During the 53rd IUPAC General Assembly to be held in Kuala Lumpur in July 2025, the Council will be asked to elect a Vice President, a Treasurer, and members of the Executive Board and Science Board. IUPAC National Adhering Organizations have been invited to submit nominations. (see News, first posted 10 December 2024)
On 1 January 2026, Mary Garson (Australia), Vice President and President-Elect of IUPAC, will become President. Ehud Keinan (Israel), current President, will become Past President and remain an officer and a member of the Executive Board for a period of two years, while Javier García-Martínez (Spain), current Past President, will retire. Secretary General Zoltan Mester (Canada) was elected by Council in August 2023 for a four-year term and will continue. Meanwhile Treasurer Wolfram Koch (Germany) was elected in July 2019 for a four-year term and will retire at the end of 2025, and has confirmed that he will not stand for a second term.
Vice-President
The Vice-President to be elected at the 53rd Council will be President-Elect starting in January 2026, and will become President on 1 January 2028. The nominations received for Vice President are as follows:
- Lidia Armelao (Italy)
- Derek Craston (UK)
- Christine Luscombe (Japan)
- Zhigang Shuai (China/Beijing)
— VP statement, bio sketch, and CV are compiled in one PDF – see below
Treasurer
The nominations received for Treasurer for the term 2026-2029 are as follows:
- Derek Craston (UK)
- Tom Kinzel (Germany)
— Treasurer bio sketch and CV are compiled in one PDF – see below
Members of Executive Board
Executive Board Member (6): 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 nominations received for Elected Members of the Executive Board are as follows:
- Lidia Armelao (Italy)
- David Cole (USA)
- Hemda Garelick (UK)
- Richard Hartshorn (New Zealand)
- Miki Hasegawa (Japan)
- Evamarie Hey-Hawkins (Germany)
- Bonnie Lawlor (USA)
- Jean Pelin (France)
- Bipul Saha (India)
- Zhigang Shuai (China/Beijing)
- Supawan Tantayanon (Thailand)
- Bernard West (Canada)
- Malgorzata Witko (Poland)
— Candidates bio sketch and CV are compiled in one PDF – see below
Members of Science Board
Science Board Member (5): 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 nominations received for Elected Members of the Science Board are as follows:
- Abeer Al Bawab (Jordan)
- Pierre Braunstein (France)
- Evamarie Hey-Hawkins (Germany)
- Alejandra Palermo (UK)
- Elefteria Psillakis (Greece)
- Floris Rutjes (Netherlands)
- David Shaw (USA)
- Hiroaki Suga (Japan)
— Candidates bio sketch and CV are compiled in one PDF – see below
— PDF compilation including candidates bio sketch
— PDF compilation including candidates short CV
(updated 5 June 2025) An election was held during in May to elect five members from the Division Presidents and Standing Committee Chairs; the following candidates have been elected:
- Edwin C. Constable (Switzerland, Div VIII Chemical Nomenclature and Structure Representation)
- Ari Koskinen (Finland, Div III Organic and Biomolecular)
- Igor Lacík (Slovakia, Div IV Polymer)
- Uday Maitra (India, CCE Chemistry Education)
- Fani Sakellariadou (Greece, Div VI Chemistry and the Environment)
First published 14 May 2025 / updated 5 June to disclose the 5 elected DPs and StCCs on the Science Board.
Announcement to be published in Chem Int July 2025