Youssef Mahmoud
Youssef Mahmoud | |
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Youssef Mahmoud in 2017 | |
| Citizenship | Tunisian |
| Education | PhD in Linguistics |
| Alma mater | Georgetown University, University of Tunis |
| Occupations | Diplomat, academic |
| Employer | International Peace Institute |
| Organizations | African Leadership Centre, King's College London |
| Known for | UN peace operations; leadership in peacebuilding |
| Notable work | Whose Peace Are We Building? Leadership for Peace in Africa (2021) |
| Title | Visiting 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.