International Union of Geological Sciences
Active Members
Status as of July 2024
Dr. Karima Tafer
Agence du Service Géologique de l'Algérie (Ministry of Energy and Mines)
Lotissement 11 décembre 1960, El Biar, Algiers, Algeria
Tel: +213 661 332 320
Email: karima.tafer@asga.dz
Ms Rosanna Shamshudin (she/her), International Engagement Officer (International [Mon to Thu])
Australian Academy of Science
Ngunnawal Country, Ian Potter House, 9 Gordon Street, Acton ACT 2601
GPO Box 783, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
Tel: +61 02 6201 9413
Email: rosanna.shamshudin@science.org.au
Email: ISC@science.org.au
Prof. Patrick De Deckker, Chair
National Committee for Earth Sciences
Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University, Acton ACT 2601, Australia
Tel: +61 (02) 02 9850 8362; Fax: +61 (02) 9850 8943
Website: http://www.science.org
Email: Patrick.DeDeckker@anu.edu.au
Email: icsu@science.org.au
Dr. Robert Supper, Director
Geological Survey of Austria, Geologisches Bundesanstalt
Neulinggasse 38, AT-1030 Vienna, Austria
Tel: +43 1 712 56 74 100; Fax: +43 1 712 56 74 56
Website: www.geologie.ac.at
Email: Robert.Supper@geologie.ac.at
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Grasemann
Austrian National Committee for Geosciences, Department for Geodynamics and Sedimentology, University of Vienna
Althanstrasse 14/2B445, A-1090, Vienna, Austria
Tel: +43 1 427753472
Website: geologie.univie.ac.at
Email: Bernhard.Grasemann@univie.ac.at
Email: bernhard.plunger@oeaw.ac.at
Reshad Md. Ekram Ali, Director General
Geological Survey of Bangladesh
153, Pioneer Road, Segunbagicha, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
Email: geologicalsurveybd@gmail.com
Email: nasimabdgsb@gmail.com
Email: mdnizam.1961@gmail.com
Robert P. Speijer, President
National Committee of Geological Sciences of Belgium
Division of Geology, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
KU Leuven Celestijnenlaan 200E, P.O.Box 2408, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium
Tel: +32 16 326404; Fax: +32 16 322980
Website: http://www.ncgw-cnsg.ugent.be
Email: robert.speijer@kuleuven.be
Email: sara.vandycke@umons.ac.be
Email: nmattiel@ulb.ac.be
Tiyapo Hudson Ngwisanyi, Director
Botswana Geoscience Institute (BGI)
Private Bag 0014, Khama 1 Avenue, Lobatse, Botswana
Tel: +267-330327; Fax: +267-332013
Website: http://www.geoscience.gov.bw/geos/
Email: tngwisanyit@bgi.org.bw
Email: mapeorbm@mopipi.ub.bw
Email: botsgs@gov.bw
Dr. Roberto Eduardo Kirchheim
PhD Geoscience Researcher, International Affairs Advisory
Mineral Resources Research Company - CPRM, Companhia de Pesquisa de Recursos Minerais
Serviço Geológico do Brasil
Av. Pasteur 404, 3rd Floor, Urca, 22.290-255 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Email: roberto.kirchheim@cprm.gov.br
Email: roberto.kirchheim@sgb.gov.br
Prof. Ivan Zagorchev
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Geological Institute
bl. 24, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
Email: i_zagorchev@geology.bas.bg
Dr. Katherine Boggs, Chair of the Canadian national Committee for IUGS
Mount-Royal University
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Email: kboggs@mtroyal.ca
Priyanka Goel
National Research Council of Canada, International Relations, International Innovation Office
Government of Canada
1200, Montreal Road, Building M50-315A, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0R6, Canada
Tel: 613-990-8154
Website: http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
Email: priyanka.goel@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
Dr. Daniel Lebel
Director General
Geological Survey of Canada
Canadian Committee for IUGS
601 Booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0E8, Canada
Email: daniel.lebel@canada.ca
Alvaro Fernando Puig Godoy, President
Sociedad Geologica de Chile
Valentín Letelier 20, oficina 401, Santiago, Chile
Email: sociedad.geologica.chile@gmail.com
Prof. Zhu Lixin, Executive Deputy Secretary-General
Geological Society of China
c/o Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences
26 Baiwanzhuang Road, Xicheng District, 100037 Beijing, China
Email: lixinz@cags.ac.cn
Email: dic@cags.ac.cn
Dr. Jorge Gómez Tapias
Coordinator of the Geological Map of Colombia Project
Servicio Geológico Colombiano
Diagonal 53 No. 34-53, Oficina 210, Bogotá D.C., Colombia
Email: mapageo@sgc.gov.co
Email: jogomez@sgc.gov.co
Gerardo J. Soto
Colegio de Geólogos de Costa Rica
Apdo 123-2050 San Pedro de Montes de Oca, San José, Costa Rica
Tel: +506 8369-3126
Email: katomirodriguez@yahoo.com
Email: secretaria@geologos.or.cr
Dr. Slobodan Miko, President
Hrvatsko Geolosko Drustvo (Croatian Geological Society)
Sachsova 2, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Tel: +385 16160888
Email: smiko@hgi-cgs.hr
Email: info@geologija.hr
Blasa C Delgado Diez, MSc.
