Ralph J. Bunche III | |
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| Born | 1978 (age 45–46) |
| Education | Keele University (BA) University of Essex (MA) Columbia Law School (JD) |
| Occupation(s) | Human rights lawyer; former General Secretary of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization |
| Relatives | Ralph Bunche (grandfather) |
Ralph J. Bunche III (born 1978) is an American lawyer and human rights activist. Between 2008 and 2009, he advised, as in-house counsel, two Ministers of Finance of Liberia, Antoinette Sayeh and Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan on matters including the elimination of approximately US$1.2bn in foreign debt and foreign investment in the extractive industries and agricultural sectors. After leaving law practice he served in senior positions for the OSCE Mission in Kosovo and Fair Trials before being elected in September 2018 as General Secretary of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO), a position he held for three 18-month terms alongside serving as the representative of Cornwall to the European Union.