Announcing the Appointment of Mr Aeneas Chuma as Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Libya, ad interim

Before this appointment, Mr. Chuma served as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Eritrea. Mr. Chuma held several positions within the United Nations, including serving as ILO Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Africa from 2014 to 2017.  He was appointed as the acting United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Ethiopia in October 2018. He also served as Assistant Secretary General and Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the United Nations Mission, the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, and UNDP Resident Representative in Liberia from 2012-2014.

 Mr. Chuma also served as the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Kenya from 2008 to 2012 and Zambia from 2003 to 2008. From 2000 to 2003, he was Mozambique's UN Deputy Resident Representative.

 He also held various positions with the United Nations Development Programme in New York, Oman, and Zimbabwe.

Mr. Chuma holds a master’s degree in applied economics from the University of California, Santa Cruz.