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The President presides over the sessions of Congress and the Executive Council, guides and coordinates the activities of the Organization and its various bodies, issues directives to the Secretary-General with respect to the fulfilment of his duties, takes action in the interest of the Organization on behalf of the Executive Council and in consultation with its members, between the sessions of the Council, and carries out other specific duties as prescribed by decisions of Congress, the Executive Council and the Regulations of the Organization.
Alexander Bedritsky,
President of WMO
Alexander Bedritsky was first elected President of the World Meteorological Organization by Fourteenth World Meteorological Congress in 2003. He was re-elected by Fifteenth World Meteorological Congress in 2007 for a second four-year term beginning immediately after the closure of the Congress.
For the past 14 years, he has served as Head of the Russian Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (Roshydromet) with the overall responsibility for the development of the operational and scientific entities of Roshydromet at a time of economic reform in the Russian Federation.
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During his 38-year career in the field of hydrometeorology, Dr Bedritsky has held various positions including that of senior engineer of a computer centre and successfully handled a wide range of technical, scientific, managerial, organizational, financial, regulatory and legal challenges faced by the Hydrometeorological Services of the Russian Federation. Since 1978, he has been actively involved in the activities of WMO and other international organizations and Conferences of Parties of environmental conventions, as well as bilateral and multilateral agreements. He has been the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation with WMO since May 1993. |
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