Deputy Secretary-General
Roberto BLOIS MONTES DE SOUZA
Mr. Roberto Blois Montes de Souza, born in 1950, has worked for more
than thirty years in the field of telecommunications, gaining a wide and diversified
range of experience in both technical and management areas.
After obtaining his Engineering degree in Electronics and
Telecommunications from the University of Brasilia in 1974, Mr. Blois joined the
Broadcasting Services Secretariat at the Ministry of Communications in Brazil. His career
at this Ministry, which spanned a period of twenty years, enabled him to gain a wealth of
experience and to play a key role in the development of the telecommunication system in
Brazil at both policy and technical levels.
During the period 1979-1994, Mr. Blois served at the Ministry of
Communications in Brazil as Director of Broadcasting of the National
Telecommunication Department, Director of the National Telecommunication Department and
Director of the Department of Private Telecommunications Services.
In addition to his experience and activities at the national and
regional levels, Mr. Blois has been a prominent figure in telecommunications affairs at
the international level during the period of time he was serving the
Ministry of Communications in Brazil. He participated in various meetings
of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the Inter-American Telecommunication
Commission (CITEL), having acted as Head of the Brazilian delegation on many occasions.
Mr. Blois was the representative of Brazil in the Administrative
Council of the ITU from 1990 to 1993. He was also the representative of Brazil in the
Permanent Executive Committee of the Inter-American Telecommunication
Commission CITEL (Organization of American States) from 1991 to 1993. After having held the position of Executive Secretary of CITEL
from 1994-1999, Mr. Blois assumed the position of Deputy Secretary-General of ITU in
February 1999 after having been elected to the post at the 1998 ITU Plenipotentiary
Conference held in Minneapolis. He has been re-elected
for a second term as Deputy Secretary-General on 1 October 2002 at the
Marrakesh Plenipotentiary Conference. |
