Hédi Annabi
| Hédi Annabi | |
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Annabi speaking during a January 2008 conference on the Brazilian presence in Haiti
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| Head of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti | |
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In office September 2007 – 12 January 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Edmond Mulet |
| Succeeded by | Edmond Mulet (interim) |
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| Born | 4 September 1943 |
| Died | 12 January 2010 (aged 66) Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
| Alma mater |
Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris University of Tunis Graduate Institute of International Studies |
| Profession | Diplomat |
| Website | MINUSTAH Leadership |
Hédi Annabi (4 September 1943 – 12 January 2010) was a Tunisian diplomat and Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General, Head of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). He was previously an Assistant-Secretary-General at the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations, from 1997 to 2007.
Annabi died in the 2010 Haiti earthquake in which the UN Headquarters in Port-au-Prince collapsed.
Annabi was born on 4 September 1941. He received a degree in political science from the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris, a degree in English language and literature from the University of Tunis, and a master's degree (diplôme) in international relations from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (Institut universitaire de hautes études internationales et du developpement) in Geneva.
Prior to joining the United Nations, Annabi was a member of Tunisia's Foreign Service, where he served as diplomatic adviser to the Prime Minister before being appointed chairman and general manager of the National News Agency (Agence Tunis Afrique Presse) in 1979. His tenure at the agency lasted until 1981.
Annabi joined the United Nations in February 1981. He served as the principal officer in the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs in Southeast Asia. He was subsequently appointed director of the Office. Between 1982 and 1991, he was closely associated with the efforts of the Secretary-General and his Special Representative to contribute to a comprehensive political settlement of the Cambodian problem. Following the conclusion of the Paris Agreements in October 1991, he was involved in the preparations for the establishment of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC).
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