Lakhdar Brahimi
Lakhdar Brahimi is one of the world's finest and most experienced leaders in the world today.
He has a long and extensive career as a representative and ambassador for Algeria in many nations, wherein he strengthened the relationships between these countries and Algeria through his flamboyant yet straightforward personality.
He is also a leader in promoting strong good governance, having received numerous awards for his services in his own country, as well as to the United Nations.
He is recognized as one of those who fought for Algeria's independence, a feat that earned him recognition and winning him various awards.
Lakhdar's experience and excellence in the positions he held earned him the respect of several neighbouring Arab state leaders.
In 1984, he was appointed as the Under Secretary General of the League of Arab States and held the post for the next seven years.
During his term, Lakhdar enacted several policies that further strengthened the ties between the nations of the Arab League and sought to promote diplomatic resolutions to the problems being faced by many of its members.
Afterwards in 1991, Lakhdar Brahimi returned to Algeria to serve as its foreign minister until 1993.
During the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (also known as the Earth Summit) in 1992, Lakhdar served as Rapporteur.
Lakhdar participated and witnessed the end of the Apartheid system in South Africa when he led an Observer Mission for the United Nations during the 1994 South African elections wherein Nelson Mandela was voted as the first president of the new Republic of South Africa.
He also engaged in the negotiations that helped end the civil war between North and South Yemen.
That same year, Lakhdar Brahimi was also appointed as the Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations for the country of Haiti, a position he held until 1996.
One of the most notable nations that Lakhdar visited was Afghanistan, where he held two positions in his career in the United Nations; first as a Special Envoy of the Secretary General (which he was appointed to from 1997 to 1999) then as the Special Representative of the Secretary General (between 2001 to 2004).
He was given the responsibility of the United Nations' activities in Afghanistan, and had full authority over the political overseeing, human rights envoys, relief and supplies, recovery and reconstruction operations.
His efforts in the rebuilding of Afghanistan proved to be quite a challenge, but nevertheless successful.
Aside from his work at the United Nations, Lakhdar Brahimi has also had experiences in teaching in schools; he became a visiting professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in the United States from 2006 to 2008, an "Andrew D.
White Professor-At-Large" for Social Sciences at Cornell University and is also a member of several organizations such as The Center for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown University and the Carnegie Middle East Center.
Lakhdar Brahimi's amazing gift of connecting to people has helped him to create decisions that would benefit the majority (if not all).
This has made him very proficient and successful in his careers from being an Ambassador of Algeria to being the Under Secretary General of the United Nations.
He has a long and extensive career as a representative and ambassador for Algeria in many nations, wherein he strengthened the relationships between these countries and Algeria through his flamboyant yet straightforward personality.
He is also a leader in promoting strong good governance, having received numerous awards for his services in his own country, as well as to the United Nations.
He is recognized as one of those who fought for Algeria's independence, a feat that earned him recognition and winning him various awards.
Lakhdar's experience and excellence in the positions he held earned him the respect of several neighbouring Arab state leaders.
In 1984, he was appointed as the Under Secretary General of the League of Arab States and held the post for the next seven years.
During his term, Lakhdar enacted several policies that further strengthened the ties between the nations of the Arab League and sought to promote diplomatic resolutions to the problems being faced by many of its members.
Afterwards in 1991, Lakhdar Brahimi returned to Algeria to serve as its foreign minister until 1993.
During the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (also known as the Earth Summit) in 1992, Lakhdar served as Rapporteur.
Lakhdar participated and witnessed the end of the Apartheid system in South Africa when he led an Observer Mission for the United Nations during the 1994 South African elections wherein Nelson Mandela was voted as the first president of the new Republic of South Africa.
He also engaged in the negotiations that helped end the civil war between North and South Yemen.
That same year, Lakhdar Brahimi was also appointed as the Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations for the country of Haiti, a position he held until 1996.
One of the most notable nations that Lakhdar visited was Afghanistan, where he held two positions in his career in the United Nations; first as a Special Envoy of the Secretary General (which he was appointed to from 1997 to 1999) then as the Special Representative of the Secretary General (between 2001 to 2004).
He was given the responsibility of the United Nations' activities in Afghanistan, and had full authority over the political overseeing, human rights envoys, relief and supplies, recovery and reconstruction operations.
His efforts in the rebuilding of Afghanistan proved to be quite a challenge, but nevertheless successful.
Aside from his work at the United Nations, Lakhdar Brahimi has also had experiences in teaching in schools; he became a visiting professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in the United States from 2006 to 2008, an "Andrew D.
White Professor-At-Large" for Social Sciences at Cornell University and is also a member of several organizations such as The Center for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown University and the Carnegie Middle East Center.
Lakhdar Brahimi's amazing gift of connecting to people has helped him to create decisions that would benefit the majority (if not all).
This has made him very proficient and successful in his careers from being an Ambassador of Algeria to being the Under Secretary General of the United Nations.
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