Ján Kubiš
Ján Kubiš | |
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Pierre Morel | |
Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe | |
In office 15 June 1999 – 28 July 2005 | |
Preceded by | Giancarlo Aragona |
Succeeded by | Marc Perrin de Brichambaut |
Personal details | |
Born | 12 November 1952 Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia) |
Political party | Direction-Social Democracy |
Spouse | Jaroslava Kubišová |
Children | 1 |
Alma mater | Moscow State Institute of International Relations |
Ján Kubiš (born 12 November 1952) is a
Early life
Born in 1952, Kubiš studied
Career
Career with the United Nations
From 2015 until 2018, Kubiš served as the Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI); he was appointed to this position by
Later on, he served as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the
Kubiš resigned from the Libya mission on November 23, 2021.[4][5]
Career with the OSCE
Kubiš was formerly Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Secretary General. In July 2005, the European Union appointed Kubiš to be the EU's special envoy to Central Asia. Kubiš had previously served as the United Nations special envoy to Tajikistan from 1998 to 1999,[3] during the transitional period following the civil war until the country held its first postwar elections.
Prior to taking on the post as OSCE Secretary General, Kubiš was Director of the Conflict Prevention Centre in the secretariat of the OSCE, a position he held from 1994.
Career in the Slovak diplomatic service
From 1993 to 1994, Kubiš was Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Slovak Republic to the UN Office in Geneva, as well as to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and other international organizations. In 1994, Kubiš was Special Ministerial Envoy and Slovak Chief Negotiator on the Pact for Stability in Europe. In 1992, he served as Chairman-in-Office of the Committee of Senior Officials of the Committee on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) under the Czechoslovak CSCE chairmanship.
From 1991 to 1992, Kubiš was Director-General of the Euro-Atlantic Section in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in
Personal life
He is married and has one daughter.[3]
References
- ^ Secretary-General Appoints Ján Kubiš of Slovakia Special Coordinator for Lebanon United Nations, press release of 9 January 2019.
- ^ "Secretary-General Appoints Ján Kubiš of Slovakia Special Envoy, Head of United Nations Support Mission in Libya". United Nations. January 18, 2021. Archived from the original on January 20, 2021. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f "UNSCOL Leadership". UNSCOL. March 13, 2015.
- ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
- ^ "UN Libya envoy quits weeks before planned election". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved April 21, 2023.