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IAC Board Welcomes New Members in 2007
New members joined the IAC during 2006. Ichiro Kanazawa succeeded Kiyoshi Kurokawa as President of the Science Council of Japan. Matthias Kleiner succeeded Ernst Winnacker as President of the Deutches Forchungsgemeinschaft. Jacob Palis succeeded C.N.R. Rao as President of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS). Jules Hoffmann succeeded Edouard Brezin as President of the Académie des Sciences, France. And Ralph Cicerone, President of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS), joined the IAC Board as official representative of the U.S. NAS.
At the beginning of 2007, the IAC Board was composed as follows:
Co-Chairs:
Bruce Alberts, former President, U.S. National Academy of Sciences;
Lu Yongxiang, President, Chinese Academy of Sciences;
Members:
Reza Davari Ardekani, President, Academy of Sciences of the Islamic Republic of Iran;
Engin Bermek, President, Turkish Academy of Sciences;
Ralph Cicerone, President, U.S. National Academy of Sciences;
Mohamed H.A. Hassan, President, African Academy of Sciences;
Jules Hoffmann, President, Académie des Sciences, France;
Ichiro Kanazawa, President, Science Council of Japan;
Matthias Kleiner, President, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft;
Eduardo Moacyr Krieger, President, Brazilian Academy of Sciences;
Servet Martinez Aguilera, President, Chilean Academy of Sciences;
R.A. Mashelkar, President, Indian National Science Academy;
Jacob Palis, President, Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS);
Martin Rees, President, The Royal Society of London;
Salleh Mohd Nor, Vice-President, Academy of Sciences of Malaysia;
S.E. Vizi, President, Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Observers:
Howard Alper, Co-Chair, InterAcademy Panel on International Issues;
Frits van Oostrom, President, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences;
Goverdhan Mehta, President, International Council for Science (ICSU);
Achiel van Cauwenberghe, Past President, International Council of Academies of Engineering and Technological Sciences (CAETS); and
David Challoner, Former Co-Chair, InterAcademy Medical Panel (IAMP).
The Board, recognizing the need for partner organizations to have a role and position in IAC governance and decisionmaking, unanimously amended the IAC Bylaws to create a new category of ex officio members with full voting rights. The InterAcademy Panel (IAP), InterAcademy Medical Panel (IAMP), and the International Council of Academies of Engineering and Technological Sciences (CAETS) have become Ex Officio Members of the IAC Board.