Directora General (General Director)
Instituto de Geología y Paleontología
Servicio Geológico de Cuba
Calle Via Blanca No. 1002, e/ Rio Luyano y Prolongacion de Calzada de Guines, Municipio San Miguel del Padron, 11000 La Habana, Cuba
Tel: +53 7 696 7232; Fax: +53 7 696 7004
Email: dgeneral@igp.minem.cu
Email: drhumanos@igp.minem.cu
Email: relint@igp.minem.cu
Mr. Christodoulos Hadjigeorgiou, Director
Geological Survey Department, Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment
Lefkonos str. 1, Strovolos, CY-1415 Lefkosia, Nicosia, Cyprus
Email: director@gsd.moa.gov.cy
Email: chadjigeorgiou@gsd.moa.gov.cy
Mgr. Tomáš Kumpan, Ph.D.
Czech National Geological Committee
Czech Geological Society
V Holešovičkách 41, 182 09 Praha 8, Czech Republic
Email: kumpan@sci.muni.cz
Prof. Marie Louise Nosch, President
Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
H. C. Andersens Boulevard 35, DK-1553 Copenhagen V, Denmark
Email: nosch@royalacademy.dk
Prof. Thomas Sinkjær, Secretary General
Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
H. C. Andersens Boulevard 35, DK-1553 Copenhagen V, Denmark
Email: ts@royalacademy.dk
Zakaria Hamimi, President
Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research & Technology (ASRT)
101 Kaser Al-Aini Street, 11516 Cairo, Egypt
Email: asrt@asrt.sci.eg
Email: info@asrt.sci.eg
Email: zakariahamimi2@gmail.com
Email: osama.i.maruzouk@gmail.com
Kerlin Remmel
Estonian Academy of Sciences
Kohtu 6, Tallinn
Tel: +372 516 1308
Email: kerlin.remmel@akadeemia.ee
Prof. Kalle Kirsimäe, Chair
Estonian National Committee for Geology
Institute of Geology, Tallinn University of Technology
5 Ehitajate tee, EE 19086 Tallinn, Estonia
Email: kalle.kirsimae@ut.ee
PhD/docent Aku Heinonen, Secretary
Finnish National Committee for Geology
Geological Survey of Finland
P.O. Box 96, FI-02151 Espoo, Finland
Email: aku.heinonen@gtk.fi
François Baudin, VP International Affairs
Société Géologique de France
77, rue Claude Bernard, Geology House, 75005 Paris, France
Email: international@geosoc.fr
Email: accueil@geosoc.fr
Gambia
Mr. Alieu Jawo, Director
Geological Department of The Gambia
Post Office Road, Kanifing, The Gambia
Tel: +220 4374357/ 9930692/3019687
Email: alieujawo@hotmail.com
Prof. Dr. Martin Meschede
Bundesanstalt fuer Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe
German National Committee for the IUGS, Secretariat
Stilleweg 2, DE-30655 Hanover, Germany
Email: meschede@uni-greifswald.de
Email: ralph.watzel@bgr.de
Email: buero.praesident@bgr.de
Dr. Adonis Photiades
Hellenic Survey of Geology and Mineral Exploration
1, Spirou Loui str., Olympic Village, Acharnae, GR-13677, Greece
Tel: +30 2131337196; Fax: +30 2131337448
Email: afotiadis@eagme.gr
Mr. Peter Sipos, Secretary
Institute for Geological and Geochemical Research, Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences
Hungarian Academy of Sciences - MTA
Budaorsi ut 45c, H-1112 Budapest, Hungary
Email: sipos@geochem.hu
Email: hass@caesar.elte.hu
Prof. Pradeep Srivastava FNA, Chair
Indian National Committee for IUGS-INQUA
Associate Professor
Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Roorkee-247667, India
Email: pradeep@es.iitr.ac.in
Email: pradeepsrivastava71s@gmail.com
Dr. Brotati Chattopadhyay
Assistant Executive Director-I (Council & International)
Indian National Science Academy
Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi-110 002, India
Email: icsu@insa.nic.in
Email: council@insa.nic.in
Mr. Koen Verbruggen, Chair
National Committee for Ireland for IUGS and IGCP
Geological Survey Ireland
Block 1, Booterstown Hall, Booterstown Avenue, Booterstown, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, A94 N2R6, Ireland
Email: Koen.Verbruggen@gsi.ie
Email: t.gallagher@ria.ie
