Youssef Mahmoud, a national from

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was appointed by the

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Secretary-General

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as his Special Representative for the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT), effective 1 June 2010. He replaces Victor da Silva Angelo of

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, whose function ended in March 2010. Prior to this appointment, Mahmoud served as United Nations Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator and the

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Resident Representative. Mahmoud was previously UN Resident Coordinator in

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. He also served as UN Transitional Authority in Cambodia(UNTAC) and worked in the Office of Human Resources and Management in

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. Mahmoud joined the UN in 1981. Before that, he was Assistant Professor of Linguistics at the University of Tunis, Tunisia and Chairman of the English Department of the Bourguiba Institute of Modern Languages in Tunis. He was born on 7 August 1947 and is married with two children.

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UN Biography, Youssef Mahmoud
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mahmoud, Youssef Tunisian officials of the United Nations Living people 1947 births Academic staff of Tunis University