This list contains the names and organizational information for country-nominated CRVS national focal points as of 15 July 2024.
Afghanistan | Mr. Hasibullah Mowahed | Deputy Director General on Professional Affairs | Central Statistical Organization |
American Samoa | Ms. Taifita S. Solomona | Department of Homeland Security | |
Armenia | Ms. Marine Yaylakhanyan; Ms. Diana Andreasyan | Head of Civil Status Acts Registration Agency; Director of Health Information Analytical Center | Ministry of Justice; Armenian National Institute of Health, Ministry of health |
Australia | Mr. James Eynstone-Hinkins | Director, Health and Vital Statistics Section | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
Azerbaijan | Mr. Agha Karim Samed-zade | Head | State Registry Department of Ministry of Justice |
Bangladesh | Mr. Mohammed Shahidul Islam | Deputy Secretary Cabinet Division | Cabinet Division Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh |
Bhutan | Mr. Sonam Wangdi | Sr. Planning Officer | Health Management & Information System Unit, Policy and Planning Division, Ministry of health. |
Brunei Darussalam | Ms. Norizan Binti Abdullah | Senior Statistician | Department of Statistics |
Cambodia | Mr. Sok Chamroeun | Deputy Director General | General Department of Identification |
China | Ms. GENG Yun Ms. Ru Lixia | Assistant Permanent Representative of the Permanent Mission of China to UNESCAP | Ministry of Foreign Affairs National Health Commission |
Cook Islands | Mr. Tamatoa Jonassen | Secretary for Justice (Registrar-General) | Ministry of Justice Cook Islands |
DPR Korea | Mr. Yong Suk Pak | Deputy Director-General | Central Bureau of Statistics |
Fiji | Ms. Treta Sharma | Administrator-General | Ministry of Justice |
France | |||
French Polynesia | |||
Georgia | Ms. Mariana Jalagonia | Chief Specialist | National Statistics Office of Georgia |
Guam | Ms. Carolyn Garrido | Director | Department of Public Health and Social Services |
China, Hong Kong SAR | Ms. Jennifer Wong | Senior Statistician | Census and Statistics Department |
India | Mr. Sanjeev Kumar | Additional Registrar General | Office of the Registrar General, Ministry of Home Affairs |
Indonesia | Mr. Muhammad Cholifihani | Director of Population and Social Security | Ministry of National Development Planning/National Development Planning Agency (BAPPENAS) |
Iran (Islamic Rep. of) | Dr. Alireza Sajedi | Director General of Statistics | National Organization for Civil Registration |
Japan | |||
Kazakhstan | Ms. Uteulina Bakytkul | Chief expert of the Division of social and demographic statistics | The Committee on statistics of the Ministry of nation economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan |
Kiribati | Ms. Tiensi Teea | Registrar for Births, Deaths and Marriages | Ministry of Women, Youth and Social Affairs |
Kyrgyzstan | Ms. Tamara Taipova | Chief Specialist, Division of Demographical Statistics | National Committee on Statistics, Kyrgyzstan |
Lao People's Democratic Republic (the) | Ms. Thirakha Chanthalanouvong; Mr. Vandy Chanthalideth | Director General; Deputy Director General | Social Statistics Department, Lao Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Planning and Investment; Department of Citizen Management Ministry of Home Affairs |
China, Macao SAR | Mr. Hang Chan Mak | Deputy Director | Statistics and Census Service |
Malaysia | Mr. Azwan Kadir; Mr. Zamari MOHD RAMLI | Deputy Assistant Director; Undersecretary National Registration and Societies Division | National Registration Department; Ministry of Home Affairs |
Maldives | Ms. Fathimath Riyaza | Deputy Statistician | National Bureau of Statistics Ministry of National Planning and Infrastructure |
Marshall Islands | Mr. Scott Keju; Ms. Edlen Anzures | Chief Statistical Collection and Data Analysis; Health Informatics Director | Economic Policy, Planning, and Statistics Office; Ministry of Health and Human Services |
Micronesia (F.S.) | Mr. Wincener J. David; Ms. Brihmer S. Johnson | Health Planner; Assistant Secretary for Statistics | Division of Health, Dept. of Health and Social Affairs; Division of Statistics, Dept. of Resources and Development |
Mongolia | Mr. Ariunbold Shagdar | Director of the Census and Data Analysis Department | National Statistics Office of Mongolia |
Myanmar | Mr. Tun Hla Aung | Director General of General Administration Department | |
Nauru | Mr. Francis Deireragea | Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages | Chief Secretary |
Nepal | Mr. Jitendra Basnet | Director General | Department of National ID and Civil Registration, Ministry of Home Affairs |
Netherlands | |||
New Caledonia | |||
New Zealand | Mr. Russell Burnard | General Manager Operations and Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages | Department of Internal Affairs |
Niue | Ms. Gaylene Tasmania | Director-General | Ministry of Social Services, Government of Niue |
Northern Mariana Islands | Wilbert G. Rospel | Vital Statistics Registrar | Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation |
Pakistan | Mr. Qazi Zaheer Ahmad | Senior Joint Secretary | Ministry of Planning Development & Special Initiatives |
Palau | Ms. Cheryl‐Ann Tmong Udui | Epidemiologist | Bureau of Public Health, Ministry of Health |
Papua New Guinea | Mr. Noel Mobiha and Mr. Nicholas Piauka | Acting Registrar-General; Policy Manager | National Civil & Identity Registry Office |
Republic of the Philippines | Ms. Elna Ruth Casasola | Officer-in-Charge, Vital Statistics Division | Civil Registration Service, Civil Registration and Central Support Office, Philippine Statistics Authority |
Republic of Korea | Mr. Sooyoung Kim | Deputy Director, Vital Statistics Division | Statistics Korea |
Russian Federation | Mr Dmitry Sevryuk | Deputy Head of the Department of Legal Assistance | Cooperation with Ministry of Justice of Russian Federation |
Samoa | Mr. Ponifasio Vasa | Registrar of Births Deaths and Marriages | Bureau of Statistics |
Singapore | |||
Solomon Islands | Mr. Jeffrey Sade DEVE | Permanent Secretary | Ministry of Home Affairs |
Sri Lanka | Mr. Wathsala Walgama | Statistician | Department of Census and Statistics |
Tajikistan | Mr. Davlatzoda Qiyomiddin | Deputy Director | Agency on statistics under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan |
Thailand | Mr. Sanchai Techanimitvat | Information Technology and System Senior Specialist | Bureau of Registration Administration; Ministry of Interior |
Timor-Leste | Mr. Ricardo da Cruz Santos | Acting Director of Methodology and Data Collection | General Directorate of Statistics Timor-Leste |
Tonga | Ms.Temaleti Manakovi | Acting Chief Executive Officer/Deputy Secretary at Registrar General's Office | Ministry of Justice |
Turkiye | Mr. İdris Beyazit | TurkStat Expert-Demography Department | Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) |
Turkmenistan | |||
Tuvalu | Ms. Eselealofa Apinelu | Attorney-General | Office of the Attorney-General |
United Kingdom | |||
United States of America | Ms. Rohina Joshi | Technical Advisor; Associate Professor | Data for Health Initiative; School of Population Health, UNSW |
Uzbekistan | Ms. Madina Makhmudova | Chief Consultant of the Department for Coordination and Control over the Activities of Civil Registry Office | Public Service Agency under the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan |
Vanuatu | Mr. Andy Calo | Director | Department of Civil Registry and Vital Statistics |
Viet Nam | Mr. Nham Ngoc Hien | Deputy Director General of the Department of Civil registration, nationality and attestation | Ministry of Justice |