Prof. Sigal Abramovich
Israel National Committee of Geology
Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev Beer Sheva
Jerusalem 91040, Israel
Email: sigalabr@bgu.ac.il
Email: jo@academy.ac.il
Nili Cohen, President
Israel Academy of Sciences & Humanities
Albert Einstein Square, PO Box 4040, Jerusalem 91040, Israel
Email: jo@academy.ac.il
Dr. Cecilia Lalle
International Relation Unit, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR)
P.le Aldo Moro, 7, 00185 Rome, Italy
Tel: +39 06 4993 7827
Email: cecilia.lalle@cnr.it
Prof. Rodolfo Carosi, Chair
International Relation Unit, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR)
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Torino
via Valperga Caluso 35, 10125 Torino, Italy
Email: rodolfo.carosi@unito.it
Prof. Takeshi Kakegawa, Chair
Department Earth Science, Faculty of Science, Tohoku University
6-3 Aramaki Aza Aoba, Sendai City, Miyagi, 980-8578, Japan
Tel: +81 22795 6660
Email: kakegawa@tohoku.ac.jp
Kazakhstan
Prof. Bulat Uzhkenov, President
Kazakhstan Geological Society (KazGEO）
office 1004, Abylay Khan Av. 91, 050000 Almaty, Kazakhstan
Email: amr_rk@mail.ru
Email: a.zotkina@unesco.org
Email: ssagilya@yahoo.com
Kenya
Geol. Chrysanthus Muchori Gicheruh
Geological Society of Kenya
P. O. Box 60199-00200
Kenya
Email: president@gsk.or.ke
Email (cc): gichmuch@yahoo.com
Prof. Young-Seog Kim, President
The Geological Society of Korea
RM 813 (The First Bldg.), 7 Gil 22, Teheran-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 06130, Republic of Korea
Email: office@gskorea.or.kr
Email: ysk7909@pknu.ac.kr
Email: kklee@snu.ac.kr
Egidijus Viskontas, Director
Lietuvos Geologijos Tarnyba (Lithuanian Geological Survey)
S. Konarskio 35, LT-03123 Vilnius, Lithuania
Email: Egidijus.Viskontas@lgt.lt
Email: international@lgt.lt
Robert Colbach, Head
Administration des ponts et chaussées, Service géologique de l'Etat
23, rue du Chemin de Fer, L-8057 Bertrange, Luxembourg
Email: robert.colbach@pch.etat.l
Zamri bin Ramli, Director General (DG)
Department of Mineral and Geoscience Malaysia (JMG)
Level 9, Menara PjH, No. 2, Jalan Tun Abdul Razak, Presint 2
62100 W.P Putrajaya, Malaysia
Email: zamri@jmg.gov.my (DG)
Email: kamaruddan@jmg.gov.my (Deputy DG)
Email: abdullah@jmg.gov.my (IUGS, JMG Malaysia desk officer)
Mexico
Dr. Ricardo Barragán Manzo, Director
Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Ciudad Universitaria, 04510, Mexico City, Mexico
E-mail: dirigl@unam.mx
E-mail: rbarraganmanzo@gmail.com
Morocco
Dr. Ahmed Benlakhdim, Director of Geology
Direction de la Géologie, Ministère de l'Energie, Mines, Eau et Environement
Triplex N°18 Harhoura, Skhirate, 64001 Temara, Morocco
Email: a.benlakhdim@mem.gov.ma
Myanmar
Dr. Sone Han, President
Myanmar Geosciences Society (MGS)
303 MES Building, Hlaing University Campus, Yangon, Myanmar
Tel: +95 9 2042054; Tel: +95 9 260942790; Fax: +95 1 519681
Email: office@myanmargeosciences.net
Email: sonehan.vpile@gmail.com
Mrs Helke Mocke, IUGS Contact
Namibia National IUGS Committee (Geological Survey of Namibia)
Private Bag 13297, 6 Aviation Road, Windhoek, Namibia
Email: Helke.Mocke@mme.gov.na
Dr. Michiel van der Meulen
TNO Geological Survey of the Netherlands
PO Box 80015, 3508 TA Utrecht, The Netherlands
Anna van Buerenplein 1, 2595 Da The Hague, The Netherlands
Tel: +31(0)88-866-4874
Email: michiel.vandermeulen@tno.nl
Email: paul.boggard@tno.nl
Dr. Kari Bassett
Geoscience Society of New Zealand
University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand
Email: kari.bassett@canterbury.ac.nz
Email: international.unions@royalsociety.org.nz
Michelle Wickens
Royal Society Te Aparangi
PO Box 598, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
Tel: +64 4-470-5756
