Background
Mistura, Staffan de was born on January 25, 1947 in Stockholm.
Mistura, Staffan de was born on January 25, 1947 in Stockholm.
Graduate in political science, development economics, University Rome.
Special humanitarian assignments Dubrovnik, Sarajevo, Sudan, Ethiopia, Vietnam, Lao People’s Democratic Republic. Deputy chef de cabinet Food and Agricultural Organization, 1976—1985. Director operations World Food Program, Sudan, 1987, deputy executive director external relations, 2009—2010.
Director fundraising and external relations United Nations Office the Coordinator Afghanistan, 1988—1991. Representative United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, Sudan, director division public affairs. Humanitarian coordinator United Nations, Iraq, 1997, member, security council panel on humanitarian issues in Iraq, 1999, special adviser to the high commissioner for refugees on the Kosovo crisis, 1999, regional administrator the Mitrovica Region, Kosovo, special rapporteur, Fribourg Forum on regional cooperation and coordination in crisis management for Europe and the newly independent states, 2000, director information center Rome, personal representative for the secretary-general, Southern Lebanon, 2001—2004, deputy special representative, Iraq, 2005—2006, director the United Nations Staff College Turin, Italy, special representative, Iraq, 2007—2009, special representative of secretary-general to Afghanistan, head United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), since 2010.
Married; 2 children.