Jean-Marie Guéhenno
| Jean-Marie Guéhenno | |
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| Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations | |
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In office 1 October 2000 – 30 June 2008 |
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| Appointed by | Kofi Annan |
| Preceded by | Bernard Miyet |
| Succeeded by | Alain Le Roy |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
30 October 1949 Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
Jean-Marie Guéhenno (born 30 October 1949 in Paris) is a former French diplomat. He was named president and CEO of International Crisis Group in August 2014, succeeding Louise Arbour. He served as the United Nations' Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations from 2000 to August 2008. He is a non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Before joining Crisis Group he was director of the Center for International Conflict Resolution at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. He also served as associate director of the Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies at SIPA and directed the School's International Conflict Resolution specialization.
Guéhenno was elected Chairman of the Henri Dunant Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD) board at the end of 2010. From March to July 2012, he temporarily stood down from the board to serve as Deputy Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the League of Arab States on Syria. He resumed his role as a Member and Chairman of the HD Centre Board in November 2012.
In 2012-13, Guéhenno headed President François Hollande's review of French defense and security policies.
Guéhenno served as United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations from 2000-2008. In that role, he led the largest expansion of peacekeeping in the history of the UN, overseeing approximately 130,000 staff on eighteen missions.
Before working at the United Nations, Guéhenno was a member of the Cour des Comptes in Paris. He has also worked in international relations and diplomacy, directing the French Policy Planning Staff from 1989 to 1993, chairing the Institut des hautes études de défense nationale from 1998 to 2000 and working with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in France before he joined the UN.
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