President of the World Meteorological Organization

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The President of the World Meteorological Organization is the top elected official who provides strategic leadership and chairs the organization’s key governing bodies in coordinating global meteorological and climate-related activities.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf international organizational office
leadership position
appointedBy World Meteorological Congress
country none
electedBy member states of the World Meteorological Organization
field climatology
earth system science
hydrology
meteorology
hasResponsibility ensuring alignment of WMO activities with United Nations system priorities
implementation of decisions of the Executive Council
implementation of decisions of the World Meteorological Congress
inception 1951
jurisdiction World Meteorological Organization
global
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Geneva
Switzerland
nativeLabel President of WMO
officeHolder Abdulla Al Mandous
Gerhard Adrian
officeHolderEndTime 2023
officeHolderStartTime 2019
2023
officialLanguage Arabic
Chinese
English
French
Russian
Spanish
organization World Meteorological Organization
partOf World Meteorological Organization
residence Geneva
role advocates for the use of meteorological and climate information in decision‑making
chairs the Executive Council of the World Meteorological Organization
chairs the World Meteorological Congress
facilitates cooperation among National Meteorological and Hydrological Services
oversees coordination of global climate‑related activities
oversees coordination of global meteorological activities
promotes implementation of World Meteorological Organization policies and decisions
provides strategic leadership for the World Meteorological Organization
represents the World Meteorological Organization at high‑level international events
supports capacity building in meteorology and hydrology
supports development of global data exchange for meteorology and climatology
supports development of global observing systems for weather and climate
top elected official of the World Meteorological Organization
subordinateTo Executive Council of the World Meteorological Organization
World Meteorological Congress
termLength four years
termRenewable yes

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Executive Council (World Meteorological Organization)
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