
On 30 July 2025, the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) approved 24 experts nominated by the UN Secretary-General to serve on the Committee of Experts on Public Administration for a four-year term, beginning on 1 August 2025. The United Nations Committee of Experts on Public Administration, established by ECOSOC in 2001, supports the work of the Council on promoting and developing public administration and governance among Member States, especially as it relates to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals.
Nominated by the Secretary-General and approved by ECOSOC, Committee members serve in their personal capacity. The members of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Public Administration for 2025-2029 are:
· Rolf Alter (Germany)
· Eduardo Ararl (Philippines)
· Patricia Arriagada Villouta (Chile)
· Adeyemi Dipeolu (Nigeria)
· György Hajnal (Hungary)
· Anuradha Joshi (India)
· Cristina Kiomi Mori (Brazil)
· Aigul Kosherbayeva (Kazakhstan)
· Edward Maloka (South Africa)
· Pamela Mbabazi (Uganda)
· Helen Margetts (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
· Sarah Mecartney (Vanuatu)
· Pamela Monroe Ellies (Jamaica)
· Alina Mungiu-Pippidi (Romania)
· Måns Nilsson (Sweden)
· Mauricio Rodas (Ecuador)
· Fadi Salem (Syria Arab Republic)
· Henry Sardaryan (Russian Federation)
· Ozcan Saritas (Türkiye)
· Sherifa Fouad Sherif (Egypt)
· Paul Smoke (United States of America)
· Aminata Touré (Senegal)
· Lorenzo Valeri (Italy)
· Lan Xue (People’s Republic of China)
The Committee also reports to ECOSOC on the governance and public administration dimensions of sustainable socioeconomic development, focusing particularly on human capital development, participatory governance, capacity development in crisis and post-conflict countries, and innovations in public administration and governance.
The next meeting of the Committee will be held at United Nations Headquarters from 13 to 17 April 2026. Further information on the work of the Committee can be found at https://publicadministration.desa.un.org/intergovernmental-support/cepa
For more information, please contact Patrick Spearing, Secretary of the Committee, at dpidg@un.org.