Email: Michelle.Wickens@royalsociety.org.nz
Norway
Dr. Oystein Nordgulen
Norwegian National Committee for IUGS
Geological Survey of Norway, NGU
Post 6315 Sluppen, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway
Email: oysten.norgren@ngu.no
Email: anders.elverhoi@geo.uio.no
Email: r.h.kville@dnva.no
Dr. Henry John Luna Cordova, Presidente del Consejo Directivo
Instituto Geologico Minero y Metalurgico
Av. Canadá 1470, San Borja Apartado 88, Lima 41, Peru
Email: hluna@ingemmet.gob.pe
Email: yalarcon@ingemmet.gob.pe
Email: rcardenas@ingemmet.gob.pe
Wilfredo G. Moncano, Director
Mines and Geosciences Bureau
Department of Environmental and Natural Resources
MGB Compound, North Avenue, Diliman, Quenzon City, Philippines
Email: central@mgb.gov.ph
Dr. Andrzej Zelazniewicz, President
Polish National Committee for Geology
Institute of Geological Sciences PAS, Wroclaw Centre
Podwale 75, 50449 Wroclaw, Poland
Tel: +48 71 3376345
Email: pansudet@pwr.wroc.pl
Email: bwz@pan.pl
Email: agnieszka.persinska@pan.pl
José Carlos Kullberg, President
Geological Society of Portugal
Sociedade Geológica de Portugal
Rua da Escola Politécnica 56-58, 1269-102 Lisboa, Portugal
Email: jck@fct.unl.pt
Email: rita.sola@ineg.pt
Alis-Maria Alexă
International Relations Department, Romanian Academy
125, Calea Victoriei, sector 1, RO - 010071, Bucharest, Romania
Tel: +40 21 312 4699
Email: alis.alexa@acad.ro
Prof. Dr. Victor Mocanu
National Committee of Geologists from Romania (IUGS and IGCP)
University of Bucharest, Faculty of Geology and Geophysics
6 Trian Vuia Street, RO-020956, Bucharest 2, Romania
Email: vi_mo@yahoo.com
Prof. Valdimir Simic, President
The Serbian Geological Society
Kamenička 6, Belgrade, Serbia
Tel: +381 63 432 805
Email: valdimir.simic@ug.org
Prof. PhD Meri Ganić, President
Serbian National Committee for IUGS
University of Belgrade-Faculty of Mining & Geology
Đušina 7, Belgrade, Serbia
Tel: +381 11 2632 166
Email: meri.ganic@rgf.bg.ac.rs
Email: dejan.radivojevic@rgf.bg.ac.rs
Assoc. Prof. Marianna Kováčová, Chair
National Geological Committee of Slovakia
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Geology and Paleontology
Mlynská dolina, Ilkovičova 6, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Email: marianna.kovacova@uniba.sk
https://geopaleo.sk/kovacova-marianna/
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marianna-Kovacova-2
Dr. Milan Kohút, Deputy chairman
National Geological Committee of Slovakia
Earth Science Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences
Dúbravská cesta 9, 840 05 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Email: milan.kohut@savba.sk
http://www.geo.sav.sk/sk/staff/milan-kohut/
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Milan-Kohut-2
Dr. Martina Moravcová, Secretary
National Geological Committee of Slovakia
State Geological Institute of Dionyz Stur
Mlynská dolina 1, 817 04 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Email: martina.moravcova@geology.sk
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Martina-Moravcova
Dr. Matevž Novak, national representative
Geological Survey of Slovenia
Dimičeva ulica 14, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Tel: +386 1 2809 781
Email: matevz.novak@geo-zs.si
Prof. Sharad Master, Acting Chair
South African Committee for IUGS and IGCP
Email: Sharad.Master@wits.ac.za
Ms. Busiswa Molefe, Professional Officer
National Research Foundation
PO Box 2600, Pretoria 0001, South Africa
Tel: +27 481 4028
Email: busiswa@nrf.ac.za
Email: isc-southafrica@nrf.ac.za
Dr. Santiago Martín Alfageme, Secretary
Comisión Nacional de Geología
Instituto Geológico y Minero de España (IGME)
Rios Rosas 23, ES-28003 Madrid, Spain
Tel: +34 913 495 876
Email: s.martin@igme.es
Fanny Hartvig, President
