Filippo Grandi
Filippo Grandi (born 1957) is an Italian diplomat. Between 2010 and 2014, he was Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).[1]
Filippo Grandi | |
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11th United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | |
Assumed office 1 January 2016 | |
Secretary- General | Ban Ki-moon António Guterres |
Preceded by | António Guterres |
Personal details | |
Born | 1957 (age 66–67) Milan, Italy |
On November 11, 2015, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced his plans to appoint Grandi as the next United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to take office in 2016.[2]