Wolfgang Weisbrod-Weber

Wolfgang Weisbrod-Weber (born in Germany in 1955) was the United Nations Secretary-General's Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) on 15 June 2012.[1]

Weisbrod-Weber has extensive experience in United Nations peacekeeping operations (Namibia, Iraq, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Timor-Leste, etc). Since 2008, he has been the Director in charge of Asia and the Middle East in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations of the UN.

Weisbrod-Weber was twice the interim head of UNAMA in Afghanistan, in 2009 and 2010.

References
  1. "Ban appoints UN official as head of mission on referendum in Western Sahara". North Africa United. June 16, 2012. Retrieved June 16, 2012.


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