Lakhdar Brahimi

Education

Educated, Medersa Algiers, Faculté de Droit et Institute des Sciences Politiques, Algiers, then Paris student, Leader, 1953-1956.

Career

With, Algerian Front of National Liberation (F.L.N.), until 1956; permament representative, F.L.N. and later Provisional Government of Algeria in S.E. Asia, 1956-1961; general secretary, Ministry External Affairs, 1961-1963; ambassador to Egypt and Sudan, 1963-1969; permament representative to, Arab League, 1963-1970; deputy secretary general, Arab League, since 1984; ambassador to United Kingdom, 1971-1979; member central committee, F.L.N., 1979-1983; minister foreign affairs, member, High Security Council, Algiers, Algieria, 1992-1994; now special representative of United Nations secretary general, United Nations Mission in Haiti M C.

Achievements

• Lakhdar Brahimi has been listed as a noteworthy Government official by Marquis Who's Who.