Nicholas Haysom

Nicholas Haysom
Haysom sitting for a 2009 interview with Talal Al-Haj (right)
Special Representative and Head of the UN Mission in South Sudan
Assumed office
15 January 2021
Secretary-GeneralAntónio Guterres
Preceded byDavid Shearer
Special Adviser for Southern Africa
In office
October 2020 – January 2021
Secretary-GeneralAntónio Guterres
Special Adviser on Sudan
In office
2019 – October 2020
Secretary-GeneralAntónio Guterres
Special Representative and Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia
In office
1 October 2018 – 2019
Secretary-GeneralAntónio Guterres
Preceded byMichael Keating
Succeeded byJames C. Swan
Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan
In office
March 2016 – October 2018
Secretary-GeneralBan Ki-moon
António Guterres
Preceded byHaile Menkerios
Succeeded byMandate concluded
Special Representative and Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
In office
September 2014 – March 2016
Secretary-GeneralBan Ki-moon
Preceded byJán Kubiš
Succeeded byTadamichi Yamamoto
Director for Political Affairs in the Executive Office of the Secretary-General
In office
May 2007 – 2012
Secretary-GeneralBan Ki-moon
Preceded byCarlos Lopes
Head of the Office of Constitutional Support for the UN Assistance Mission in Iraq
In office
2005–2007
Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan
Ban Ki-moon
Chief Legal and Constitutional Adviser in the Office of the President of South Africa
In office
May 1994 – 1999
PresidentNelson Mandela
Personal details
Born (1952-04-21) 21 April 1952 (age 72)
Durban, South Africa
Occupation
  • Diplomat
  • UN official
  • jurist
  • legal scholar
  • professor

Nicholas Roland Leybourne "Fink" Haysom (born 21 April 1952) is a South African lawyer and diplomat who focuses on democratic governance, constitutional and electoral reforms and the reconciliation and peace process. Since 2021, he has been serving as the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).[1]

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