During the 13th IAU General Conference the new IAU President and
Administrative Board were elected
for 2008-2012. The President is Juan
Ramon de la Fuente,
former Rector of the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
The election commettee was composed of the following leaders of higher
education institutions:
ELECTION
COMMITTEE
In accordance with the proposed Rules of Procedure for Elections
(Section II), the Election Committee had been appointed by the
Administrative Board as follows:
Chair:
Prof. Dr. Goolam
Mohamedbhai, Former Vice-Chancellor, University of Mauritius; IAU
President
Members:
- Prof. Dr. Hans van
Ginkel, Former Rector United Nation University, Japan & Former
Rector Utrecht University, the Netherlands;
- Prof. Dr. Brenda Gourley, Vice-Chancellor, The Open University,
United Kingdom;
- Prof. Dr. Deepak Nayyar, Former Vice-Chancellor, University of Delhi,
India;
- Prof. Lu Vai Pan, Rector, University of Macau, China;
- Dr. Hossein Harsij, Vice-Chancellor, University of Isfahan, Iran.
Election
scrutineers were:
- Prof. Dr. Luc Weber,
Former Rector Université de Genève, Switzerland;
Treasurer, IAU;
- Prof. Dr. Peter Englert, Former Chancellor, University of Hawai’i at
Mànoa, USA