Montasser OUAILI |
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Candidate to the Post of
Secretary-General
Montasser OUAILI, Tunisia |
GENERAL INFORMATION |
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Name |
Montasser OUAILI |
Nationality |
Tunisian |
Date of birth |
19
September 1959 |
Marital status |
Married,
three children |
Address |
Ministry of Communication Technologies
3bis rue d'Angleterre - 1000 Tunis - Tunisia
+216 71 33 59 59 |
Present title: Minister of Communication Technologies -
Republic of Tunisia
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GOVERNMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES |
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Minister of Communication Technologies - Republic of
Tunisia,
since November 2004
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Secretary of State in charge of Information Technologies
and Internet,
September 2002 - November 2004
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Secretary of State for Higher Education,
April
2001 - September 2002
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Secretary of State
in charge of
Information Technology,
november
1996 - January 2001
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OFFICIAL ACTIVITIES |
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Special Envoy of the President of the Republic of
Tunisia to some Heads of States
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Head of Tunisian Official Delegation for WSIS
Preparatory Meetings (Geneva, Tunis)
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Promotion of WSIS to Governments, Business Sector and
Civil Society
in
Africa, Europe, Asia, North America, and Latin
America
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Head of Tunisian
Official Delegation or Keynote Speaker in several
international conferences and fora such as Davos
Economic Forum, Arab-American Economic Forum,
G77 + China High Level Conference on ICTs...
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ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES |
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Director,
University Mission of Tunisia in Montreal,
September 1993 - November 1996
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DEAN,
National School of
Computer Engineering, University of Tunis,
September 1990 -
August 1993
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ACADEMIC
AND SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUND |
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University Professor,
University of Tunis,
since
January 1989
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Visiting Professor,
University Paris V, France,
April-September 1989
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Director of Research, Regional Institute of
Telecommunications and Informatics, Tunisia,
January 1989 -
January 1991
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Researcher
and Member of Scientific Staff,
Bell Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada,
June 1988
- December 1988
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Lecturer,
Pacific State University, Los Angeles, California, USA,
February 1986 - June 1988
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Teaching Fellow, U.C.L.A., Los Angeles, California, USA,
September 1986 - June 1988
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Researcher and Member of scientific Staff, Bell
Communication Research New Jersey, USA,
June 1986 -
September 1986
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EDUCATION |
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Ph.D. in Telecommunications,
June 1988, U.C.L.A,
Los Angeles, California, USA
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Engineering Degree in Electrical Engineering,
June
1985, U.C.L.A, Los Angeles, California, USA
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M.Sc. in System Science,
June 1984, U.C.L.A,
Los Angeles, California, USA
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B.Sc. Of Mathematics,
June 1982,
University of Tunis, Tunisia
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LANGUAGES |
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OTHER
ACTIVITIES |
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President
and Founder of the Tunisian Association for Information
Technology,
October 1990 -
August 1993
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Member of the board of the Tunisian Association for
Employment and Housing
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AWARDS
AND DISTINCTIONS |
Recipient of
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