New director of the TNHOC

BIOGRAPHY CAPTAIN KARIM TAGA Captain Karim Taga is the Director of the Tunisian Navy Hydrographic and Oceanographic Center (TNHOC) at the Main Naval Base of Bizerte, Tunisia. Before this assignment, he served as the Deputy Director of the Tunisian Navy Hydrographic and Oceanographic Center. He had also served as the head of the Technical and Survey Departments in the TNHOC for many years. He had also commanded the Albatross-class fast attack craft AMILCAR and the hydrographic ship DOUGGA. He was appointed as the head of the operations room in the Tunisian Navy Headquarters and right after graduating from the Tunisian Naval Academy he spent almost four years on board a guided missile patrol boat (Combatant-III class). Captain Taga received his commission from the Tunisian Naval Academy in June 1989. He also earned a diploma of International Hydrographic and Oceanographic Engineering and Management Program in 1999, NAVOCEANO, Stennis Space Center, Mississippi. In addition to that, he also earned a Master of Science Degree in University of Southern Mississippi in 2002. In 2007, he graduated from the Tunisian Staff College and in 2008 from the Italian Navy Staff College, Venice, Italy. Most recently, in June 2015 he graduated from the U.S Naval War College (Naval Command College) and in 2013, he graduated from the Tunisian War College. Captain Taga teaches also maritime navigation, oceanography, law of the sea and warfare operations at the Tunisian Naval Academy and law enforcement at sea at the Tunisian Staff College. He represented his country in about twenty (20) International Hydrographic Conferences, Extraordinary International Hydrographic Conferences and Regional Hydrographic Commissions. He took part in the past in NATO MILOC workgroup in London, England and has also attended a NATO Geospatial Information training in Oberammergau, Germany. EDUCATION 1993 Bachelor of Maritime Science, Tunisian Naval Academy, Menzel Bourguiba, Tunisia. 1994 Surface Warfare Officer School, Tunisian Naval Academy, Menzel Bourguiba, Tunisia. 1999 International Hydrographic and Oceanographic Engineering and Management Program, NAVOCEANO, Stennis Space Center, Mississippi. 2002 Master of Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi, Mississippi. 2007 Tunisian Staff College, Tunis, Tunisia. 2008 Italian Staff College, Venice, Italy. 2013 Tunisian War College, Tunis, Tunisia. 2015 U.S Naval War College (Naval Command College Diploma), Newport Rhode Island, USA. ASSIGNEMENTS 1. January 1994-April 1994, Officer of the deck on board the French frigates LA PRIMAUGUET and EV1 JACOUBET, Brest, France. 2. April 1994-August 1994, Officer of the deck on board Tunisian Navy patrol. 3. September 1994-September 1997, Officer of the deck on board a guided missile patrol boat. 4. September 1997-March 1999, Head of the Operations Center in the Tunisian Navy Headquarters, Tunis, Tunisia. 5. October 1999-July 2001, Head of the Survey Department, TNHOC, Bizerte, Tunisia. 6. September 2002-November 2004, Head of the Technical Department, TNHOC, Bizerte, Tunisia. 7. December 2004-August 2006, Commanding Officer of a hydrographic ship. 8. December 2007-August 2008, Commanding Officer of an Albatross-class fast attack craft. 9. September 2008-August 2012, Head of the Survey Department, TNHOC, Bizerte, Tunisia. 10. August 2013 – Deputy Director of the TNHOC, Bizerte, Tunisia. MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATION Military medal 2004 EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION Ensign June 30, 1993 Lieutenant Junior Grade June 24, 1995 Lieutenant January 01, 2001 Lieutenant Commander June 24, 2007 Commander January 01, 2012 Captain June 24, 2015 Signe Paevere From: sho <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2016 5:30 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; VA_hnt; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; aroudaut- [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Letter from the new director of TNHOC Attachments: New Director_TNHOC.pdf; Hydrographic Community BIOGRAPHY Captain KARIM TAGA.pdf Dear Sir/Madam; Please find herewith attached a letter from Captain Karim TAGA regarding his appointment as Director of the Tunisian Navy Hydrographic and Oceanographic Center. Best regards; Technical Division Tunisian Navy Hydrographic and Oceanographic Center BP N°1 – La Pêcherie – 7011 – Bizerte Tel : +216 72 510 193 Fax : +216 72 510 777 E‐mail : [email protected] ‐‐ Defense WebMail (http://www.defense.tn) 1 REPUBLIC OF TUNISIA April 12, 2016 -------------- TUNISIAN NAVY HYDROGRAPHIC AND OCEANOGRAPHIC CENTER -------------- NR 388 /TNHOC/TD Dear colleagues, It is my great pleasure to inform you that I have been appointed since September 2015 as Director of the Tunisian Navy Hydrographic and Oceanographic Center, succeeding Captain Monjed ZITOUNA. I would like to take this opportunity to let you know that I intend to keep up the excellent relationship between our organizations and further develop the cooperative spirit within the framework of the IHO towards the common objective of promoting hydrography, oceanography and safety of international navigation. I am looking forward to meet and work with you in the near future. Sincerely yours, Captain Karim TAGA Director Tunisian Navy Hydrographic and Oceanographic Center Annex: Curriculum Vitae. Centre d’Hydrographie et d’Océanographie de la Marine Nationale- B.P n° 1 La Pêcherie 7011 Bizerte – Tunisie Tel :+ 216 72 510 193 – Fax : + 216 72 510 777 – e-mail : [email protected]