David Grimes (meteorologist)
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David Grimes CM is a career meteorologist who studied mathematics and nuclear and quantum physics at Brock University in Ontario, Canada. He has been assistant deputy minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada in charge of the Meteorological Service of Canada since July 2006. In 2011, he was elected president of the World Meteorological Organization by its 189 members, succeeding Alexander Bedritskiy of Russia.[1][2][3]
In 2020, he was appointed as a Member of the Order of Canada.[4] The same year, Grimes was given the International Meteorological Organization Prize.[5]
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- ^ Canada, Government of Canada, Environment and Climate Change. "Environment and Climate Change Canada - Canadian to Lead World Meteorological Organization - Biography".
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- ^ "WMO former president David Grimes is honoured". World Meteorological Organization. 22 December 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
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