Adonia Ayebare
Adonia Ayebare (born October 18, 1966 ) is a Ugandan journalist and diplomat who has been permanent representative and ambassador to the United Nations since 2017 .
Life
After attending school, Ayebare began studying mass media at Makerere University in Kampala and graduated in 1993 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA Mass Communications). He also completed postgraduate studies in international security at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University , which he completed with a certificate. He completed further postgraduate studies at Long Island University and at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University , each with a Master of Arts (MA). He also received a PhD from Indiana University System and Rutgers University .
In 1996 Ayebare began his professional career as a journalist in Kampala for the weekly newspaper The EastAfrican and worked for the Geneva- based news and press agency Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) from 1998 to 2000 , before becoming chief advisor and special envoy of the Ugandan government was in charge of the peace process in Burundi . During this time he also acted as ambassador to Rwanda and Burundi from 2002 to 2005 . After he was between 2005 and 2008 first Deputy Permanent Representative and Charge d'Affaires at the United Nations in New York City and from 2009 to 2011 director of the Africa program of the resident International Peace Institute (IPI). Between 2010 and 2012 he again acted as Deputy Permanent Representative and Chargé d'Affaires to the United Nations and then worked from 2013 to 2017 as Senior Advisor for Peace and Security at the Permanent Observer Mission of the African Union to the United Nations.
In 2017 Ayebare was appointed Permanent Representative and Ambassador to the United Nations and handed over his letter of accreditation to UN Secretary General António Guterres on May 3, 2017 .
Ayebare is married and has five children.
Web links
- New Permanent Representative of Uganda Presents Credentials on the homepage of the United Nations (May 3, 2017)
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| SURNAME | Ayebare, Adonia |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ugandan journalist and diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 18, 1966 |