Changes in Presidency of the Seventy

The First Presidency has called Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf as a member of the Presidency of the Seventy. He succeeds Elder Ben B. Banks.

Elder Uchtdorf began his service in the Presidency on 15 August. The other members of the Presidency are Elder Earl C. Tingey, Elder D. Todd Christofferson, Elder David E. Sorensen, Elder Dennis B. Neuenschwander, Elder Charles Didier, and Elder Cecil O. Samuelson Jr.

Elder Uchtdorf was called to the Second Quorum of the Seventy in 1994. In 1996 he was sustained to the First Quorum of the Seventy and has served as president of several areas, most recently the North America West Area. He has also served as Assistant Executive Director of the Correlation Department.

Elder Uchtdorf was born in Czechoslovakia and has lived most of his life in Germany. He and his wife, Harriet Reich Uchtdorf, have two children.