New Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone Presents Credentials

(Based on information provided by the Protocol and Liaison Service)

The new Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone to the United Nations, Francis Mustapha Kai-Kai, presented his credentials to UN Secretary‑General António Guterres today.

Prior to his latest appointment, Mr. Kai-Kai spent 12 years as a senior United Nations staff member.  From January to March this year, he was chief of Civil Affairs/Peace Consolidation Services in the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL).

He was Field Crisis Adviser/Field Operation Manager in the United Nations Mission for Emergency Ebola Response (UNMEER) from December 2014 to June 2015.  From March 2008 to July 2014, he was Chief of Civil Affairs in UNMIL, having served as Chief of the United Nations Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Section from 2005 to 2007.

Prior to his United Nations career, he was Director of Development Assistance Coordination in the Office of the Vice‑President in his country from 2004 to 2005, and Executive Secretary of the National Committee for Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration from 1999 to 2004.

Having earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Sierra Leone, Mr. Kai‑Kai also holds a doctorate degree and a master of science degree in agricultural economics from universities in Germany and the United Kingdom, respectively.

Mr. Kai-Kai is married.