The Governing Council is the policy and stewardship organ set up by the General Assembly to provide oversight for the overall functioning of the Academy. 

In July 2020, the three-year term of the AAS’ current Governing Council (GC) will expire. As such, we have begun an election process to vote for new members of the GC for the following elective positions: 

• The President 
• The Secretary General  
• The Treasurer 
• The Vice President for the Northern Africa Region
• The Vice President for the Southern Africa Region
• The Vice President for the Eastern Africa Region
• The Vice President for the Western Africa Region
• The Vice President for the Central Africa Region. 

Nominations and Elections committee comprising:

Prof. Burton Mwamila, East Africa Region; Prof Balkiss Bouhaouala-Zahar, Northern Africa Region; Prof Quarraisha Abdool Karim, Southern Africa Region; Prof Isabella Quayki, West Africa Region; and Prof Paul Nchoji Nkwi, Central Africa Region, are overseeing the process. 

A call for nominations was shared on 1 April, 2020. Nominations are now open and will remain open till May 5, 2020. Please read this Guideline for the Nominations of Candidates for Election as Members of the 2020-2023 GC.

Fellows are invited to nominate and provide the justification for the selection of peers who are Fellows of good financial standing with the AAS and have been Fellows for five years for the President and three years for the other elective positions. The candidates will be voted for in an online system that is due to open in May 2020. 

Are you interested in nominating a Fellow for an AAS Governing Council position?

Please follow the steps below to ensure your nomination is complete:.

Step 1: Please read and adhere to this Guideline for the Nominations of Candidates for Election as Members of the 2020-2023 GC.

Step 2: Required information on nominee and supporting nominators

To make a nomination, please ensure that you as the Lead Nominator, have completed step 1 (above) and have gathered all the below required information on the person you are nominating, referred to as nominee, and supporting nominators before proceeding to the nomination portal on step 3:

(i) Nominee’s details

• Name
• Email address
• Current address
• Gender
• Current nationality
• Previous Nationality if any
• Country of Residence
• Date of Birth
• Field of Specialization
• Current employer/affiliation
• Current Position
• Year elected as AAS Fellow
• Current or previous role in a national or international academy
• CV of the nominee as PDF*
• For Presidential nominee only, provide Vision statement of nominee as PDF*

(ii) Supporting Nominator’s details

Contact details, full names and email addresses, of supporting Nominators to endorse the nomination you have made as Lead nominator:

Step 3: Register and sign-in to the Nomination Portal to submit your nomination

Once you have all the above information in Step 2, please proceed to the AAS Governing Council Nomination portal to register, sign-in and submit your nomination. 

*Please note that on the nomination form on the portal, there is instructions to email Nominee’s CV (and Presidential nominee’s vision statement) PDFs to aas@uk-engage.org

For any queries please email: AASelections2020@aasciences.africa.

Click here to go to nominations portal