Statistics are a Human Right | Stats + Stories Episode 132

Stats + Stories

• Episode: Statistics are a Human Right | Stats + Stories Episode 132
• Website: Stats + Stories
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• Duration: 00:26:48
• Published: 2020-04-02 15:00

John Pullinger is the current president of International Association for Official Statistics (IAOS) and finished his five-year term as United Kingdom National Statistician, Head of the Government Statistical Service (GSS) and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority in June 2019. There, his role was to safeguard the production and publication of high quality official statistics by all departments, agencies and institutions in the UK. On appointment he described his role as to, “mobilize the power of data to help Britain make better decisions.” He also has represented the UK internationally in EU, UN, OECD and other forums. He was both Chair and Vice-Chair of the United Nations Statistical Commission (UNSC).