Argentina's Celeste Soulo appointed as WMO's first female secretary general

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Category : Appointment/Resignation Published on: June 05 2023

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Prof. Saulo, has been Director of the National Meteorological Service of Argentina since 2014 and is currently the First Vice-President of WMO.
She will take office on 1 January 2024 and succeeds Prof Petteri Taalas, who has completed his two-term mandate
Saulo won a landslide vote at the UN Climate and weather agency's Congress in Geneva

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Argentina's Celeste Soulo appointed as WMO's first female secretary general