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News EOSC GA election

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_posts/2020/12/2020-12-17-eosc-general-assembly.md

+---
+title: "Constituting General Assembly of EOSC Association"
+title_image: spacex-uj3hvdfQujI-unsplash.jpg
+data: 2020-12-17
+authors:
+  - jandt
+layout: blogpost
+categories:
+  - news
+excerpt: >
+    In the constituting General Assembly of the EOSC association, the first President and Directors have been elected.
+
+---
+
+# EOSC Association General Assembly
+
+In the [constituting General Assembly](https://www.eosc-portal.eu/news/eosc-association-general-assembly-take-place-tomorrow) of the EOSC association, the first President and Directors have been elected.
+
+## President
+
+**Karel Luyben** (TU Delft) has been elected as president with 119 out of 139 votes.
+
+
+## Board of Directors
+
+The Board of Directors consists of the following eight members:
+
+#### For 3 year period
+
+- Marialuisa Lavitrano (UNIMIB), Italy
+- Suzanne Demouchel (CNRS), Germany
+- Klaus Tochtermann (ZBW), Germany
+
+#### For 2 year period
+
+- Sarah Jones (GÉANT)
+- Ignacio Blanquer (UPV), Spain
+
+#### For 1 year period
+
+- Wilhelm Widmark (SU), Sweden
+- Bob Jones (CERN)
+- Ronan Byrne (HEAnet), Ireland