Moez Chakchouk

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.

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.

Director

In 1998, Moez 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).

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. 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.

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.

Moez 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"

International and civic engagement

Moez Chakchouk is internationally known as an expert in the information and communication technologies, regulation and internet governance.

He is involved with different global organizations, in several forums and conferences, working on such issues; locally, regionally and worldwide. Since January 2014, he’s 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.

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.

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.

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.

Personal life

Moez Chakchouk is married and the father of two.