The Scientific Society The Canary Museum, in the elections held last Monday, March 28, 2016, has partially renewed its governing board, as provided for by the statutes governing the institution. The new members of the board are the following:-
Diego López Díaz, president-
Isabel Sonia Granado Suárez, vocal
– María Luisa Hernández Medina, voc
al- Jonathan Santana Cabrera, vo
calThe governing board of El Museo Canario is the permanent governing body and is composed of eight members: president, secretary and six vowels. These positions are four-yearly and are renewed by halves in elections called every two years.
With this renewal ends the presidency of Víctor Montelongo Parada, who has served in four consecutive legislatures since December 1999. Víctor Montelongo holds a degree in Biological Sciences and a professor of Natural Sciences and Biology. He also worked as a biologist at the Botanical Garden Canario Viera y Clavijo and as head of the Environment Service of the Cabildo de Gran Canaria. He is the author of numerous fundamental publications on botany on our islands, and his continued commitment to cultural dissemination is especially noteworthy.
The new president, Diego López Díaz, holds a law degree and a commercial professor. He has held various public positions in the Councils of Education and Finance of the autonomous administration, and in the 1990s he was manager of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and the Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno (CAAM). He was also a professor in secondary schools and later an associate professor at ULPGC. Since 1998 he has been serving as director-manager of El Museo Canario, an institution from which he now assumes the presidency with the vote of
the members. Together with him, three new members enter the governing board, which also involve a generation
al renewal: Isabel Sonia Granado Suárez, 43, has a degree in Business Administration and Management, PhD in Economic and Business Sciences and a professor in the Department of Financial Economy and Accounting of ulPGC. She has a member of El Museo Canario si
nce 2009.María Luisa Hernández Medina, 33, is a primary education teacher and has studies in Art History and a master's degree in Cultural Heritage Management. She has been a member of The Canary Museum sin
ce 2010.Jonathan Santana Cabrera, 33, holds a bachelor's degree and a PhD in History, researcher and archaeologist. He has been a partner of The Canary Museum since 2014.