Last Saturday 4th October at the 16th ICOMOS General Assembly in Quebec, Gustavo Araoz was elected President of ICOMOS for the 2008 – 2011 mandate. Members also elected the officers and the ICOMOS Executive Committee (1 President, 1 Secretary General, 1 Treasurer General, 5 Vice Presidents and 12 Executive Committee members).

The following members were elected:

President

• Gustavo ARAOZ (United States of America)

Secretary General

• Bénédicte SELFSLAGH (Belgium)

Treasurer General

• Jadran ANTOLOVIC (Croatia)

Candidates – Vice President

• Kristal BUCKLEY (Australia)
• GUO Zhan (China)
• Andrew HALL (South Africa)
• Francisco LOPEZ MORALES (Mexico)
• Olivier POISSON (France)

Candidates – Executive Committee

• Sofia AVGERINOU KOLONIAS (Greece)
• Alfredo CONTI (Argentina)
• Gideon KOREN (Israel)
• Kirsti KOVANEN (Finland)
• Philippe LA HAUSSE (Mauritius)
• Wilfried LIPP (Austria)
• Christoph MACHAT (Germany)
• Yasuyoshi OKADA (Japan)
• Hae-Un RII (Korea)
• Angela ROJAS (Cuba)
• Hristina STANEVA (Bulgaria)
• Boguslav SZMYGIN (Poland)