Abdulla Al Mandous

Abdulla Ahmed Al Mandous is the current President of WMO. Al Mandous was elected as WMO president for a four-year term from 2023 to 2027 by the representatives of WMO's 193 member states and territories which convened in Geneva for the body's 19th annual congress from 22 May to 2 June, 2023. Al Mandous is also Director General of the National Center of Meteorology (NCM), the government entity that provides meteorological and seismological services and statistical data and information to various entities and the public in the United Arab Emirates to carry out their daily functions. Studies Al Mandous studied meteorology at the Saint Louis University in the United States and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in 1989. Later, he pursued post-graduate studies in meteorology at the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa and earned a Master of Science degree in 2005. He was awarded a PhD in Meteorology by The University of Belgrade, Serbia in 2012. Career National Center of Meteorology Prior to his current roles, Al Mandous held several leadership positions for nearly two decades at several top governmental bodies responsible for atmospheric and seismographic monitoring and water resource management including Atmospheric Studies Center, Water Resources Studies Department, National Project of United Nations Development Programme for Water Sources Studies, Precipitation Enhancement Program, among others.