Secretariat for Statistical Research (GUM)

Statistics Secretary of the Grand Unified Micronational
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Appointer	Quorum of Delegates
Inaugural holder	Adam Belcher
Formation	31 July 2016

The Statistics Secretary is a position within the Grand Unified Micronational. The position was established on 31 July 2016. On 1 May 2017, the office of the Statistics Secretary was expanded, with the creation of the Secretariat for Statistical Research. Officially, the stated purpose of the role is to "Conduct statistical research on member states and update Micropages."

Thirteen people have held the position of Secretary of Statistical Research, which since 26 January 2022 has now been part of the Communications Secretary.

List of Secretaries

Over the course of the position's history, thirteen individuals have held the position across sixteen GUM terms. The position was left vacant during Adam Belcher's fourth term as GUM Chair. Otto Gillespie Birch, the sixth Statistics Secretary, held the position for two terms, the first person in the position to do so.

#	Portrait	Name Origin (nation)	Term of office
1		Adam Belcher Empire of Adammia	31 July 2016	23 April 2017
			Inaugural holder of the position of Statistics Secretary.
2		Tarik Karjasari Kingdom of Sabia and Verona	23 April 2017	15 October 2017
			Second holder of the position of Statistics Secretary.
3		Adam I of Überstadt Kingdom of Überstadt	15 October 2017	18 March 2018
			Third holder of the position of Statistics Secretary.
4		Babou Chkaya Popular Union of Occitania	18 March 2018	30 December 2018
			Fourth holder of the position of Statistics Secretary.
Position vacant (30 December 2018 - 7 July 2019)
5		Tomáš Falešník Gymnasium State	7 July 2019	11 January 2020
			Fifth holder of the position of Statistics Secretary. Published two Quarterly Statistical Reports, which looked at member states and included information such as government, politics, population and economics.
6		Otto Gillespie Birch Misberia	11 January 2020	2 January 2021
			Sixth holder of the position of Statistics Secretary, and the first person to hold the position for more than one consecutive term.
7		Daniel Hamilton Australis	2 January 2021	2 July 2021
			Seventh holder of the position of Statistics Secretary. Organised the first GUM-based GUM Member States Positivity Survey, in addition to researching the demographics of GUM Chairmen and Vice Chairmen.
8		Maurice G Poplar Nerva	11 July 2021	26 January 2022
			Eighth holder of the position of Statistics Secretary.
Position vacant (26 January 2022 - 9 February 2022)
9	File:KingdomofHawthornecoatofarms.png	Isaiah I Hawthorne	9 February 2022	4 July 2022
			Ninth holder of the position, first person to become known as the Communications Secretary.
10		James Bornstein Desert District	4 July 2022	8 January 2023
			Tenth holder of the position.
11		Matthew Xia Yu-Xia	8 January 2023	4 May 2023
			Eleventh holder of the position.
12		Anthony Barauskis Tinland	4 May 2023	16 January 2024
			Twelfth holder of the position.
13		Anthony I Saspearian	16 January 2024	1 July 2024
			Thirteenth holder of the position.
Position vacant (1 July 2024 - Present)