The quadrennial General Assembly of the International Cartographic Association (ICA) took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at the end of August. The decision-making body of ICA, made up of its member nations, is charged with making policy and setting the working practices for the next four-year period. One of its most important tasks is to elect the association's leadership team for the next four years. The results of the election of officers can be seen in the regular panel below, updated with the names of those chosen to serve as the new president and members of the Executive Committee. Professor Menno-Jan Kraak, of the ITC Faculty of the University of Twente, The Netherlands, was elected by acclamation, to succeed as the 13th leader of ICA. Having been a member of the ICA Executive Committee since 2007, and with his extraordinarily broad knowledge of cartography worldwide through the global 'ITC family', his UN work and his wide-ranging work-related travels, Menno-Jan is ideally placed to raise the profile of ICA even further. The opportunities to promote cartography through ICA's participation in ICSU, through the UN-endorsed International Map Year 2015-2016, through the launch of the new International Journal of Cartography and through the invigorated efforts of a renewed or newly established set of ICA Commissions (also revised and listed in the panel below), will be enhanced by his enthusiasm and dedication.
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