Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed
United Nations official
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| Intro | United Nations official | |||||||||
| Places | Mauritania | |||||||||
| is | Politician | |||||||||
| Work field | Politics | |||||||||
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| Religion: | Sunni islam | |||||||||
| Birth | 1 January 1950, Nouakchott, Nouakchott-Nord Region, Mauritania | |||||||||
| Age | 75 years | |||||||||
| Star sign | Capricorn | |||||||||
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Ismaïl Ould Cheikh Ahmed (Arabic: إسماعيل ولد الشيخ أحمد; born 9 November 1960 in Nouakchott) is a Mauritanian diplomat and politician. He served as a United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen and was therefore head of the Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen from 25 April 2015. to February 2018.
Prior to that posting, Ahmed served as United Nations Special Representative for the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER).
Prior to that appointment of 11 December 2014, Ahmed was the Deputy Special Representative and Deputy Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL).