19th Plenipotentiary Conference - election results


The results of the election held during the 2014 Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-14) of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) were as follows:

  • Secretary-General - Houlin Zhao, China; 
  • Deputy Secretary-General - Malcolm Johnson, United Kingdom; 
  • Director of Radiocommunication Bureau (BR) - François Rancy, France; 
  • Director of Telecommunication Standardization Bureau (TSB) -  Chaesub Lee, Republic of Korea;
  • Director of Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT) - Brahima Sanou, Burkina Faso.

The elections, taking place in Busan, South Korea, also determined the new membership of the ITU Council:

  • Region A (Americas) - Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Cuba, Costa Rica, United States, Canada, Paraguay and Venezuela;
  • Region B (Western Europe) - Switzerland, Italy, Turkey, Germany, France, Spain, Greece and Lithuania;
  • Region C (Eastern Europe and Northern Asia) - Poland, Bulgaria, Russian Federation, Romania and Azerbaijan;
  • Region D (Africa) - Mali, Ghana, Kenya, Burkina Faso, Uganda, Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Nigeria and Algeria;
  • Region E (Asia and Australasia) - China, Republic of Korea, Japan, Indonesia, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Australia, Bangladesh, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, India and Pakistan.

As regards the Radio Regulations Board (RRB), Luis Terán (Argentina) and Joanne Wilson (United States of America) were elected for Region A; Alfredo Magenta (Italy) and Lilian Jeanty (Netherlands) for Region B; Victor Strelets (Russian Federation) and Ievgen Khairov (Ukraine) for Region C; Stanley K. Kibe (Kenya), Simon Koffi (Côte d'Ivoire) and Mustapha Bessi (Morocco) for Region D; and Yasuhiko Ito (Japan), Nasser Bin Hammad (United Arab Emirates) and Doan Quang Hoan (Vietnam) for Region E.


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