# Centrifuge Council increased from 7 to 9

**URL:** <https://gov.centrifuge.io/t/centrifuge-council-increased-from-7-to-9/4336>\
**Category:** Announcements\
**Tags:** 2022, july\
**Created:** [July 12, 2022, 8:51pm UTC](https://gov.centrifuge.io/t/centrifuge-council-increased-from-7-to-9/4336 "2022-07-12T20:51:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rhano](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/gov.centrifuge.io/rhano/32/1014_2.png) [@Rhano](https://gov.centrifuge.io/u/Rhano)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 8:51pm UTC](https://gov.centrifuge.io/t/centrifuge-council-increased-from-7-to-9/4336/1 "2022-07-12T20:51:24Z")

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7️⃣ ➡ 9️⃣  
[The Centrifuge Council](https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fcentrifuge-parachain.api.onfinality.io%2Fpublic-ws#/council) has increased the amount of seats from 7 to 9 as a part of the most recent [Runtime Upgrade 1007](https://gov.centrifuge.io/t/council-motion-11-proposal-for-runtime-upgrade-1007/4294). Before the upgrade, there were two runners up ([Kirill](https://gov.centrifuge.io/t/council-candidate-introduction-kirill/4239) and [Ash](https://gov.centrifuge.io/t/centrifuge-council-introduction-ash/3755/1)) and they have now been elected and given a seat in the Council.

Some of the most important tasks of the Council are:

 Proposing referenda for the benefit of the network and token holders  
 Vetoing malicious or dangerous referenda  
 Managing the Treasury (which also was enabled with this Runtime Upgrade)

Having a well diversified Council is important when discussing changes/voting for proposals and with this increase, more experience and expertise has been added to it.

This is the status of the current Council on Centrifuge 👇

 ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/centrifuge1/original/2X/6/6ac974038912ce6963b9719b47f7b40f8b104a43.png)

This means that there are now 9 councillors and 9 slots for the runners up.

If you want to learn more about how council elections work, how to vote for the council or how to submit a candidacy for the council, you can check this short post [here](https://gov.centrifuge.io/t/how-to-submit-a-candidacy-and-vote-for-the-council/4240/1).

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**Author:** ![Tjure07](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/gov.centrifuge.io/tjure07/32/1039_2.png) [@Tjure07](https://gov.centrifuge.io/u/Tjure07)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2022, 5:18am UTC](https://gov.centrifuge.io/t/centrifuge-council-increased-from-7-to-9/4336/2 "2022-07-13T05:18:53Z")

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Thanks for the transparency and congratulations to @Ash and @prankstr25 as new members of the Centrifuge council!

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**Author:** ![sirj](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/gov.centrifuge.io/sirj/32/2029_2.png) [@sirj](https://gov.centrifuge.io/u/sirj)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 3:41pm UTC](https://gov.centrifuge.io/t/centrifuge-council-increased-from-7-to-9/4336/3 "2022-07-14T15:41:08Z")

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I think this will be very beneficial for future democracy proposals! congratulations to @Ash and @prankstr25 aka Kirill on your elections! 🤩