Academician Yuri Osipov elected RAN president for 4th time
The general meeting of the Russian Academy of Sciences re-elected academician Yuri Osipov, 71, as RAN president for the fourth time, in a secret ballot on Friday.
As many as 651 RAN members gave their support to Osipov. The winner needed 620 votes.
Mathematician Yuri Osipov was on top of the list of contenders. The two other contenders were physicist Vladimir Fortov, 62, nominated by a RAN branch, and his coeval Valery Chereshnyov, a biologist who heads the Urals branch of the
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Under the new RAN charter, "the president, elected by the general meeting, assumes office following approval by the Russian president."
The winner performs the functions of RAN President in the capacity of acting RAN president, prior to approval by the Russian president.
Osipov was elected RAN president in 1991, and re-elected in 1996 and 2001.
In 2006, a decision was made to extend his powers until the endorsement of the new RAN charter. The document was endorsed last November.
The general meeting of the Russian Academy of Sciences re-elected academician Yuri Osipov, 71, as RAN president for the fourth time, in a secret ballot on Friday.
