IAF Bureau

The IAF Bureau is one of the main organs of the International Astronautical Federation, consisting of Elected and Appointive Officers.

The IAF Bureau generally meets five times a year – twice in March during the IAF Spring Meetings held in Paris and three times during the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in September/October.

Duties of the IAF Bureau include:

Receive applications for Membership and report its recommendation to the General Assembly;
Recommend to the General Assembly for consideration the termination of Membership;
Recommend and supervise the arrangements for the plenary meetings of the General Assembly and for congresses, symposia and other such IAF meetings;
Prepare an agenda for the plenary meetings of the General Assembly;
Supervise the preparation of an annual financial report to the General Assembly;
Appoint interim committees;
Take appropriate measures for developing the cooperation of the Federation with national and international organizations, societies and bodies;
Perform such additional duties as may be directed by the General Assembly.

The President and Vice Presidents are elected for three years. The IAF President and IAF Vice Presidents shall serve in their office according to the provisions in the IAF Constitution for a maximum period of two non-consecutive terms.

THE IAF BUREAU CONSISTS OF:

VOTING MEMBERS

The IAF President
12 IAF Vice- Presidents

NON VOTING MEMBERS

The Incoming IAF President
The IAF Executive Director
The IAF General Counsel
The IAF Honorary Secretary

IAF BUREAU 2025 – 2026:

IAF President

Gabriella ARRIGO

IAF President; Director of International Affairs, Italian Space Agency (ASI), Italian Space Agency (ASI)

VP: Next Generation Activities

Amal ALBINALI

Chief, Strategic Planning & Projects Management Department, Bahrain Space Agency

Juan Carlos CORTÉS PULIDO

Director, Spanish Space Agency (AEE)

VP: Relations with International Organizations

Yusuf KIRAÇ

Chairman of The Board and President, Turkish Space Agency (TUA)

VP: Diversity Initiatives

Nikol KOLEVA

Executive Director, Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC)

VP: Astronauts Relations and Outreach

Michael LOPEZ-ALEGRIA

Chief Astronaut, Senior Vice President of Human Spaceflight, Axiom Space, LLC

VP: Space Agency Relations

Enrico PALERMO

Head, Australian Space Agency

M Ganesh PILLAI

Scientific Secretary, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

VP: Technical Activities and IAF Global Networking Forum

David SPENCER

Vice President for Publications, American Astronautical Society (AAS), Director of the Space Object Risk Department, The Aerospace Corporation, The Aerospace Corporation