Jean-Pierre Ezin was elected and appointed Commissioner of the African Union during the Heads of States' Summit of the African Union in February. He will be in charge of the portofolio of Human Resources, Science and Technology for a four-year mandate, beginning in April. He is planning to develop a close cooperation with the ICTP for the promotion of science on the African continent.
Ezin is a mathematician at the Institut de Mathématiques et de Sciences Physiques (IMSP) in Porto-Novo, Benin. He is a former Senior Associate 1998-2003. He has been participating in ICTP mathematics activities since 1985 and has been involved in the Edward Bouchet Abdus Salam Institute.