Wolfgang Weisbrod-Weber

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Wolfgang Weisbrod-Weber (born in Germany in 1955) was the United Nations Secretary-General's Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) on 15 June 2012.[1]

Weisbrod-Weber has extensive experience in United Nations peacekeeping operations (Namibia, Iraq, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Timor-Leste, etc). Since 2008, he has been the Director in charge of Asia and the Middle East in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations of the UN.

Weisbrod-Weber was twice the interim head of UNAMA in Afghanistan, in 2009 and 2010.

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  1. ^ "Ban appoints UN official as head of mission on referendum in Western Sahara". North Africa United. June 16, 2012. Retrieved June 16, 2012.