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UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador

Celebrity advocate of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees' (UNHCR) mission From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article is about the UNHCR goodwill ambassador title. For other uses, see Goodwill ambassador (disambiguation).

UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador is an official postnominal honorific title, title of authority, legal status and job description assigned to those goodwill ambassadors and advocates who are designated by the United Nations. UNHCR goodwill ambassadors are celebrity representatives of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) who use their talent and fame to advocate for refugees.

Current UNHCR goodwill ambassadors

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Current goodwill ambassadors and the year they were appointed:

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TimeAmbassadorCountryProfession
2021 Gugu Mbatha-Raw  United Kingdom actress[1]
2021 Alphonso Davies  Canada footballer[2]
2021Maya Ghazal Syriarefugee and pilot [3]
2021Anita Rani United Kingdomjournalist and broadcaster[4]
2020 Yiech Pur Biel  South Sudan Olympic athlete[5]
2020Kat Graham United Statessinger and actress
2020 Manizha Sangin  Russia singer and songwriter[6]
2020 Nomzamo Mbatha  South Africa Actress, Humanitarian, TV Presenter
2019Atom Araullo Philippinesjournalist[7][8]
2019 Mahira Khan  Pakistan actress[9]
2018Ben Stiller United Statesactor
2017Praya Lundberg Thailandmodel and actress
2017Miyavi Japanmusician
2017Neil Gaiman United Kingdomwriter
2017Yusra Mardini Syriaswimmer
2017Kristin Davis United Statesactor
2017David Morrissey United Kingdomactor
2017Alessandro Gassman Italyactor
2017Iskui Abalyan Armenia  Belarussinger
2017Yasmine Salhi Tunisiaartiste
2016Cate Blanchett Australiaactor
2016John Abraham Indiaactor
2015Jung Woo-sung South Koreaactor
2015Ger Duany South Sudanactor and model
2015Rokia Traore Malisinger-songwriter
2015Sheikha Rima al-Sabah Kuwaitphilanthropist and former journalist
2013Aidos Sagat Kazakhstansinger
2013Alek Wek United Kingdomsupermodel
2013Khaled Hosseini United Stateswriter
2013Yao Chen Chinaactor
2007Jesús Vázquez SpainTV presenter
2007Muazzez Ersoy Turkeysinger
2006George Dalaras Greecesinger
2006Osvaldo Laport Uruguayactor
2003Julien Clerc Francesinger
2000Adel Emam Egyptactor
1987Barbara Hendricks United Statesclassical singer
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Other positions

  • Barbara Hendricks became a Goodwill Ambassador in 1987. She became the first Honorary Lifetime Goodwill Ambassador in 2002, the only person to hold this title.[10]
  • Angelina Jolie became a Goodwill Ambassador in 2001. In 2012, she was appointed the Special Envoy to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.[11]

Past ambassadors

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