Chairs
The IETF Chairperson is selected by the NOMCOM process specified in RFC 3777 for a 2-year term, renewable.
Before 1993, the IETF Chair was selected by the IAB.
- Mike Corrigan (1986)
- Phill Gross (1986–1994)
- Paul Mockapetris (1994–1996)
- Fred Baker (1996–2001)
- Harald Tveit Alvestrand (2001–2005)
- Brian Carpenter (2005–2007)
- Russ Housley (2007–)
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