Youssef Mahmoud

Youssef Mahmoud
Youssef Mahmoud in 2017
CitizenshipTunisian
EducationPhD in Linguistics
Alma materGeorgetown University, University of Tunis
OccupationsDiplomat, academic
EmployerInternational Peace Institute
OrganizationsAfrican Leadership Centre, King's College London
Known forUN peace operations; leadership in peacebuilding
Notable workWhose Peace Are We Building? Leadership for Peace in Africa (2021)
TitleVisiting Professor

Youssef Mahmoud is a Tunisian diplomat, academic, and peacebuilding practitioner. He is Senior Adviser Emeritus at the International Peace Institute (IPI) and Visiting Professor at the African Leadership Centre (ALC), King's College London, where he serves as a leading practitioner and research fellow on the Centre’s Practice of Leadership Programme. Mahmoud is a former United Nations Under-Secretary-General who headed peace operations in Burundi and Chad/Central African Republic and served on the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Peace Operations.