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<define-tag pagetitle>Debian Project elects $winner as next Project Leader</define-tag>

<define-tag release_date>2012-04-15</define-tag>
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<p>
In accordance with its <a
href="$(HOME)/devel/constitution">constitution</a>,
the Debian Project has just reelected Stefano Zacchiroli
for a third year as Debian Project Leader.  More than 80% of voters 
put him as their first choice (or equal first) on their ballot papers.
</p>

<p>
Stefano's large majority over his opponents shows how satisfied the Debian
project is with his work so far, and its wish for him to
represent the project during one last term — Stefano has already
announced he won't be seeking reelection again next year.

Wouter Verhelst and Gergely Nagy also gained a lot of support from
Debian project members, both coming hundreds of votes ahead of the
"None of the above" ballot choice.
</p>

<p>
# brief bio of the winner
Stefano has been a Debian Developer since March 2001 and was a
long-term contributor to several core services such as Debian's
Package Tracking System and its Quality Assurance Team.
He became Debian Project Leader in 2010, then in 2011 was reelected unopposed.
After it was announced that he had won this year's election, Stefano said: <q>
#quote from the winner: how he feels now, what are his programs, etc.
</q>
</p>

# More stuff on the Condorcet vote to copy and paste from english/News/2010/20100416.wml


<h2>About Debian</h2>

<p>
The Debian Project was founded in 1993 by Ian Murdock to be a truly
free community project. Since then the project has grown to be one of
the largest and most influential open source projects.  Thousands of
volunteers from all over the world work together to create and
maintain Debian software. Available in 70 languages, and
supporting a huge range of computer types, Debian calls itself the
<q>universal operating system</q>.
</p>

<h2>Contact Information</h2>

<p>For further information, please visit the Debian web pages at
<a href="$(HOME)/">http://www.debian.org/</a> or send mail to
&lt;press@debian.org&gt;.</p>