Biographical Note

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF TUNISIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Ali Hachani, the new Permanent Representative of Tunisia to the United Nations, presented his credentials today to the Secretary-General, Kofi Annan.

Prior to his appointment, from September 2001 he was Director-General of International Organizations and Conferences in the Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.  From 1 February 2000 to 31 July 2001, he served as Ambassador of Tunisia to Greece, prior to which he served as Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York from 1 September 1997 to 5 January 2000.

Mr. Hachani’s extensive diplomatic experience includes service as Tunisia’s Ambassador in Senegal, and concurrently to Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, The Gambia and Cape Verde, with residency in Dakar from 1992 to 1995.  Returning to Tunis in September 1995, he was the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Director for Research, Analysis and Planning, then Director for relations with member countries of the European Union, and finally Director-General for Europe.

Between 1 September 1985 and 30 September 1990, Mr. Hachani was Tunisia’s Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates.  He was later appointed Director of Bilateral and Regional Cooperation with Arab, African and Asian Countries in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

He joined the Foreign Ministry in 1968, serving in its Department of International Cooperation until September 1972 and then posted as Counselor at the Tunisian Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York from 1972 until September 1979.  In that capacity, he took part in many regular and extraordinary sessions of the United Nations General Assembly, as well as technical committee and international conferences.

Born in 1946, Mr. Hachani graduated in english language and literature from Tunis University in 1968 and then studied international relations at Columbia University, New York, under a training programme for diplomats from 1969 to 1970. 

He is married with four children and is the recipient of the “Officier de l’Ordre de la République Tuniesienne”.

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