Lakhdar Brahimi

Mr. Lakhdar Brahimi is a former Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General and the former Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (from 3 October 2001 to 31 December 2004).

From 1997 to 1999, Mr. Brahimi was the Special Envoy to the Secretary-General in Afghanistan. During this time, he chaired an independent panel established by the United Nations Secretary-General to review United Nations Peace Operations. The report produced in 2000, known as the “Brahimi Report,” provided a comprehensive analysis of peacekeeping activities and made specific recommendations on the United Nation’s role in peacekeeping and post-conflict peace-building operations.

From 1991 to 1993, Mr. Brahimi served as the Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs and was the Under-Secretary-General of the League of Arab States from 1984 to 1991. During 1989 to 1991, Mr. Brahimi was appointed the Special Envoy of the Arab League Tripartite Committee to Lebanon and mediated the end of the civil war in that country.

Mr. Brahimi was the Diplomatic Adviser to the President of Algeria from 1982 to 1984; Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Egypt and Sudan; as well as, the Permanent Representative to the Arab League in Cairo from 1963 to 1970.

Mr. Brahimi was educated in Algeria and France (Law and Political Science) and is fluent in Arabic, English, and French.

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