Prof. Dr. Volker Perthes

United Nations Under-Secretary-General (ret.); Senior Distinguished Fellow

Organisation: Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)
Country: Germany
Institution type: Academic and think tank

Biography

Professional biography

Prof. Dr. Volker Perthes is a retired United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Senior Distinguished Fellow at Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP). From 2021 to 2023, he served as the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Sudan and headed the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS). He subsequently led the independent strategic review of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI).

From 2005 to 2020, Perthes was Director of SWP and Executive Chairman of its Board. His earlier roles include advising the UN Special Envoy for Syria and teaching as a professor at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

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