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The Bureau establishes an Executive Committee to act for it to ensure an orderly discharge of IUPAC functions between meetings of the Bureau. The Executive Committee is limited to eight members and includes the President, the Vice-President, the Secretary General, the Treasurer, and the immediate Past-President. Other members are elected by the Bureau from among its Elected Members.

Executive Committee Meeting at RSC, November 2017

Executive Committee Minutes

162nd EC, 27 March 2023, Online
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161th EC, 16 February 2023, Online
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160 EC, 6 Nov 2021, Virtual > 160th EC

159 EC, 10 Nov 2020, Virtual (posted 23 Dec 2021) > 159 EC

158 EC, 6 Nov 2019, Tokyo, Japan (posted 8 Dec 2020) > 158 EC

157 EC, 17-18 Nov 2018, Alcala, Spain (posted 7 Jun 2019) > 157 EC

156 EC, 18-19 Nov 2017, London, UK (posted 19 Jan 2018) > 156 EC

155 EC, 12-13 Nov 2016, Beijing, China, (posted 24 May 2017) > 155 EC

154 EC, 31 Oct – 1 Nov 2015, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA (posted 28 Mar 2017) > 154 EC

153 EC, 8-9 Nov 2014, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA (posted 21 Oct 2015) > 153 EC

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