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Nicholas Haysom
South African lawyer and diplomat / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nicholas Roland Leybourne "Fink" Haysom (born 21 April 1952) is a South African lawyer and diplomat who focuses on democratic governance, constitutional and electoral reforms and the reconciliation and peace process. Since 2021, he has been serving as the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).[1]
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![]() Haysom sitting for a 2009 interview with Talal Al-Haj (right) | |
Special Representative and Head of the UN Mission in South Sudan | |
Assumed office 15 January 2021 | |
Secretary-General | António Guterres |
Preceded by | David Shearer |
Special Adviser for Southern Africa | |
In office October 2020 – January 2021 | |
Secretary-General | António Guterres |
Special Adviser on Sudan | |
In office 2019 – October 2020 | |
Secretary-General | António Guterres |
Special Representative and Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia | |
In office 1 October 2018 – 2019 | |
Secretary-General | António Guterres |
Preceded by | Michael Keating |
Succeeded by | James C. Swan |
Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan | |
In office March 2016 – October 2018 | |
Secretary-General | Ban Ki-moon António Guterres |
Preceded by | Haile Menkerios |
Succeeded by | Mandate concluded |
Special Representative and Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan | |
In office September 2014 – March 2016 | |
Secretary-General | Ban Ki-moon |
Preceded by | Ján Kubiš |
Succeeded by | Tadamichi Yamamoto |
Director for Political Affairs in the Executive Office of the Secretary-General | |
In office May 2007 – 2012 | |
Secretary-General | Ban Ki-moon |
Preceded by | Carlos Lopes |
Head of the Office of Constitutional Support for the UN Assistance Mission in Iraq | |
In office 2005–2007 | |
Secretary-General | Kofi Annan Ban Ki-moon |
Chief Legal and Constitutional Adviser in the Office of the President of South Africa | |
In office May 1994 – 1999 | |
President | Nelson Mandela |
Personal details | |
Born | (1952-04-21) 21 April 1952 (age 72) Durban, South Africa |
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