IOC Officers

The Officers of the Commission are the Chairperson and five Vice-chairpersons. They are elected every two years on their own capacity by the IOC Assembly. Vice-chairpersons are nationals of Member States of each of the five electoral groups. The Chairperson and the five Vice-chairperson are eligible for re-election in their capacity as Chairperson or Vice-chairperson, but only once for successive terms.

The retiring Chairperson may participate as ex officio Past Chairperson, with meeting of IOC Officers and, without the right to vote, in sessions of the Executive Council until a new Chairperson is elected. Responsibilities of the IOC OfficersTechnical arrangements for the elections



Speeches from IOC Chairpersons

Member Role Country
Peter Haugan
Institute of Marine Research
Past Chairperson Norway
Ariel Troisi
Servicio de Hdrografía Naval
Chairperson (2021-2023) Argentina
Srinivasa Kumar Tummala
Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services
Vice Chairperson (2021-2023) Group IV India
Frederico Saraiva Nogueira
Brazilian Navy Hydrographic Center, Directorate of Hydrography and Navigation
Vice Chairperson (2021-2023) Group III Brazil
Karim Hilmi
Institut National de Recherche Halieutique, Centre Régional de Casablanca
Vice Chairperson (2021-2023) Group V Morocco
Alexander Frolov
National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute"
Vice Chairperson (2021-2023) Group II Russian Federation
Marie-Alexandrine Sicre
CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris
Vice Chairperson (2021-2023) Group I France
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