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Filippo Grandi
Filippo Grandi | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Grandi in 2019 | |
| United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | |
| Assumed office 1 January 2016 | |
| Secretary-General | |
| Preceded by | António Guterres |
| Commissioner-General of the UNRWA | |
| In office 20 January 2010 – 29 March 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Karen Koning AbuZayd |
| Succeeded by | Pierre Krähenbühl |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 March 1957 Milan, Lombardy, Italy |
| Alma mater | |
Filippo Grandi (born 30 March 1957) is an Italian diplomat and United Nations official, currently serving as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.[1] He previously served as Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)[2] and United Nations Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan. He received the Olympic Laureate award during the Paris 2024 Olympics Opening Ceremony.
- ^ "UN appoints Filippo Grandi as next high commissioner for refugees". The Guardian. 2015-11-12. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-07-27.
- ^ Filippo Grandi Ends Term as UNRWA Commissioner-General, UNRWA
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