Filippo Grandi | |
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![]() Grandi in 2019 | |
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | |
Assumed office 1 January 2016 | |
Secretary-General | |
Preceded by | António Guterres |
Commissioner-General of the UNRWA | |
In office 20 January 2010 – 29 March 2014 | |
Preceded by | Karen Koning AbuZayd |
Succeeded by | Pierre Krähenbühl |
Personal details | |
Born | Milan, Lombardy, Italy | March 30, 1957
Alma mater | |
Filippo Grandi (born March 30, 1957) is an Italian diplomat and United Nations official, currently serving as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.[1] He previously served as Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)[2] and United Nations Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan. He received the Olympic Laureate award during the Paris 2024 Olympics Opening Ceremony.