
Michael Schmidt (2013–2017)
Markku Poutanen (2009–2013)
Tonie van Dam (2005–2009)
Anny Cazenave (2002–2005)
Geodynamics (GD) Jeroen van Hunen (2021–present)
Paul Tackley (2017–2021)
Irina M. Artemieva (2013–2017)
J. Huw Davies (2009–2013)
Hans-Peter Bunge (2007–2009)
Bert Vermeersen (2002–2007)
Geosciences Instrumentation and Data Systems (GI) Pietro Tizzani (2023–present)
Francesco Soldovieri (2021–2023)
Lara Pajewski (2019–2021)
Francesco Soldovieri (2015–2019)
Walter Schmidt (2011–2015)
Ari-Matti Harri (2007–2011)
Håkan Svedhem (2002–2007)
Geomorphology (GM) Kristen Cook (2023–present)
Daniel Parsons (2019–2023)
Peter van der Beek (2015–2019)
Andreas Lang (2011–2015)
Niels Hovius (2007–2011)
Colin P. Stark (2005–2007)
Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology (GMPV) Holly J. Stein (2023–present)
Marian Holness (2019–2023)
Mike Burton (2015–2019)
Nicholas Arndt (2011–2015)
Paolo Papale (2007–2011)
Donald Bruce Dingwell (2002–2007)
Hydrological Sciences (HS) Alberto Viglione (2023–present)
Maria-Helena Ramos (2019–2023)
Elena Toth (2015–2019)
Gerrit de Rooij (2011–2015)
Alberto Montanari (2007–2011)
Günter Blöschl (2002–2007)
Natural Hazards (NH) Heidi Kreibich (2023–present)
Ira Didenkulova (2019–2023)
Giorgio Boni (2015–2019)
Stefano Tinti (2011–2015)
Bruce D. Malamud (2007–2011)
Fausto Guzzetti (2002–2007)
Nonlinear Processes in Geosciences (NP) François Schmitt (2021–present)
Stéphane Vannitsem (2017–2021)
Shaun Lovejoy (2013–2017)
Hendrik A. Dijkstra (2009–2013)
Daniel Schertzer (2005–2009)
Jürgen Kurths (2002–2005)
Ocean Sciences (OS) Johan van der Molen (2021–present)
Karen Heywood (2017–2021)
Peter Brandt (2013–2017)
Bernard Barnier (2009–2013)
Monika Rhein (2005–2009)
David Webb (2002–2005)
Planetary and Solar System Sciences (PS) Anezina Solomonidou (2023–present)
Stephen Mojzsis (2021–2023)
Stephanie C. Werner (2017–2021)
Özgür Karatekin (2013–2017)
Athena Coustenis (2009–2013)
Manuel Grande (2005–2009)
Yves Langevin (2002–2005)
Seismology (SM) Alice-Agnes Gabriel (2023–present)
Philippe Jousset (2019–2023)
Paul Martin Mai (2015–2019)
Charlotte Krawczyk (2011–2015)
Ramon Carbonell (2007–2011)
Hans Thybo (2002–2007)
Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Palaeontology (SSP) Cinzia Bottini (2023–present)
Marc De Batist (2019–2023)
Helmut Weissert (2015–2019)
Patric Jacobs (2013–2015)
Darren Gröcke (2009–2013)
Ian Jarvis (2007–2009)
Adrian Immenhauser (2005–2007)
Jan Smit (2002–2005)
Soil System Sciences (SSS) Heike Knicker (2023–present)
Claudio Zaccone (2019–2023)
Saskia Keesstra (2015–2018)
Artemi Cerdà (2011–2015)
Teodoro Miano (2007–2011)
Jerzy Weber (2002–2007)
Solar-Terrestrial Sciences (ST) Emilia Kilpua (2023–present)
Olga Malandraki (2019–2023)
Margit Haberreiter (2015–2019)
Norma B. Crosby (2011–2015)
Iannis Dandouras (2008–2011)
Tuija Pulkkinen (2005–2008)
Mike Lockwood (2002–2005)
Tectonics and Structural Geology (TS) Paola Vannucchi (2021–present)
Claudio Rosenberg (2017–2021)
Susanne Buiter (2013–2017)
Fabrizio Storti (2009–2013)
César R. Ranero (2005–2009)
Jason Phipps Morgan (2002–2005)

Committee chairs

Awards Committee Thomas Blunier (2020–present)
Özgür Karatekin (2016–2020)
Alberto Montanari (2009–2016)
André Berger (2005–2009)
Education Committee Jean-Luc Berenguer (2022–present)
Chris King (2018–2022)
Carlo Laj (2003–2018)
Outreach Committee Martin Archer (2022–present)
Mioara Mandea (2018–2022)
Nicholas Arndt (2014–2018)
Niels Hovius (2009–2014)
Programme Committee Athanasios Nenes (2022–present)
Maria-Helena Ramos (2022–present)
Peter van der Beek (2020–2022)
Susanne Buiter (2017–2020)
Gerrit de Rooij (2014–2017)
Gert-Jan Reichart (2011–2014)
Bruce D. Malamud (2009–2011)
Publications Committee Barbara Ervens (2021–present)
Katja Fennel (2020–2021)
Hubert H.G. Savenije (2014–2020)
Ulrich Pöschl (2006–2014)
Topical Events Committee Claudio Rosenberg (2020–present)
Jürg Schweizer (2016–2020)
Fabrizio Storti (2013–2016)

Pre-EGU era (before 2002)

The European Geosciences Union (EGU) was established by the merger of the European Union of Geosciences (EUG) and the European Geophysical Society (EGS) on 7 September 2002, with the final stages of this transition completed on 31 December 2003.