Lakhdar Brahimi | |
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 5 June 1991 – 3 February 1993 | |
| Prime Minister | Sid Ahmed Ghozali Belaid Abdessalam |
| Preceded by | Sid Ahmed Ghozali |
| Succeeded by | Redha Malek |
| United Nations and Arab League Envoy to Syria | |
| In office 1 September 2012 – 31 May 2014 | |
| Secretary General | Ban Ki-moon (UN) Nabil Elaraby (AL) |
| Preceded by | Kofi Annan |
| Succeeded by | Staffan de Mistura |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 January 1934 El Azizia, French Algeria |
| Political party | National Liberation Front |
| Children | Salah Brahimi, Princess Rym al-Ali, Salem Brahimi |
| Relatives | Prince Ali bin Hussein of Jordan (son-in-law) |
| Alma mater | University of Algiers |
Lakhdar Brahimi (Algerian pronunciation: [læxdˤɑr bræhiːmi]; Arabic: الأخضر الإبراهيمي; al-Akhḍar al-Ibrāhīmi; born 1 January 1934) is an Algerian United Nations diplomat who served as the United Nations and Arab League Special Envoy to Syria until 14 May 2014.[1] He was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Algeria from 1991 to 1993. He served as chairman of the United Nations Panel on United Nations Peace Operations in 2000. Its highly influential report "Report of the Panel on United Nations Peacekeeping" is known as "The Brahimi Report".[2]
He is also a member of The Elders, a group of world leaders working for global peace.[3] Brahimi is a member of the Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor, the first global initiative to focus specifically on the link between exclusion, poverty and law. He has also been a Member of the Global Leadership Foundation since 2008, an organization which works to promote good governance around the world. He is currently a distinguished senior fellow at the Centre for the Study of Global Governance at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a governing board member of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.[4] He relinquished his post as UN Special Envoy to Syria on 31 May 2014.[5]
- ^ New York Times (14 May 2014). "U.N. Mediator on Syria Quits". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
- ^ William J. Durch, et al. The Brahimi report and the future of UN peace operations. Stimson Center., 2003. online
- ^ "Algeria's Brahimi could replace Annan". Australian Associated Press. 10 August 2012. Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
- ^ "SIPRI Governing Board". Retrieved 10 August 2012.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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