US EditionUN elects former Iraqi President to lead UN refugee agency
Barham Salih brings extensive leadership and refugee experience to his five-year term leading the Geneva-based UNHCR, succeeding Filippo Grandi.
- The United Nations General Assembly elected former Iraqi President Barham Salih as the next head of the U.N. refugee agency by consensus on Thursday.
- Salih, a 65-year-old Kurdish politician, will take over as the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees on January 1, 2024, for a five-year term, succeeding Filippo Grandi.
- As a former refugee himself who fled persecution by Saddam Hussein's regime, Salih said his experience will inform his leadership approach that is grounded in empathy, pragmatism, and a commitment to international law.
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For the first time, a former Iraqi president is at the head of the UNHCR: Barham Salih is now head of the UN Refugee Agency, which supports people who have fled abroad for persecution in their home country.
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