Friday, Ban Ki-moon, the Secretary General of the United Nations, announced the appointment of the Egyptian Mourad Wahba as the Deputy Special Representative for Minustah, where he will also serve as UN Resident Coordinator, Humanitarian Coordinator and Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

Mr. Wahba will succeed Peter de Clercq of the Netherlands, who Mr. Ban thanked him for his dedicated service and contribution to the work of the UN in Haiti.

Mr. Wahba brings to the position extensive experience in development, policy making, and operations management. He currently serves as Deputy Assistant Administrator and Deputy Regional Director for the Regional Bureau for Arab States of UNDP in New York.

Prior to this role, Mr. Wahba was the Director of the Security Office in the Bureau of Management of UNDP in New York from 2009 to 2013, and UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Morocco from 2006 to 2009.

Before joining the United Nations, he worked in media and academia.

Mr. Wahba holds a doctorate degree in oriental studies at Oxford University in the United Kingdom.

Born in 1959, he is married and has two children.

HL/ HaitiLibre