United Nations

Political office-holders

Our database does not yet contain any politicians connected with the United Nations.

International bodiesCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme-22
Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information of UNESCO-11
Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations-32
Director-General of the International Labour Organization-11
Director-General of the World Health Organization-22
Executive Director of UNICEF-11
President of the United Nations Security Council-219
Regional Director of the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean-1-
Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza--1
Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers--2
UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus-21
UN Women Country Representative--1
Under-Secretary-General and Secretary-General's Envoy on Technology-1-
Under-Secretary-General and Special Envoy for Digital and Emerging Technologies--1
Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations-484
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador-11236
United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination-41
United Nations Independent Expert on Protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity--1
United Nations Special Rapporteur-1039

What do these numbers mean?

We keep track both of political positions and the individuals who occupy those positions over time. Of course, a person can hold a position for multiple terms, and multiple people can occupy the same position at the same time (e.g. members of parliament).

If a person previously held a position, and currently holds the same position, they are only counted once and recorded under Current. If it is unclear from the source whether they have left the position, they will be counted under Unclear.

How can status be unclear?

Some of the data sources we rely on indicate both past and present holders of political offices. In those cases, a lack of a precise end date for a person's occupancy of a position can mean that we don't know whether they currently hold the position or not.

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