Past Council Chairs and IIASA Directors
IIASA's first Director, Howard Raiffa, and first Council Chair, Jermen Gvishiani were first in a series of distinguished scientists who have held these posts at IIASA.
Past Council Chairs
Oct. 1972- June 1987 Academician Jermen Gvishiani†
June 1987-May 1992 Academician Vladimir Mikhalevich†
June 1992-Nov. 1992 Professor Wolf Häfele†
Nov. 1992-June 1997 Academician Gueorgui Golitsyn
June 1997-Nov. 1998 Professor Kurt Komarek†**
Nov. 1998-Nov. 2000 Professor Arne Jernelöv
Nov. 2000-Nov. 2003 Professor Kenji Yamaji***
Nov. 2003-Dec. 2008 Professor Simon Levin
Dec. 2008-Nov. 2014 Professor Peter Lemke
Nov. 2014-June 2017 Professor Don Saari
June 2017-Sept. 2017 Academician Alexei Gvishiani***
* Acting Co-Chair
** Interim Chair
*** Acting Chair
Past Directors
Howard Raiffa†, 1972-1975
C.S. Holling†, 1981-1984
Robert H. Pry†, 1987-1990
Gordon J. MacDonald†, 1996-2000
Leen Hordijk, 2002-2008
Detlof von Winterfeldt, 2009-2012
Nebojsa Nakicenovic*, 2018
Roger Levien, 1975-1981
Thomas H. Lee†, 1984-1987
Peter E. de Jánosi†, 1990-1996
Arne B. Jernelöv*, 2000-2002
Sten Nilsson*, 2008-2009
Pavel Kabat, 2012-2018
* Acting Director
Current Chair
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