Swedish National Committee for Geology
Department of Geosciences
Swedish Museum of Natural History
Box 50 007, SE-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden
Tel: +46 8 5195 4034
Email: fanny.hartvig@sweco.se
Therese Bejgarn, Secretariat
Swedish National Committee for Geology
Geological Survey of Sweden
Email: therese.bejgarn@sgu.se
Prof. Dr. Allison Daley, President
IUGS Swiss National Committee
University of Lausanne, Institute of Earth Sciences
Batiment Géopolis, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
Email: allison.daley@unil.ch
Prof. Ya-Hsuan Liou, President
I-Chin Yen, Secretary General
Geological Society located in Taipei (GST)
Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University
No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan, China
Email: gst@gst.org.tw
Mr. Phichit Sombatmak, Director-General
Department of Mineral Resources
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
75/10 Rama VI Road, Phayathai, Ratchathewi, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand
Email: phichit@dmr.mail.go.th
Email: patchara@dmr.mail.go.th
Erdin Bozkurt, President
Association for Geological Sciences of Turkey
National Committee of Turkey for IUGS
Maden Tetkik ve Arama Genel Müdürlügü
Jeoloji Etütleri Dairesi
TR-06520 Ankara, Turkey
Email: erdin@metu.edu.tr
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ender Sarifakioglu
General Director of Mineral Resource and Exploration, MTA
Geological Survey of Turkey)
Geological Research Department
06800 Ankara, Turkey
Email: jed@mta.gov.tr
Simon Thompson, Executive Secretary
The Geological Society of London
Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BG, United Kingdom
Email: simon.thompson@geolsoc.org.uk
Natasha Stephen, Director of Science and Engagement
The Geological Society of London
Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J OBG, United Kingdom
Email: natasha.stephen@geolsoc.org.uk
Dr. Ourania Kosti, Director
Board on International Scientific Organizations
National Academy of Sciences
500 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001, USA
Email: okosti@nas.edu
Islamov Bobir Farkhadovich, Chairman of NCGU
National Committee of Geologists of Uzbekistan, c/o State Committee on Geology and Mineral Resources
11, Shevchenko street, Mirobod district, Tashkent 100060 GSP, Uzbekistan
Tel: +998 71 256 86 53; Fax: +998 71 256 86 58
Email: info@uzgeolcom.uz
Email: info@nkgu.uz
Email: N.Dulabova@mingeo.uz
Inactive Members
Members have not paid for 3 years or more
Status as of July 2024
Dr. Viktor Doda, Director General
Albanian Geological Survey
Sherbimi Gjeologjik Shqiptar, Drejtoria e Pergjitheshme
Rruga e Kavajes, Nr. 153, Tirana, Albania
Email: viktor.doda@gsa.gov.al
Email: ae_beqiraj@yahoo.com
Email: hdariu@gsa.gov.al
Dr. Diamantino Pedro Azevedo, Minister
Ministry of Mineral Resources, Petroleum and Gas of Angola
Mr. Canga Xiaquivuila
Chair and CEO of the Geological Institute of Angola
(Hon. Francisco Manuel Monteiro de Queiroz 9)
Av Hochiminh, P.O.Box 1260, Luanda, Angola
Email: canga7@gmail.com
Dr. Andrés Folguera, President
IUGS National Committee for Argentina
Asociación Geológica Argentina
Maipú 645, 1er Piso, (1006) Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Email: secretaria@geologica.org.ar
Email: andresfolguera2@yahoo.com.ar
Dr. Arif Jafar Ismail-Zadeh
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (AzNAS), Geology Institute
H. Javid ave. 29A, 370143 Baku, Azerbaijan
Email: secretary@iit.ab.az
Email: arifismail@excite.com
Email: ak.alizade@gia.ab.az
Belarus
Dr. Vladimir V. Karpuk, Chair
Geological Society of Belarus
Belarussian Geological Society
Department of Geology, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
Nekrasov str. 7, 220040 Minsk, Belarus
