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Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Security Sector Support and Rule of Law, United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT).UN Biography, Takahisa Kawakami
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on 2 September 2008.

Education

Kawakami obtained his degree in political science from

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Career

Prior to his appointment to East Timor, he was Chief of Staff in the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). Between 1995 and 2000, he worked at the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations. In between his service with the UN, he had been posted to the Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations in

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twice, from 1987 to 1991 and 2003 to 2007.

Death

Kawakami died while serving in Dili, East Timor, on 14 March 2010.Ban mourns death of deputy head of UN peacekeeping mission in Timor-Leste
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References

External links

Transcript of UNMIT press conference – 08 Jan 2009
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kawakami, Takahisa 1950 births 2010 deaths Japanese officials of the United Nations