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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.

EGU President 2019–2021

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.

Alberto Montanari

Alberto Montanari

Elected candidate

39.2% of votes

Irina M. Artemieva

Irina M. Artemieva

Candidate

32.5% of votes

Thomas Blunier

Thomas Blunier

Candidate

18.8% of votes

Daniel Schertzer

Daniel Schertzer

Candidate

7.8% of votes

EGU General Secretary 2018–2020

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.

Håkan Svedhem

Håkan Svedhem

Elected candidate

96.1% of votes

EGU Division Presidents 2019–2021

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.

Athanasios Nenes

Athanasios Nenes

Elected candidate

95.7% of votes

BG Biogeosciences

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

Giuliana Panieri

Giuliana Panieri

Elected candidate

98.3% of votes

CL Climate: Past, Present & Future

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

Didier Roche

Didier Roche

Elected candidate

97.5% of votes

CR Cryospheric Sciences

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

Olaf Eisen

Olaf Eisen

Elected candidate

98.2% of votes

ESSI Earth and Space Science Informatics

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

Helen M. Glaves

Helen M. Glaves

Elected candidate

69.7% of votes

Jens Klump

Jens Klump

Candidate

30.3% of votes

EMRP Earth Magnetism & Rock Physics

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

Fabio Florindo

Fabio Florindo

Elected candidate

40.7% of votes

Sergio Vinciguerra

Sergio Vinciguerra

Candidate

30.7% of votes

Carlo Laj

Carlo Laj

Candidate

28.6% of votes

ERE Energy, Resources and the Environment

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

Sonja Martens

Sonja Martens

Elected candidate

98.5% of votes

GMPV Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology

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

Marian Holness

Marian Holness

Elected candidate

39.2% of votes

Andrea Di Muro

Andrea Di Muro

Candidate

36.7% of votes

Thomas R. Walter

Thomas R. Walter

Candidate

24.1% of votes

G Geodesy

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

Johannes Böhm

Johannes Böhm

Elected candidate

98.0% of votes

GD Geodynamics

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

Paul Tackley

Paul Tackley

Elected candidate

98.8% of votes

GM Geomorphology

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

Daniel Parsons

Daniel Parsons

Elected candidate

34.8% of votes

Arjen Stroeven

Arjen Stroeven

Candidate

34.5% of votes

Jens Turowski

Jens Turowski

Candidate

30.3% of votes

GI Geosciences Instrumentation and Data Systems

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

Lara Pajewski

Lara Pajewski

Elected candidate

82.7% of votes

Jean Dumoulin

Jean Dumoulin

Candidate

16.7% of votes

HS Hydrological Sciences

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

Maria-Helena Ramos

Maria-Helena Ramos

Elected candidate

57.2% of votes

Thom Bogaard

Thom Bogaard

Candidate

41.9% of votes

NH Natural Hazards

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

Ira Didenkulova

Ira Didenkulova

Elected candidate

97.5% of votes

NP Nonlinear Processes in Geosciences

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

Stéphane Vannitsem

Stéphane Vannitsem

Elected candidate

53.4% of votes

François Schmitt

François Schmitt

Candidate

45.8% of votes

OS Ocean Sciences

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

Karen Heywood

Karen Heywood

Elected candidate

99.4% of votes

PS Planetary and Solar System Sciences

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

Stephanie C. Werner

Stephanie C. Werner

Elected candidate

99.2% of votes

SM Seismology

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

Philippe Jousset

Philippe Jousset

Elected candidate

96.9% of votes

SSS Soil System Sciences

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

Lily Pereg

Lily Pereg

Elected candidate

32.8% of votes

Claudio Zaccone

Claudio Zaccone

Candidate

27.6% of votes

Bas van Wesemael

Bas van Wesemael

Candidate

26.7% of votes

Abad Chabbi

Abad Chabbi

Candidate

12.1% of votes

ST Solar-Terrestrial Sciences

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

Olga Malandraki

Olga Malandraki

Elected candidate

99.1% of votes

SSP Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Palaeontology

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

Marc De Batist

Marc De Batist

Elected candidate

56.5% of votes

Guilhem Amin Douillet

Guilhem Amin Douillet

Candidate

43.5% of votes

TS Tectonics and Structural Geology

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

Claudio Rosenberg

Claudio Rosenberg

Elected candidate

99.0% of votes