UNMISS – Senior Leaders of the Mission

Last updated: 12 November 2020

Information on UNMISS’s Leadership can be found at https://unmiss.unmissions.org/leadership.

Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG):  Mr. David Shearer (New Zealand)

Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General (DSRSG), Political Affairs: Mr. Moustapha Soumaré (Mali)

Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General (DSRSG), Humanitarian Affairs and UN Resident Coordinator, Humanitarian Coordinator and Resident Representative of UNDP: Mr. Alain Noudéhou (Benin)

Police Commissioner: Unaisi Bolatolu-Vuniwaqa (Fiji)​

Force Commander: Lieutenant General Shailesh Tinaikar (India)


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