Ján Kubiš (born 12 November 1952) is a Slovak diplomat. He is a former minister of foreign affairs. He was appointed United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon in 2019 by António Guterres,the United Nations Secretary-General, [1] and as head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya in January 2021. [2]
Born in 1952,Kubišstudied international economic relations at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations. [3]
From 2015 until 2018,Kubišserved as the Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI);he was appointed to this position by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 5 February 2015. He was also the Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). [3] Previously,he served as the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, [3] and was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovakia from July 2006 until January 2009.
Later on,he served as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (2015–2018),United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon in 2019, [3] and head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya in 2021.
Kubišresigned from the Libya mission on November 23,2021. [4] [5]
Kubišwas formerly Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Secretary General. In July 2005,the European Union appointed Kubišto be the EU's special envoy to Central Asia. Kubišhad previously served as the United Nations special envoy to Tajikistan from 1998 to 1999, [3] during the transitional period following the civil war until the country held its first postwar elections.
Prior to taking on the post as OSCE Secretary General,Kubišwas Director of the Conflict Prevention Centre in the secretariat of the OSCE,a position he held from 1994.
From 1993 to 1994,Kubišwas Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Slovak Republic to the UN Office in Geneva,as well as to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and other international organizations. In 1994,Kubišwas Special Ministerial Envoy and Slovak Chief Negotiator on the Pact for Stability in Europe. In 1992,he served as Chairman-in-Office of the Committee of Senior Officials of the Committee on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) under the Czechoslovak CSCE chairmanship.
From 1991 to 1992,Kubišwas Director-General of the Euro-Atlantic Section in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Prague. From 1989,he served in the Czechoslovak Embassy in Moscow,and as Deputy Head of the Embassy from 1990 until his departure in 1991. Between 1985 and 1988,he headed the section dealing with security and arms control in the Czechoslovak Foreign Ministry. From 1980 to 1985,he served in the Czechoslovak Embassy in Addis Ababa,Ethiopia.
He is married and has one daughter. [3]
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