Email: depgeo@gd.nsys.by
Belize
Andre Cho, Director
Geology & Petroleum Department
Market Square, Cayo District, Belmopan City, Belize
Email: gdp.director@mnrei.gov.bz
Email: gdp.deputydirector@mnrei.gov.bz
Email: secretary.gpd@estpu.gov.bz
Edwin Jurado Aramayo, Director General Ejecutivo
Servicio Geológico Minero
Calle Federico Zuazo No. 1673, Reyes Ortíz Zona Central, La Paz, Bolivia
Email: ejurado03@gmail.com
Email: sigebo@sergeomin.gob.bo
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Dr. Alisa Babajic
Geological Society of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Zavod Za Geologiju
Ustanicka 11, 71 210 Ilidza, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Email: alisababajic@yahoo.com
Mr. Jean Alphonse Some, Director General
Bureau of Mines and Geology of Burkina Faso
01 BP 601, Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso
Email: bumigeb.bobo@fasonet.bf
Email: bumigeb@cenatrin.bf
Burundi
Dr. Pascal Nkurunziza, Chief
Département de Géologie et Minéralogie, Faculté des Sciences, Université du Burundi
B.P. 2700, Bujumbura, Burundi
Email: nkurupas2003@yahoo.fr
Dr. Joseph Penaye, Director
Institute for Geological and Mining Research
B.P. 333, Garoua, Cameroon
Tel: +237 77 60 48 24
Email: jpenaye@yahoo.fr
Cote d'Ivoire
Prof. Kouadio Affian, Vice President
Université Felix Houphouët-Boigny
Curat, 22BP 801 Abidjan 22, Cote d'Ivoire
Email: K_affian@yahoo.fr
Email: vpe@univ-fhb.edu.ci
Democratic Republic of Congo
Mr. Alphonse Kaputo, Geology Department Head
GECAMINES General Direction
Kamanyola Avenue, BP 450 Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo
Email: akaputok@hotmail.com
Ecuador
Byron Granda, Executive Director
Instituto Nacional de Investigación Geológico Minero Metalúrgico
Monteserrin calle, Las Malva E15-142 y De Los Perales, Quito, Ecuador
Email: inigemm@inigemm.gob.ec
Email: byron.granda@geoinvestigacion.gob.ec
Prof. I . Gamkrelidze, Chair
Georgian National Committee of Geologists
Georgian National Academy of Sciences, Presidium of the Council
52 Rustaveli Ave., GE 380008 Tbilisi, Georgia
Email: irakli_ga@yahoo.com
Email: erekle.gamkrelidze@science.org.ge
Ghana
John Agyei Duo, Director
Ghana Geological Survey Department
Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources
No. 6, 7th Avenue, P.O. Box M. 80, Accra, Ghana
Email: info@gsd.ghanamining.org
Director General
Institute Geografico Nacional, Geology Division
Avenida Las Americas S-76, Zona 13, CP 01013, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Email: ign@ign.gob.gt
Dr. Kristinn J. Albertsson, Chair
Icelandic National Committee for IUGS
Icelandic Institute of Natural History
Akureyri Borgir Nordurslod, 602 Akureyri, Iceland
Email: kralb@ni.is
Indonesia
Dwi Rovicky Putrohari, President
The Indonesian Association of Geologists
Mineral and Coal Building 6th Floor, Jl. Prof. Soepomo SH No. 10, Jakarta Selatan 12870, Indonesia
Email: secretariat@iagi.or.id
Email: iagisek@cbn.net.id
Iran
Alireza Shahidi, Vice Minister and Director General
Geological Survey of Iran
Meradj Blvd., Azadi Sq, Po.Box. 13185-1494, Tehran, Iran
Email: int@gsi.ir
Email: shahid.alireza@gmail.com
Iraq
Dr. Saffa Fouad, Deputy Director General
Iraq Geological Survey
P.O. Box 986, Alwiya, Baghdad, Iraq
Email: saffafouad@geosurviraq.com
Email: directorgeneral@geosurviraq.com
Mr. Clinton Thompson, Commissioner of Mines
Ministry of Agriculture & Mining
P.O. Box 141, KGN 6 Hope Gardens, Jamaica, WI
Email: commissioner@mgd.gov.jm
Email: cthompon@mgd.gov.jm
Dr. Bahjat Adwan, President
Jordanian Geologists Association
Trade Unions Complex
Box 142277, Amman Shmessani 941 792, Jordan
Email: Info@jga.org.jo
Korea North (PDR)
Dr. Chol Su Kim, Director
Korean Geological Association
