Antonio Maria Costa
Antonio Maria Costa | |
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Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations | |
| Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and Director-General of the United Nations Office in Vienna (UNOV) | |
| In office May 2002 – July 2010 | |
| Secretary-General of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) | |
| In office 1992–2002 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 June 1941 |
| Alma mater | University of Turin Moscow State University University of California at Berkeley |
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Antonio Maria Costa (born 16 June 1941) is an Italian economist. He lives in Vienna and Brussels.
From May 2002 to August 2010 Costa served as an Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations to the positions of executive director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and Director-General of the United Nations Office in Vienna (UNOV). Costa was the first to hold this double tenure for two consecutive 4-year mandates.
Before this, Costa was Secretary General of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) from 1994 to 2002 and EU Director General for Economics and Finance (DGII) at the European Union from 1987 to 1992.
Costa is currently editor-in-chief of the Journal of Policy Modelling.