MINURSO
United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara

Past leaders

Past Special Representatives of the Secretary-General for Western Sahara (Heads of MINURSO)

  • Héctor Gros Espiell (Uruguay): 20 September 1988 – 19 January 1990
  • Johannes J. Manz (Switzerland): 19 January 1990 – 20 December 1991
  • Sahabzada Yaqub Khan (Pakistan): 23 March 1992 – August 1995
  • Erik Jensen (Malaysia): August 1995 – February 1998
  • Charles Franklin Dunbar (United States): February 1998 – 31 March 1999
  • Robin Kinloch (United Kingdom): 1 April 1999 – 18 May 1999
  • William L. Eagleton (United States): 18 May 1999 – 1 December 2001
  • William L. Swing (United States): 1 December 2001 – 1 July 2003
  • Álvaro de Soto (Peru): 7 August 2003 – 5 August 2005
  • Francesco Bastagli (Italy): 5 August 2005 – 31 August 2006
  • Julian Harston (United Kingdom): 5 February 2007 – 12 October 2009
  • Hany Abdel-Aziz (Egypt): 12 October 2009 – 15 June 2012
  • Wolfgang Weisbrod-Weber (Germany): 15 June 2012 – 31 July 2014
  • Kim Bolduc (Canada): 31 July 2014 – 22 November 2017
  • Colin Stewart (Canada): 1 December 2017 – 27 August 2021
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