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Chairs and Vice-Chairs for the Council Working Groups and the Expert Groups

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​In line with Council Resolution 1333 (C11, last amended C25), as well as with Decision 11 (Rev. Bucharest, 2022) of the Plenipotentiary Conference, and following intensive consultations and coordination with the regions prior and during the ITU Council-23 (11-21 July 2023) and its additional session (19-20 October 2023), as well as during Council-24 (4-14 June 2024), chairs and vice-chairs of the groups shown below have been appointed until the 2026 Plenipotentiary Conference. The table below was updated following approval of new candidatures at Council-25 (see Council-25 document C25/21(Rev.1)​, as well as the related Summary record document C25/​114​, for detai​led information).​​

The table below is up to date as of
27 August 2025.​

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CWG-Internet


Chair:
EUR - Mr Wojciech Berezow​ski (Poland) -Bio​​​​

Vice-chairs:
AFR - Dr Ramy Ahmed Fathy (Egypt) -​ Bio​
AMS - Ms​ Emilce Maria Portillo Gonzalez (Paraguay)
 - ​Bio​​
ARB - Mr Abdulrahman Al Marzouqi
(Unit​ed Arab Emirates) -Bio
ASP - Ms Xiao Z​hang (China) - ​ Bio​
CIS - Mr Jeyhun Huseynzade (Azerbaijan) - Bi​​​o​
EUR - Mr Lucien Castex (France) - Bio

​​​CWG website​ 

CWG-Child online protection


Chair:
ARB - Mr Abdelaziz Al Zarooni (United Arab Emirates) -Bio​

Vice-chairs:
AFR -
Ms Stella Chubiyo Erebor (Nigeria) - Bio
AMS - Mr Kemie Alexander Jones (Bahamas) -Bio​
ARB - Ms May Ali Alghatam (Bahrain) -  Bio​​​​
ASP - Ms Celine Me​lanie A. Dee (Philippines) -​Bio
CIS - Ms Seljan Aghasarkari (Azerb​aijan) -  Bio
EUR - Mr Domenico Alfieri (Italy) - Bio

CWG website​​​

CWG-WSIS & SDGs


Chair:
AFR - Ms Cynthia Lesufi (South Africa)Bio

Vice-chairs:
AFR - Ms Janet Umutesi (Rwanda) - Bio ​​  ​
AMS - Ms Renata Santoyo (Brazil) -Bio​  
ARB - Mr Ahmed Saleem (Iraq) - Bio​​​​​
ASP - Ms Mina Seonmin Jun (Korea (Rep. of)) -Bio
CIS - Ms Khayala Pashazade (Azerbaijan) - Bio​
EUR - Ms Susanna Mattsson (Sweden) - Bio​

CWG website​

CWG on Financial and Human Resources


Chair:
AMS - Ms Vernita Harr​is (United States) -Bio

Vice-chairs:
AFR - Ms Seynabou Cisse Seck (Senegal) -  Bio
AMS - Mr Ronaldo Moura (Brazil) - Bio
ARB - Ms Noha Gaafar (Egypt) -Bio 
ASP - Ms Min Jung Park (Korea (Rep. of)  -  Bio​
CIS - Mr Erzhan Meiramov (Kazakhstan) -Bio 
EUR - Mr Szabolcs Szentleleky (Hungary)​ Bio​

CWG website

CWG on the use of the six official languages


Chair and E language:
E - Ms Rebeka Mukite (Uganda) -  Bio

Vice-chairs:
​A - ​Dr. Rim Belhaj (Tunisia) - ​ Bio 
R - Vacant
S - Ms Blanca Gonzalez (Spain) -  Bio
F - Ms Daphne Goudry (France) - Bio​
C - Mr Jian Wang (China) - Bio​

CWG website​

Informal expert group on WTPF-26 (IEG-WTPF-26)

    
 Chair:
 AMS - ​Mr Rodney Taylor (Barbados) -  Bio

    Vice-chairs:
    AFR - Mr Dominic Ooko (Kenya) -  Bio
    AMS - Mr Ronaldo Moura (Brazil) -  bio​
    ARB - Mr Muath Alrumayh (Saudi Arabia) -  Bio
    ASP - Mr Ashok Kumar (India) -  Bio
    CIS - Ms Umida Musayeva (Uzbekistan) -  Bio​
    EUR - Mr Tobias Kaufman (Germany) -  Bio​
   
    IEG website

Expert Group on the ITRs


Chair:

ARB - Ms Shahira Selim (Egypt) - Bio​

Vice-chairs:​
AFR - Mr Guy-Michel Kouakou (Côte d'Ivoire) ​ - Bio​
AMS - Ms Ena Dekanic (United States) - Bio​
ARB - Mr. Omar Ali Alnemer (United Arab Emirates) - ​Bio​
ASP - Mr Sunil Singhal (India) -  Bio​​
CIS - Mr Ulugbek Azimov (Uzbekistan)​ -Bio
EUR - Mr Vilem Vesely (Czech Republic) - Bio​

EG website​



Expert Group on Decision 482


The Expert Group on Decision 482 (EG-DEC482) (Chair: Ms Fenhong Cheng (China)) ended its work on April 2025 and submitted its last report at the 2025 session of the Council.

CWG on strategic and financial plans 2028-2031 (CWG-SFP)


Chair:
ARB - Mr Mansour Al-Qurashi (Saudi Arabia) - Bio

Vice-chairs:
AFR - Mr Mulembwa Denis Munaku (Tanzania) - Bio​
AMS - Mr Kenji Kuramochi (Paraguay) - B​io
ARB - Ms Maitha Al Jamri (United Arab Emirates) - Bio​
ASP - Mr Yi Lun (China) - Bio
CIS - Mr Bakhtjan Smanov (Uzbekistan) - Bio​
EUR - Mr Rafał Bartoszewski (Poland) - Bio​

CWG website​



Former groups and other information


NOTE: ​​​If there are any new CWGs or EGs or any other groups of the Council to be established till the next Plenipotentiary Conference, APT will be invited to nominate a candidate for the position o​f chair.​​


Former council working groups and expert groups