Moez Chakchouk
Moez Chakchouk | |
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Born |
Sousse, Tunisia | July 12, 1975
Residence | Tunisia |
Nationality | Tunisian |
Occupation |
Chairman and CEO of the Tunisian Post (2015- ) |
Years active | 2015–present |
Title |
Chairman and CEO of the Tunisian Internet Agency (2011-2015) |
Term | 2011-2015 |
Moez Chakchouk (Arabic: معز شقشوق), born in Sousse on 12 July 1975, is a senior engineer, senior official of the Tunisian public sector and an Internet Policy international Expert.[1] He is currently the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Tunisian Post.[2]
Early life and education
Native of Ksour Essef (Mahdia Governorate), Moez Chakchouk is a Ph.D in applied mathematics and in telecommunications from the Paris Descartes University and the Tunis El Manar University, since 2009.[3]
Graduated in 1998 from École supérieure des postes et des telecommunications, Moez Chakchouk holds an MS in Telecommunications from the National Engineering School of Tunis obtained in 2001.[1]
Career
Director
In 1998, Moez Chakchouk started his career as a research engineer at the Center for studies and research in telecommunications “CERT”.[1] From 2003 to 2005, he became the chief of the R&D project: RACINES (Representation, analysis and communication of digital images).[4]
In 2005, he leaves the CERT for the Tunisian Telecommunication Regulation Authority (INT), first as chief of technical department, later he’s promoted to Head of Interconnection & Access.[1] 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.[5]
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Few weeks after the Tunisian revolution of 2011, Chakchouk was appointed as Chairman and CEO of the Tunisian Internet Agency (ATI),[6] where he succeeded in the implementation of an ambitious transformation action plan for the enterprise,[7] based on the redefinition of its role,[8] later, through founding a Tunisian internet exchange point,[9] and encouraging the establishment of an open and transparent[10] dialogue on internet governance in the country.[11] He was board member of the National Broadcasting Corporation “ONT” from 2010 to 2013.[12]
Moez Chakchouk was appointed Chairman and CEO of the Tunisian Post on 22 April 2015.[2] 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"[13]
International and civic engagement
Moez Chakchouk is internationally known as an expert in the information and communication technologies,[14] regulation and internet governance.[15]
He is involved with different global organizations, in several forums and conferences, working on such issues; locally, regionally[16] and worldwide.[17][18] Since January 2014, he’s commissioner within the prestigious Global Commission on Internet Governance.[19] As a speaker, he is particularly brilliant through his international advocacy for an inclusive governance model for cyber security.[20]

Chakchouk is a leading defender of online human rights[21][22] 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 [23] and surveillance of the Internet in Tunisia,[24] and has moreover won the case brought against the ATI.[25]
In June 2013, while chairing the organizing committee of the Freedom Online Conference,[26] he launched the 404Labs,[27] an innovation lab open for the civil society and located at the basement which was the censorship symbol.
Moez Chakchouk, as member of the non-profit NGO (CLibre) for the promotion of free digital culture, has helped the implementation of the first MESH Network in Tunisia, in the city of Sayada.[28]
Personal life
Moez Chakchouk is married and the father of two.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Moez Chakchouk". internetsociety.org.
- 1 2 "Nouveau PDG de l'Office national des Postes". tap.info.tn (in French). 23 April 2015.
- ↑ "Reconstruction tridimensionnelle de vaisseaux sanguins à partir d'un nombre restreints de projections par rayons X issues d'un système d'angiographie multi-vues". theses.fr (in French).
- ↑ "Description invariante d'objets 3D représentés par des images géométriques" (pdf). rech.enic.fr (in French).
- ↑ "Décret n° 2010-1228 du 24 mai 2010, portant nomination d'un chargé de mission.". legislation.tn (in French).
- ↑ Mohamed Ali Hached (2 February 2011). "Les nouveaux PDG pour l'ATI, l'INT et l'ANSI". tunisienumerique.com (in French).
- ↑ Abdel Aziz Hali (11 October 2013). La Presse de Tunisie, ed. "Le bunker d'"Ammar 404" sur la voie des réformes". allafrica.com (in French).
- ↑ "Moez Chakchouk : "En 2014, l'ATI va devenir un FSI à part entière"". radioexpressfm.com (in Arabic).
- ↑ "TunIXP". ati.tn.
- ↑ "L'ATI se revendique neutre et transparente, et refuse de poursuivre le filtrage". fr.rsf.org (in French). 8 June 2011.
- ↑ "OpenGov Awards : la revanche de l'ATI sur les adeptes de la censure sur Internet". thd.tn (in French). 28 January 2013.
- ↑ "Arrêté du ministre des Technologies de la communication du 11 juin 2010, portant nomination d'un membre au conseil d'administration de l'Office national de la télédiffusion". legislation.tn.
- ↑ "Même loin de l'ATI, Moez Chakchouk gérera l'Internet tunisien avec un modèle Multi-acteur". thd.tn (in French). 8 September 2015.
- ↑ "Protection de la vie privée et liberté d'expression sur l'Internet" (pdf). unesdoc.unesco.org (in French). 10 October 2014. p. 17.
- ↑ Danielle Kehl, Moez Chakchouk, Jochai Ben-Avie et Kate Coyer (2 January 2014). "From Revolution to Reform: Recommendations for Spectrum Policy in Transitional Tunisia". newamerica.net.
- ↑ "Experts gather to strengthen African internet peering and regional interconnection". oafrica.com. 4 September 2013.
- ↑ Eric Pfanner (14 December 2012). "Message, if Murky, From U.S. to the World".
- ↑ "Building our broadband future". itunews.itu.int.
- ↑ "Global Commission on Internet Governance". ourinternet.org.
- ↑ Président-directeur général de l'Agence tunisienne d’Internet (Shems FM, 21 juillet 2014) on YouTube
- ↑ Afef Abrougui (6 February 2012). ""Internet c'est la liberté" : entretien avec le PDG de l'Agence tunisienne d'Internet". nawaat.org (in French).
- ↑ Melek Jebnoun (22 January 2013). "Moez Chakchouk, directeur de l'ATI, nominé pour le prestigieux prix de la liberté numérique". webdo.tn (in French).
- ↑ Élodie Auffray (4 July 2011). "En Tunisie, la censure des sites porno en question". liberation.fr (in French).
- ↑ "Le niet de Moez Chakchouk à la censure des sites porno". tunisiait.com (in French). 30 May 2011.
- ↑ Wafa Sdiri (22 February 2012). "Tunisie-Affaire de l'ATI : la Cour de cassation casse le jugement et renvoie l'affaire devant la Cour d'appel". tunisienumerique.com (in French).
- ↑ "Tunis 2013". freedomonlinecoalition.com.
- ↑ "L'ex-censeur du Web de Ben Ali ouvre ses sous-sols". observers.france24.com (in French). 20 June 2013.
- ↑ Welid Naffati (16 December 2013). "La ville de Sayada inaugure le 1er réseau Wifi gratuit communautaire en Tunisie". thd.tn (in French).
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