This list contains the names and organizational information for country-nominated CRVS national focal points as of 20 January 2025.
Country | Name | Title | Institution/ organization |
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 | Head of Civil Status Acts Registration Agency | Ministry of Justice |
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. Mohammad Ashraful Alam | Deputy Secretary | 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. Norfazaizza Yusof | Statistics Officer | Department of Economic Planning and Statistics |
Cambodia | H.E. Mr. Chamroeun Sok | Deputy Director General, General Department of Identification | Ministry of Interior |
China | Ms. Ru Lixia | Principal Staff Member, Department of International Cooperation | National Health Commission |
China, Hong Kong SAR | Ms. Jennifer Wong | Senior Statistician | Census and Statistics Department |
China, Macao SAR | Ms. O Hok Wai | Division Head of Demographic and Social Statistics | Statistics and Census Service |
Cook Islands | Mr. Peter W. Graham | 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 | Mr. Aleksandre Arabuli | Head of Population Census and Demographic Statistics Department | National Statistics Office of Georgia |
Guam | Ms. Catherine P. Angcao | Chief Public Health Officer | Guam Department of Public Health and Social Services |
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) | Mr. Alireza Sajedi | Director General of Statistics | National Organization for Civil Registration |
Japan | Mr. Yamato Kobayashi | Deputy Director | Global Issues Cooperation Division, International Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of 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 | Mrs. Kaaro Neeti | Secretary | Ministry of Justice |
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 |
Malaysia | Mr. Mohd Sayuti Shaari | Deputy Director | National Registration Department |
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. Mandakhzorig Odbaatar | Director of Population and Household Census Division, 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. Riffat Mukhtar; Mr. Naveed Jan Sahibzada; Dr. Muhammad Asif | Additional Secretary (Admn); Chief Operating Officer (COO); Chief Health | Ministry of Interior; National Database & Registration Authority (NADRA), Ministry of Interior; Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives |
Palau | Ms. Cheryl‐Ann Tmong Udui | Epidemiologist | Bureau of Public Health, Ministry of Health |
Papua New Guinea | Mr. Noel Mobiha Mr. Nicholas Piauka | Acting Registrar-General; Policy Manager | National Civil & Identity Registry Office |
Republic of the Philippines | Ms. Marizza Grande | Assistant National Statistician | Philippines Statistics Authority (PSA) |
Republic of Korea | Mr. Youngil Lim | 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 | Mr. Renting Hong | Senior Assistant Director | Singapore Department of Statistics |
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 | Ms. Suchada Khumwong | Information Technology and Data System Senior Specialist (Computer Technical Officer, Expert Level) | Bureau of Registration Administration (BORA), Department of Provincial 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 Pahulu | 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. Laigane Maina | Attorney-General | Office of the Attorney-General |
United Kingdom | |||
United States of America | Dr. Erin Nichols | Lead of the Global CRVS Team, Division of Vital Statistics | National Center for Health Statistics, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) |
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. Jeffrey Trief | Registrar General | Department of Civil Registry and Identity Management (CRIM) |
Viet Nam | Mr. Nham Ngoc Hien | Deputy Director General of the Department of Civil registration, nationality and attestation | Ministry of Justice |