Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tajikistan (Tajik: Академияи илмҳои Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Akademiyai ilmhoi Jumhuriyi Tojikiston; Russian: Академия наук Республики Таджикистан, Akademiya nauk Respubliki Tadzhikistan) incorporates 20 research institutes and three territorial groupings: the Pamir Branch in the eastern part of the country (with 2 institutes), the Khujand Scientific Center in the north, and the Khatlon Scientific Center in the south-west. The Academy is organized in three thematic divisions: physico-mathematical, chemical, and geological sciences; biological and medical sciences; humanities and social sciences. The incumbent president is Academician M.I. Ilolov, elected in 2005.