Korean General Federation of Science and Technological Societies
Sungri Street, Jung District, Pyongyang, Korea Democratic Republic
Email: gfstcn@gmail.com
Mr. Fidaim Sahiti, Director
Geological Survey of Kosovo
Ministry of Economic Development
Republic of Kosovo
Email: fidaim.sahiti@rks-gov.net
Dr. Akylbek Maralbaev, President
Tian-Shan Geological Society of Kyrgyzstan
Rector of the Kyrgyz State University of Geology, Mining and Natural Resources Development
Chu Avenue, 720001, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Email: president@geotianshan.org
Email: info@geotianshan.org
Email: secretary@geotianshan.or
Latvia
Ervins Luksevics, Chairman
Department of Geology, University of Latvia
Rainis Blvd 19, Riga 1586, Latvia
Tel: +371 28364740
Email: Ervins.Luksevics@lu.lv
Dr. Nada Chbat
Lebanese University
Direction des Relations Internationales, Administration Centrale
Headquarter-Museum Square, B.P. 14/6573, Beirut, Lebanon
Tel: +961 1 612584
Email: dri@ul.edu.lb
Lesotho
Mr. Mpooa Mpooa
Department of Mines and Geology, Lesotho
P.O. Box 750, Maseru 100, Lesotho
Email: mmpooa@yahoo.com
Libya
Mr. Mohamed J. Abukes
Geological Research & Mining Department
Industrial Research Center
P.O. Box 3633 Tajoura, Tripoli, Libya
Email: mjma48@hotmail.com
Email: info@irc.ly
Madagascar
Director
Ministere des Mines et de l Énergie, Service de la Geologie
Rue Farafaty - Ampandrianomby, B.P. 322, Antananarivo 101, Madagascar
Email: Energ2@dts.mg
Mr. Nyama, Director
Geological Survey Department, Ministry of Energy and MiningP.O. Box 27, Zomba, Malawi
Email: stanleynyama@gmail.com
Mr. Dombola, Deputy Director
Email: kdombola@gmail.com
Mr. Makwela, Deputy Director
Email: makwelawisdom@gmail.com
Dr. Bat-Ireedui Yandag, President
Geological Society of Mongolia
Building 11-1-1, Baga toiruu, Sukhbaatar District, 6th Khoroo,Ulaanbaatar-14201, Mongolia
Email: batireedui.ya@geosociety.mn
Mr. Elias Xavier Felix Daudi, Director
National Directorate of Geology and Mines
Praca 25 de Junho, No. 380, PO Box 217, Maputo, Mozambique
Email: exfdaudi@gmail.com
Nicaragua
Magdalena Pérez, President
Asociación de Geólogos y Profesiones Afinas, International Relation
P.O. Box 3671, Managua, Nicaragua
Email: angelica.munoz@gf.ineter.gob.ni
Niger
Director
Université de Niamey, Faculte de Science, Departement de Geologie
B.P. 237, Niamey, Niger
Email: cz0015@163.com
Nigeria
Dr. Abdulrazaq Garba, Director General
Nigeria Geological Survey Agency (NGSA)
P.M.B. 616, Utako District, Abuja FTC 900 001, Nigeria
Email: razaqgarba@yahoo.com
Email: olikway@yahoo.com
Pakistan
Mr. Syed Hasan Gauhar, President
Pakistan Academy of Geological Sciences
204-B, Street 74, F-11/1, Islamabad, Pakistan
Email: hasangauhar@hotmail.com
Email: pasisb@yahoo.com
Panama
Ing. Zahadía Barrera, Directora Nacional
Ministerio de Commercio e Industrias, Dirección Nacional de Recursos Minerales
Apartado Postal 8515, Edifício Edison Center, Avd Ricardo J. Alfaro (Tumba Muerto), Panamá 5, Panama
Email: contactenos@mici.gob.pa
Email: zbarrera@mici.gob.pa
Director
Geological Survey Division, Mineral Resources Authority
P.O. Box 1906, Port Moresby, NCD, Papua New Guinea
Email: info@mra.gov.pg
Email: gkunac@mra.gov.pg
Email: dsaroa@mra.gov.pg
Paraguay
Lic. Emilio Javier Buongermini Palumbo,
Viceministerio de Minas Y Energia, Dirección de Recursos Minerales
Barrio San Miguel, Los Rosales, Ciudad de San Lorenzo, Paraguay
Email: drm@ssme.gov.py
Email: gdasilva.vmme@gmail.com
Email: viceministro@ssme.gov.py
Dr. Abdullah Mohsin Al-Attas, Asst. President for Technical Affairs
Saudi Geological Survey
P.O. Box 54141, Jeddah 21541, Saudi Arabia
Email: Alattas.AM2@sgs.org.sa
Email: HarbiZM@sgs.org.sa
Mr. Ousamme Cisse, Directeur
Direccion des Mines et de la Geologie
104 Rue Carnot Dakar, B.P. 1238, Dakar, Senegal
