The new Executive Committee
During the Third Session of the IUCr General Assembly in Osaka, 28 August 2008, elections were held to appoint the Officers of the Union.
- Professor Sine Larsen was elected President of the IUCr for the triennium 2008-2011.
- Peter Colman was elected unopposed as vice-president for the same period.
- Sven Lidin was elected unopposed as General Secretary and Treasurer.
- J. Manuel Perez-Mato, Louis T. J. Delbaere and Elena Boldyreva were elected to six-year terms, and Claude Lecomte to a further three-year term, as Ordinary Members of the Executive Committee.
Continuing Members from the present Executive Committee are: Professor Y. Ohashi (as Immediate Past President); G. R. Desiraju and C. J. Gilmore (Ordinary Members).