Staffan de Mistura | |
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_-_2016_(cropped).jpg) Staffan de Mistura in 2016 | |
| United Nations Personal Envoy for Western Sahara | |
| Assumed office 6 October 2021 | |
| Secretary-General | António Guterres |
| Preceded by | Horst Köhler |
| United Nations Special Envoy for Syria | |
| In office 31 May 2014 – 31 October 2018 | |
| Secretary General | Ban Ki-moon (UN) (2014–2016) António Guterres (UN) (since 2017) |
| Preceded by | Lakhdar Brahimi |
| Succeeded by | Geir Otto Pedersen |
| Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy | |
| In office 27 March 2013 – 28 April 2013 | |
| Prime Minister | Mario Monti |
| Minister | Mario Monti (acting) |
| Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy | |
| In office 29 November 2011 – 27 March 2013 | |
| Prime Minister | Mario Monti |
| Minister | Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata |
| Special Representative for the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq | |
| In office 2007–2009 | |
| Secretary-General | Ban Ki-moon |
| Preceded by | Ashraf Qazi |
| Succeeded by | Ad Melkert |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 January 1947 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Nationality | Italian-Swedish |
| Occupation | Diplomat |
Staffan de Mistura (born 25 January 1947) is an Italian-Swedish diplomat, United Nations official and former member of the Italian government.
After a 40-year career in various United Nations agencies,[1] he was appointed Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and thereafter Deputy Foreign Minister in the Italian cabinet headed by Mario Monti. In 2013, he was director of operations at the Foundation Villa San Michele in Anacapri.[2] From 2014 to 2019 he was the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria.[3]
De Mistura's previous UN posts have included that of Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Iraq (2007–2009) and Afghanistan (2010–2011), Personal Representative of the Secretary-General for Southern Lebanon (2001–2004), and director of the UN Information Center in Rome (2000–2001). His work has taken him to many of the world's most volatile trouble-spots including Afghanistan, Iraq, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan and the former Yugoslavia.[4]
Since September 2019, De Mistura is Associate Professor at Sciences Po Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA) and he is a distinguished Senior Visiting Fellow at the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs at Yale University.[5]
- ^ http://www.albawaba.com/en/news/194554 page says 35 years, but it was written in 2006 before the Iraq appointment
- ^ "Anacapri, Staffan de Mistura a Villa San Michele - Napoli - Repubblica.it". Napoli - La Repubblica. 3 May 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ^ "UN chief appoints Staffan de Mistura as special envoy for Syria crisis". UN News Service Section. 10 July 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ^ "194554". Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ^ "Seasoned diplomats address the future of Syria". Yale Jackson Institute for Global Affairs. Retrieved 13 May 2020.