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EGU Election Autumn 2023

The EGU Election Autumn 2023 for the next Union President, General Secretary, Union representative of the Early Career Scientists and Division Presidents was closed on 30 November 2023. 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, 1242 EGU members voted in this election. Please see the results below.

EGU President 2025–2027

Peter van der Beek was elected to serve as EGU President for the term 2025–2027. Peter van der Beek will be inaugurated during the EGU plenary meeting on 15 April 2024 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 (2025–2027) 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.

Peter van der Beek

Peter van der Beek

Elected candidate

95.6% of votes

EGU General Secretary 2024–2026

Jane K. Hart was elected as the EGU General Secretary for the term 2024–2026. Jane K. Hart will be inaugurated during the EGU plenary meeting on 15 April 2024 in Vienna, Austria.

Jane K. Hart

Jane K. Hart

Elected candidate

96.2% of votes

EGU Union representative of the Early Career Scientists 2025–2026

Stefanie Kaboth-Bahr was elected as the EGU Union representative of the Early Career Scientists for the term 2025–2026. Stefanie Kaboth-Bahr will be inaugurated during the EGU plenary meeting on 15 April 2024 in Vienna, Austria.

Stefanie Kaboth-Bahr

Stefanie Kaboth-Bahr

Elected candidate

32.4% of votes

Öykü Koç

Öykü Koç

Candidate

17.7% of votes

Foivos Karakostas

Foivos Karakostas

Candidate

13.2% of votes

Ankit Agarwal

Ankit Agarwal

Candidate

10.5% of votes

Rachel Oien

Rachel Oien

Candidate

8.9% of votes

Lu Zhou

Lu Zhou

Candidate

8.5% of votes

Nazimul Islam

Nazimul Islam

Candidate

4.0% of votes

EGU Division Presidents 2025–2027

All elected candidates will serve as Division Presidents for the term 2025–2027. 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 15 April 2024 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 2025 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 2025–2027.

Philip Stier

Philip Stier

Elected candidate

97.9% of votes

BG Biogeosciences

Robyn Pickering was elected as the BG Division President for the term 2025–2027.

Robyn Pickering

Robyn Pickering

Elected candidate

98.0% of votes

CL Climate: Past, Present & Future

Kerstin Treydte was elected as the CL Division President for the term 2025–2027.

Kerstin Treydte

Kerstin Treydte

Elected candidate

95.7% of votes

CR Cryospheric Sciences

Daniel Farinotti was elected as the CR Division President for the term 2025–2027.

Daniel Farinotti

Daniel Farinotti

Elected candidate

97.2% of votes

ESSI Earth and Space Science Informatics

Kaylin Bugbee was elected as the ESSI Division President for the term 2025–2027.

Kaylin Bugbee

Kaylin Bugbee

Elected candidate

98.6% of votes

EMRP Earth Magnetism & Rock Physics

Sergio Vinciguerra was elected as the EMRP Division President for the term 2025–2027.

Sergio Vinciguerra

Sergio Vinciguerra

Elected candidate

100.0% of votes

ERE Energy, Resources and the Environment

Giorgia Stasi was elected as the ERE Division President for the term 2025–2027.

Giorgia Stasi

Giorgia Stasi

Elected candidate

99.1% of votes

GMPV Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology

Holly Stein was elected as the GMPV Division President for the term 2025–2027.

Holly Stein

Holly Stein

Elected candidate

94.3% of votes

G Geodesy

Roelof Rietbroek was elected as the G Division President for the term 2025–2027.

Roelof Rietbroek

Roelof Rietbroek

Elected candidate

99.1% of votes

GD Geodynamics

Laetitia Le Pourhiet was elected as the GD Division President for the term 2025–2027.

Laetitia Le Pourhiet

Laetitia Le Pourhiet

Elected candidate

98.5% of votes

GM Geomorphology

Kristen Cook was elected as the GM Division President for the term 2025–2027.

Kristen Cook

Kristen Cook

Elected candidate

98.5% of votes

GI Geosciences Instrumentation and Data Systems

Pietro Tizzani was elected as the GI Division President for the term 2025–2027.

Pietro Tizzani

Pietro Tizzani

Elected candidate

100.0% of votes

HS Hydrological Sciences

Alberto Viglione was elected as the HS Division President for the term 2025–2027.

Alberto Viglione

Alberto Viglione

Elected candidate

97.1% of votes

NH Natural Hazards

Heidi Kreibich was elected as the NH Division President for the term 2025–2027.

Heidi Kreibich

Heidi Kreibich

Elected candidate

99.0% of votes

NP Nonlinear Processes in Geosciences

Davide Faranda was elected as the NP Division President for the term 2025–2027.

Davide Faranda

Davide Faranda

Elected candidate

63.9% of votes

Reik Donner

Reik Donner

Candidate

35.1% of votes

OS Ocean Sciences

Joanna Staneva was elected as the OS Division President for the term 2025–2027.

Joanna Staneva

Joanna Staneva

Elected candidate

70.5% of votes

Ivica Vilibić

Ivica Vilibić

Candidate

28.4% of votes

PS Planetary and Solar System Sciences

Anezina Solomonidou was elected as the PS Division President for the term 2025–2027.

Anezina Solomonidou

Anezina Solomonidou

Elected candidate

96.1% of votes

SM Seismology

Alice-Agnes Gabriel was elected as the SM Division President for the term 2025–2027.

Alice-Agnes Gabriel

Alice-Agnes Gabriel

Elected candidate

96.6% of votes

SSS Soil System Sciences

Heike Knicker was elected as the SSS Division President for the term 2025–2027.

Heike Knicker

Heike Knicker

Elected candidate

95.1% of votes

ST Solar-Terrestrial Sciences

Alexis Rouillard was elected as the ST Division President for the term 2025–2027.

Alexis Rouillard

Alexis Rouillard

Elected candidate

98.1% of votes

SSP Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Palaeontology

Cinzia Bottini was elected as the SSP Division President for the term 2025–2027.

Cinzia Bottini

Cinzia Bottini

Elected candidate

96.6% of votes

TS Tectonics and Structural Geology

João C. Duarte was elected as the TS Division President for the term 2025–2027.

João C. Duarte

João C. Duarte

Elected candidate

98.7% of votes