UNGEGN Bureau and Working Group Convenors, 2023 - 2027



Officers of UNGEGN

  • Chairperson
    • Mr. Pierre Jaillard, France

  • Vice-Chairpersons
    • Mr. Sungjae Choo, Republic of Korea
    • Ms. Wendy Shaw, New Zealand

  • Rapporteurs
    • Ms. Ana Cristina da Rocha Berenger Resende, Brazil
    • Mr. Majdi Hamed AlHarbi, Saudi Arabia

Convenors of the UNGEGN Working Groups

  • 1. Geographical Names Data Management
    • Mr. Pier-Giorgio Zaccheddu, Germany

  • 2. Toponymic Terminology
    • Mr. Trent C. Palmer, United States of America

  • 3. Romanization Systems
    • Ms. Catherine Cheetham, United Kingdom

  • 4. Funding and Training Courses in Toponymy
    • Mr. Peder Gammeltoft, Norway

  • 5. Exonyms
      Mr. Kohei Watanabe, Japan

  • 6. Geographical Names as Cultural Heritage

  • Coordinator for Evaluation, Implementation and Publicity
    • Mr. Sungjae Choo, Republic of Korea

  • Coordinator for Country Names
    • Mr. Pierre Jaillard, France

  • Coordinator of the UNGEGN Task Team for Africa

  • Coordinator for Toponymic guidelines for map and other editors for international use
    • Mr. Jasper Hogerwerf, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)



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