UNSMIL’s new deputy head Ali Al-Za’tari (Photo: UN)

UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon has appointed a Jordanian as Bernardino Leon’s new deputy at UNSMIL.  The move is likely to strengthen the small team that is promoting the challenging dialogue on a National Unity government and peace.

Ali H. Al-Za’tari, a Jordanian is a 35-year UN staffer who worked in Libya in the 1990s and has also served in Iraq, Syria and Kuwait.  He is coming to Libya from Sudan where he was running the UN United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) while holding the humanitarian brief.
This will also be one of his responsibilities at UNSMIL. Za’tari holds a Diploma in Environmental Economics from Harvard University, a Masters degree in Social Sciences from Syracuse University and a Bachelor’s degree in Liberal Arts from Western Maryland College.
He replaces Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed of Mauritania, who served at UNSMIL for just nine months, leaving the deputy’s post last December.

By Libya Herald reporters.

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