Background
ESSAAFI, M'Hamed was born on May 26, 1930 in Kelibia.
ESSAAFI, M'Hamed was born on May 26, 1930 in Kelibia.
Sorbonne, Paris.
Counsellor, then Minister plenipotentiary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1960-1964. Ambassador to United Kingdom 1964-1969. Secretary-General Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1969-1970, 1976-1978.
Ambassador to USSR 1970-1974, to Federation Germany 1974-1976, to Belgium, Luxembourg and European Economic Community 1978-1979. Perm. Representative January-August 1980. United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Humanitarian Affairs in S.E. Asia 1980-1981.
Chef de Cabinet of United Nations Secretary-General January-June 1982. United Nations UnderSec.-General and Disaster Relief Co-ordinator July since 1982. Grand Officier, Ordre de la Republique tunisienne.
Chevalier, Ordre de l’lndependance.
Married Hedwige Klat in 1956.