Claudia Lux IFLA Präsidentin

["Harald Müller" <hmueller@xxxxxxx>]

IFLA PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 2005

Claudia Lux wins IFLA Presidential election


Claudia Lux, Director General, Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin (ZLB),
Germany, has been voted President-elect by IFLA members.

She will begin her two-year term as President-elect during the IFLA conference
in Oslo this August. She will succeed Alex Byrne as President in August 2007
for a two-year term.

Claudia Lux is currently member of the IFLA Governing Board.

The full results were:

President-elect:

* Claudia Lux (Germany) 1094 - elected
* Cristobal Pasadas Ureña (Spain) 330 - not elected

The total number of valid ballot papers received for the vacancies on the
Governing Board was 522, a return rate of 41.4%.  This represents 1425 votes,
55.9% of the possible total.

Two members of staff of the Royal Library of the Netherlands, P.J. Moree and
J.J.M.Bos, acted as scrutineers.

Peter Johan Lor
Secretary General
June 2005



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Dr. Harald Müller

Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht /
Bibliothek
Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law
and International Law / Library
Im Neuenheimer Feld 535; D-69120 Heidelberg
Phone: +49 6221 482 219; Fax: +49 6221 482 593
Mail: hmueller@xxxxxxx