ITU - Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-14)

ELECTION RESULTS

Busan, 27 October 2014-Member States of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) have completed the election process that confirms candidates in the organization’s five elected posts, as well as the 12 members of the Radio Regulations Board.

Houlin Zhao of China was successful in his bid to become the next Secretary-General of the Union, after eight years as Deputy-Secretary General and a further eight years in the elected post of Director of ITU’s Telecommunication Standardization Bureau.

Greece was elected one of the 48 Members of ITU Council (Western Europe region), the administrative body that governs ITU in between quadrennial Plenipotentiary Conferences, with 149 votes.