Victor Kisob is the current Deputy Executive Director of the
United Nations Human Settlements Programme
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UN-HABITAT
The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) is the United Nations programme for human settlements and sustainable urban development. It was established in 1977 as an outcome of the first United Nations Conference on Human Settlem ...
at the level of UN Assistant Secretary-General. He was appointed as Deputy Executive Director on 25 July 2018 by the
United Nations Secretary-General
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The role of the secretary-ge ...
António Guterres
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.
Background and Education
He was born in 1961 Cameroon. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the
Saint John’s University in Minnesota, US, and a Master of Arts in Development Banking from the
American University
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in Washington D.C.
Career
Kisob has worked for the United Nations for over 30 years in economics, development finance, human resources, and executive management posts in Addis Ababa, Gaza, Jerusalem, Lusaka, Mogadishu, Nairobi, New York, and Vienna. During his tenure, he has seen service with the Economic Commission for Africa, the Department for Peacekeeping Operation, United Nations Office at Vienna, the Office of Human Resources Management, and the Executive Office of the Secretary-General within the UN Secretariat, as well as UNDP, UNRWA, and UNICEF.
Prior to his current appointment as Deputy Executive Director of
UN-Habitat
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, he served as the Director of the Learning, Development and Human Resources Services Division in United Nations Office of Human Resources Management (OHRM) at the
UN HQ in New York. Between 2016 and 2017 Kisob also served as Acting
Assistant Secretary-General
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for Human Resources Management.
References
External links
Deputy Executive Director , UN-Habitat
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Cameroonian officials of the United Nations
Living people
United Nations Human Settlements Programme
University of Ottawa alumni
American University alumni
College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University alumni
1968 births