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===GAC Structure===

===GAC Structure===

As of 2022, the GAC has 180 government members and 38 observers, which participate equally in all discussions.<ref>[https://75.schedule.icann.org/meetings/HuBAngrxBhqYBshym GAC Capacity Building and Outreach Workshop 1: What is the GAC and How Does It Work?, ICANN 75]</ref> Three of its important organizational features are:<ref>[https://gacweb.icann.org/display/gacweb/About+The+GAC About GAC]. Retrieved 27 Nov 2017.</ref>

As of 2022, the GAC has 180 government members and 38 observers, which participate equally in all discussions.<ref>[https://75.schedule.icann.org/meetings/HuBAngrxBhqYBshym GAC Capacity Building and Outreach Workshop 1: What is the GAC and How Does It Work?, ICANN 75]</ref> Three of its important organizational features are:<ref>[https://gacweb.icann.org/display/gacweb/About+The+GAC About GAC]. Retrieved 27 Nov 2017.</ref>

* A structure consisting of elected officers, a Chair and Vice-chairs which currently include:

* A structure consisting of elected officers, which currently includes:

** [[Manal Ismail]], Egypt, (Chair), (Nov 2017 – March 2023)

** GAC Chair: [[Nicolas Caballero]] (Paraguay);

** [[Francis Olivier Cubahiro]], Burundi, (Vice-Chair), (March 2022 – March 2023)

** GAC Vice Chairs: [[Ola Bergström]] (Sweden) and [[Francis Olivier Cubahiro]] (Burundi); and

** [[Jaideep Kumar Mishra]], India, (Vice-Chair), (March 2022 – March 2023)

** [[Zeina Bou Harb]] (Lebanon), [[Nigel Hickson]] (United Kingdom), and [[Wang Lang]] (China).<ref>[https://meetings.icann.org/sites/default/files/icann76-policy-outcome-report-10apr23-en.pdf ICANN76 Policy Outcomes Report, pg23</ref>

** [[Ola Bergstrom]], Sweden, (Vice-Chair), (March 2022 – March 2023)

** [[Par Brumark]], Niue, (Vice-Chair), (March 2021 – March 2023)

** [[Shi Young Chang]], Republic of Korea, (Vice-Chair), (March 2021 – March 2023)

* Its independent secretariat - the [[ACIG]] GAC Secretariat, financially supported by Norway, the Netherlands, and Brazil. The ACIG reports to the GAC Chair. Members include:

* Its independent secretariat - the [[ACIG]] GAC Secretariat, financially supported by Norway, the Netherlands, and Brazil. The ACIG reports to the GAC Chair. Members include:

** [[Tom Dale]]

** [[Tom Dale]]