Ms. Hanna S. Tetteh

Special Representative of the Secretary General for Libya

Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL)

Ms. Tetteh brings to the position decades of experience at the national, regional, and international levels. She recently served as the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Horn of Africa from 2022 to 2024. Prior to this, she was the Special Representative of the Secretary-General to the African Union and Head of the United Nations Office to the African Union (UNOAU) from 2018 to 2020. Earlier in her career, she served as Director-General of the United Nations Office at Nairobi.

Before her tenure with the United Nations, Ms. Tetteh was a senior member of the Cabinet of the Government of Ghana, as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2013 to 2017, and member of the National Security Council and the Armed Forces Council. As Foreign Minister, she was the Chairperson of the Council of Ministers and the Mediation and Security Council of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) between 2014 and 2015. Earlier, she was Minister for Trade and Industry from 2009 to 2013, contributing to Ghana's economic management team and holding various key roles, including as a member of the board of the Millennium Development Authority and the National Development Planning Commission, as well as Chairperson of the Ghana Free Zones Board.

Ms. Tetteh's career also includes public service as a Member of Parliament in the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for the Awutu Senya Constituency from 2000 to 2005, and later as the NDC Member of Parliament for Awutu Senya West Constituency from 2013 to 2017. Prior to starting her political career, she was a legal practitioner in the corporate sector.  She was appointed Co-Facilitator in the High-Level Forum for the Revitalization of the Agreement for the resolution of the conflict in South Sudan.

She holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from the University of Ghana, Legon, and was called to the Bar in 1992 after completing post-graduate legal studies at the Ghana School of Law.

 Ms. Tetteh is fluent in English, Hungarian, and Fante.

Ms. Stephanie Koury 

Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Officer-in-Charge UNSMIL

The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed Ms. Koury, of the United States, as Deputy Special Representative for Political Affairs (DSRSG-P) in the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on 1 March 2024.    

Ms. Koury arrived in Libya on 24 April 2024. On 16 May 2024, she assumed the role of officer-in-charge following the resignation of the former Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Abdoulaye Bathily.

Ms. Koury has more than 30 years of extensive experience supporting political processes, peace talks and mediation in conflict and post-conflict settings, including in the Middle East and over 15 years with the United Nations in Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, the Sudan, Syria, and Yemen.  Ms. Koury previously served in Libya with UNSMIL from 2011 – 2013 and most recently served as Director of Political Affairs in the United Nations Transition Assistance Mission in the Sudan (UNITAMS).

Ms. Stephanie Koury holds a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government from the University of Texas, US.  Ms. Koury speaks Arabic and English.

Mr. Aeneas Chuma

Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, a.i.

Mr. Aeneas Chuma of Zimbabwe was recently appointed as Deputy Special-Representative of the Secretary-General, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator ad-interim in Libya.  He succeeds Georgette Gagnon of Canada, who completed her assignment on 13 September 2024. Mr. Chuma will be based in Tripoli. 

Mr. Chuma brings to the position a wealth of development, humanitarian, peacekeeping and leadership experience with the broader United Nations system. He has previously served as DSRSG with UNMIL (Liberia), ILO Assistant Director General and Regional Director for Africa, UNAIDS Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, and UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Zambia, Kenya, Ethiopia and Eritrea. Before joining the United Nations, Mr. Chuma served as Macro-economist and Econometrician at the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, his home country.  

Mr. Chuma holds a MSc in Applied Economics from the University of California in the United States of America.