Salvatore Sciacchitano elected as new President of ICAO Council:
30 November 2019: The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), consisting of 36 members have elected Salvatore Sciacchitano of Italy as their President for a three-year term which will begin from 1 January 2020.
Sciacchitano's candidacy had been endorsed by the 44 General Directors of the European Civil Aviation Conference. He has 39-years of experience in the field of aviation, during which he was the inter alia as General Director of the Italian Airworthiness Authority (RAI), as Deputy General Director of the Italian Civil Aviation Authority (ENAC), and many other international positions including as Executive Secretary of the European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC; 2010-2018).
He has also participated in various ICAO Assemblies as Chief or Alternate Chief of the Italian Delegation to ICAO, as well as the Chief Delegate of ECAC. Recently, he had also been appointed to the Italian Delegation to the ICAO Council.
Sciacchitano succeeds Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu of Nigeria, who has held the position for two consecutive terms since 2014.
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