Email: dmg@dirmingeol.sn
Somalia
No contact person
Prof. Rohan Fernando, Director General
Geological Survey and Mines Bureau
569, Epitamulla Road, Pitakotte, Colombo District, Sri Lanka
Tel: +94 11-2886289 / 2886290; Fax: +94 11-2886273
Email: gsmb@slt.lk
Email: chairman_gsmb@gsmb.gov.lk
Email: dg@gsmb.gov.lk
Sudan
Dr. Yousef Al-Samani Mohammed Ali, Director General
Geological Research Authority of Sudan
P.O. Box 410, Khartoum, Sudan
Email: gras@sudanmail.net
Suriname
Mr. G. Gemerts, Deputy Director Mining
Geologisch Mijnbouwkundige Dienst
Mr. Jagermath Lachmonstraat 181, Paramaribo, Suriname
Email: gmd@sr.net
Swaziland
Mr. Simon Maphanga, Assistant Director
Geological Survey and Mines Department
P.O. Box 9, Mbabane H100, Swaziland
Email: geo.director@swazi.net
Syrian Arab Republic
Director General
Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources
P.O. Box 7645, Khatib Street, Al-Adawi, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic
Email: geo@net.sy
Email: moprr-central@mail.sy
Tajikistan
Mr. Oimuhammadzoda Ilhomjon Sulton, Head of Department
Government of the Republic of Tajikistan
Mirzo Tursunzade str. 27, 734025 Dushanbe City, Tajikistan
Email: oimuhammadzoda@gmail.com
Tanzania
Dr. Abdulkarim Mruma, Chief Executive Officer
Geological Survey of Tanzania
P.O. Box 903, Dodoma, Tanzania
Email: Abdulkarim.Mruma@gst.go.tz
Email: yokbeth.myumbilwa@gst.go.tz
Email: madini-do@gst.go.tz
Mr. Mohsen Hassine, Chef Service
Office National des Mines
Street of Energy 24, Rue 8601, 2035 La Charguia, B.P. 215, 1080 Cedex Tunis, Tunisia
Email: dsg.onm@email.ati.tn
Email: contact@onm.nat.tn
Uganda
Edwards Katto, Commissioner
Department of Geological Survey and Mines
P.O. Box 9, Plot 21-29, Johnstone Road, Entebbe, Uganda
Email: edwards.katto@gmail.com
Email: dgsm@minerals.go.ug
Email: minerals@infocom.co.ug
Ukraine
Prof. V. M. Shestopalov, Chair
National Committee of Geologists of Ukraine
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Department of Geosciences
54, Vladimirskaya str., Kyiv 30, UA 01601, Ukraine
Email: shestopalov@nas.gov.ua
Email: vnz@nas.gov.ua
Dra. Leda Sanchez Bettucci
Direccion Nacional de Mineria y Geologia
Hervidero 2861, C.P. 11800, Montevideo, Uruguay
Email: dnmgdmin@dinamige.miem.gub.uy
Email: secretaria@dinamige.miem.gub.uy
Venezuela
Ing. Geól. Omar Contreras, Presidente
INGEOMIN, Ministerio de Energia y Minas
Av. Lecuna - Torre Oeste, 5 Piso, Parque Central, Caracas, Venezuela
Email: omcontreras@menpet.gob.ve
Dr. Bui Duc Thang, Secretary General
Vietnam Union of Geological Sciences
6, Pham Ngu Lao St., Hoan Kiem, Hanoi, Vietnam
Email: thangthdc@gmail.com
Eng. Ahmed Yamani Al-Tamimi
Yemeni Geological Survey and Mineral Resources Authority
Yemen Republic
Email: info@gsmr-aden.org
Eng. Bashar Saif Al-Tayeb
Yemeni Geological Survey and Mineral Resources Authority
Yemen Republic
Tel: +9672241536; +9672241579; +9672241995
Email: Basharatep@gmail.com
Mr. Chipilauka Mukofu, Director
Geological Survey Department, Zambia
Ministry of Mines & Mineral Development
Box 50135, Lusaka, Zambia
Email: apdokowe@yahoo.co.uk
Email: mukofuc@gmail.com
Active Pending Members
Members have not paid for 2 years
Status as of July 2024
Guyana
Commissioner
Guyana Geology and Mines Commission
P.O.Box 1028, Upper Brickdam, Georgetown, Guyana
Email: commissioner@ggmc.gov.gy
Russia (suspended)
Saima M. Makhmutova, Executive Secretary
Russian National Committee of Geologists
Geological Institute RAS, GIN RAS
Pyzhevsky pereulok, 7, stroenie 1, 119017 Moscow, Russian Federation
Tel.: +7 495-951-7500
Email: saima.mahmutova@yandex.ru
International Relations
Russian Academy of Sciences
Leninsky prospect 14, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation
Email: ncgrus@ginras.ru