Tor Wennesland | |
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| UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process | |
| In office 1 January 2021 –17 January 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Nickolay Mladenov |
| Succeeded by | Sigrid Kaag |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 August 1952 |
Tor Wennesland (born 21 August 1952) is a Norwegian diplomat.
Holding the cand. theol. degree,he was first hired in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1983. [1]
He served as the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process from 2021 to 2025,following Nickolay Mladenov. [2] He is currently Norway's Special Representative to the Middle East Peace Process,including the responsibility for Norway's chairmanship of the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) for Palestine. He was Norway's Representative to the Palestinian Authority from 2007 to 2011 and Norway's Ambassador to Egypt and Libya from 2012 to 2015. [3] [4]
