Tor Wennesland
Tor Wennesland | |
|---|---|
Wennesland in 2021 | |
| UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process | |
| In office 1 January 2021 – 17 January 2025 | |
| Secretary-General | António Guterres |
| Preceded by | Nickolay Mladenov |
| Succeeded by | Sigrid Kaag |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 August 1952 |
Tor Wennesland (born 21 August 1952) is a Norwegian diplomat who served as UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process from 2021 to 2025.
Biography
Holding the cand. theol. degree, he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1983.[1]
He was Norway's Representative to the Palestinian Authority from 2007 to 2011 and Norway's Ambassador to Egypt and Libya from 2012 to 2015.[2][3]
He served as the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process from 2021 to 2025, following Nickolay Mladenov.[4] He is currently Norway's Special Representative to the Middle East Peace Process, including the responsibility for Norway's chairmanship of the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) for Palestine.
References
- ^ "Tor Wennesland". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ^ "Norwegian diplomat appointed UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process". 21 December 2020.
- ^ "Norwegian diplomat appointed UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process". Norgesportalen. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- ^ "MEPP: Statement by the Spokesperson on the appointment of new UN Special Coordinator Wennesland". 22 December 2020.