Biographical Note

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF TUNISIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

 

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

Habib Mansour, the new Permanent Representative of Tunisia to the United Nations, today presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

Prior to his current appointment, Mr. Mansour was Ambassador of Tunisia to Nicosia (January 2006 to October 2007), and for part of that time, to Rome, from January 2005 to October 2007, with a residence in Rome.  From October 2002 to December 2004, he served as Tunisia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva and the specialized organizations.

Also in the foreign service of his country, Mr. Mansour served as Charge de Mission, Head of the Human Rights Unit, to the Minister of Foreign Affairs (September 2001 to October 2002), and as Charge de Mission, Cabinet, to the Minister of Foreign Affairs (1992 to 1994).

From 1990 to 2001, Mr. Mansour held several ambassadorial positions in the Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including Ambassador to Spain (1997 to 2001); Ambassador to Chile (1995 to 1997); Ambassador to Argentina (1994 to 1997); and Ambassador to Zaire (now, Democratic Republic of the Congo) (1990 to 1992).

He held several other positions in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from the time he joined it in 1979, serving as Consul General to Belgium and Luxemburg (1988 to 1990); First Counselor at the Embassy of Tunisia in Prague (1984 to 1988); First Secretary and subsequently Counselor at the Embassy of Tunisia in Doha (1983 to 1984); Consul to West Berlin (1981 to 1982); and Administrator at the International Cooperation Department in charge of bilateral cooperation for the Arab World, Africa and Europe (1979 to 1980).

Other posts in the service of his country from 1972 to 1978 included Head of Industrial Division at the National Office of Fisheries; Researcher at the National Center of Industrial Studies of the Ministry of National Economy; Head of Studies and Management Control Section of Studies and Development of Sousse Nord Company (Integrated Tourist Project); and Head of Studies and Planning Section of the National Office of Family Planning and Population.

He has participated in numerous United Nations, international and regional conferences and meetings, including the World Summit on Information Society and meetings of the Commission on Human Rights, the Subcommittee on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, the Committee against Torture, the Committee for the Elimination of  Racial Discrimination, the World Trade Organization, the World Health Organization, the International Labour Office, World Tourism Organization, the Arab Group, the Organization of African Unity and the Organization of Islamic Conference.

Mr. Mansour is an officer of the Order of the Republic of Tunisia, a Grand Cruz of the Order of Saint Martin of Argentina and a Grand Cruz of the Order of Isabelle the Catholic of Spain and Special Star of the Order of the Italian Solidarity of Italy.  He is fluent in Arabic, French, English and Spanish.

Mr. Mansour received his Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Lycee de garcons de Sousse (1967), Tunisia, and he studied at the University of Tunis, School of Law and Economic Sciences, from 1967 to 1971, graduating in economic sciences.

Born on 23 February 1949, in Hammam Sousse, Tunisia, Mr. Mansour is married with four children.

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