Moez Chakchouk

Chakchouk was appointed chairman and CEO of the Tunisian Post on 22 April 2015. However, he still active in the internet sector, since he becomes the president of the Tunisian Association of Free Internet Exchange that manages the Internet Exchange Point "TunIXP"

He is involved with different global organizations, in several forums and conferences, working on such issues; locally, regionally and worldwide. Since January 2014, he has been a commissioner within the prestigious Global Commission on Internet Governance. As a speaker, he is particularly brilliant through his international advocacy for an inclusive governance model for cyber security.

In June 2013, while chairing the organizing committee of the Freedom Online Conference, he launched the 404Labs, an innovation lab open for the civil society and located at the basement which was the censorship symbol.

Few weeks after the Tunisian revolution of 2011, Chakchouk was appointed as chairman and CEO of the Tunisian Internet Agency (ATI), where he succeeded in the implementation of an ambitious transformation action plan for the enterprise, based on the redefinition of its role, later, through founding a Tunisian internet exchange point, and encouraging the establishment of an open and transparent dialogue on internet governance in the country. He was board member of the National Broadcasting Corporation “ONT” from 2010 to 2013.

Chakchouk is a leading defender of online human rights as well as a promoter of the community engagement for the development of the internet in Tunisia. In 2011, by principles, he strongly opposed the return of censorship and surveillance of the Internet in Tunisia, and has moreover won the case brought against the ATI.

Native of Ksour Essef (Mahdia Governorate), Chakchouk is a Ph.D. in applied mathematics and in telecommunications from the Paris Descartes University and the Tunis El Manar University, since 2009.

In 2005, he left the CERT for the Tunisian Telecommunication Regulation Authority (INT), first as chief of technical department, later he was promoted to head of interconnection & access. In May 2010, he was appointed as “Chargé de mission” to the Minister of Communications Technologies in charge of telecommunication sector development and the promotion of broadband.

Graduated in 1998 from École supérieure des postes et des telecommunications, Chakchouk holds an MS in telecommunications from the National Engineering School of Tunis obtained in 2001.

In 1998, Chakchouk started his career as a research engineer at the Center for studies and research in telecommunications “CERT”. From 2003 to 2005, he became the chief of the R&D project: RACINES (Representation, analysis and communication of digital images).

Moez Chakchouk (Arabic: معز شقشوق ‎), born in Sousse on 12 July 1975, is assistant director-general (also known as deputy secretary-general of a U.N. agency) of the United Nations' Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), leading the Communication and Information Sector, which is the main U.N. body responsible for the development of artificial intelligence, Internet governance, safety of journalists, press freedom, media development and access to information. He is further a senior engineer, former senior official of the Tunisian public sector and an international Internet policy expert. He was formerly the chairman and chief executive officer of the Tunisian Post.