ESA MOHAMED : UIA PRESIDENT
Malaysian architect and town-planner Esa Mohamed has been elected UIA President during the UIA General Assembly,
which took place in Durban, South Africa from 7 to 9 August 2014. Esa Mohamed will undertake the presidency of the International Union of Architects for the triennial period 2014-2017. He succeeds French architect Albert Dubler.
He is the founder and director of Akitek Jururancang (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (AJM), an architectural and planning firm in Kuala Lumpur. He is the author of prestigious architectural projects in Malaysia, such as the Subang Jaya township, the masterplans forthe city of Kuala Lumpur and for the administrative capital of Putrajaya. He has also launched large-scale works in China, Pakistan, India, Australia and Saudi Arabia. Esa Mohamed received numerous awards among them The Aga Khan Award for Architeture in 2001 for the Datai Resort, Langkawi. Between 2008 and 2011, Esa Mohamed has been a UIA Council member, and then Vice-President of the Union from 2011 to 2014. He is a member of the UIA Commission for Professional Practice. He was president of the Malaysian Institute of Architects (PAM) between 1993-1995 and of the Architects Regional Council Asia (ARCASIA) from 1995 to1996.
UIABUREAU MEMBERS20014 - 2017 The UIA General Assembly also elected the new Bureau members: Secretary General: Thomas VONIER, USA
Treasurer: Fabian LLISTERRI, Spain • Vice-president Region I: David FALLA, United Kingdom • Vice-president Region II: Ms Deniz INCEDAYI, Turkey • Vice-president Region III: Carlos ALVAREZ, Costa Rica • Vice-president Region IV: Ms Yolanda DAVID REYES, Philippines • Vice-présidente RegionV: HAYDER Ali, Sudan
RIO DE JANEIROUIA CONGRESS 2020 The UIA General Assembly has elected Rio de Janeiro, Brazil as the host city of the 27th UIA Congress in 2020. The next congress will take place in 2017, in Seoul, Korea on the theme ‘The Soul of Seoul : intengible spiritual dimension’.
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UIA COUNCIL: 2014-2017
• President: Esa MOHAMED, Malaysia • Immediate past-president: Albert DUBLER, France • Secretary general: Thomas VONIER, USA • Treasurer: Fabian LLISTERRI, Spain • Vice-president Region I: David FALLA, United Kingdom • Vice-president Region II: Ms Deniz INCEDAYI, Turkey • Vice-president Region III: Carlos ALVAREZ, Costa Rica • Vice-president Region IV: Ms Yolanda DAVID REYES, Philippines • Vice-présidente RegionV: HAYDER Ali, Sudan
Council Members Region I, Western Europe France: Frédéric RAGOT, member – Philippe KLEIN alternate Switzerland: Ms Regina GONTHIER, member - Lorenz BRÄKER alternate The two other Council Members and their alternates will be elected during the next Council Meeting.
Council Members Region II, Eastern Europe and the Middle East Greece: Nikos FINTIKAKIS, member - Ms Fani VAVILI-TSINIKA, alternate Poland: Jerzy GROCHULSKI , member - Pawel KOBYLANSKI, alternate Roumania: Serban DRAGOS TIGANA, member - Vlad Alexandre GAIVORONSCHI, alternate Russia: Andrei BOKOV, member – Yaroslav USOV, alternate
Council Members Region III, The Americas Brazil: Roberto SIMON, member - Nadia SOMEKH, alternate The three other Council Members and their alternates will be elected during the next Council Meeting.
Council Members Region IV, Asia and Oceania Australia Peter MOULD, member - Paul BERKEMEIER, alternate China: ZHUANG Weimin, member - ZHANG Baiping, alternate India : Prakash DESHMUKH, member - Divya KUSH, alternate Republic of Korea: Kun Chang YI, member - Young Keun HAN, alternate
Council Members Region V, Africa Egypt: Tawfik EL RASHIDY member - Mohamed H. SEOUDY KAMEL, alternate Morocco: Mohamed CHAOUI member - Chakib BENABDELLAH, alternate Kenya: Gideon M. MULYUNGI member - Waweru GATHECHA, alternate Tanzania: Mohammed MUNYANYA member - Mbaraka IGANGULA, alternate