The special representative of the secretary-general for Western Sahara (SRSG) is appointed by the secretary-general to lead the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO).
List of special representatives # Name Born-Died Took office Left office Country1 Héctor Gros Espiell 1926–2009 20 September 1988 19 January 1990 Uruguay2 Johannes J. Manz 1939- 19 January 1990 20 December 1991 Switzerland3 Sahabzada Yaqub Khan 1920– 23 March 1992 August 1995 Pakistan4 Erik Jensen (Acting) August 1995 February 1998 Malaysia5 Charles Franklin Dunbar 1937– February 1998 31 March 1999 United States6 Robin Kinloch (Acting) 1937 1 April 1999 18 May 1999 United Kingdom7 William L. Eagleton 1926–2011 18 May 1999 1 December 2001 United States8 William L. Swing 1934– 1 December 2001 1 July 2003 United States9 Alvaro de Soto 1943– 7 August 2003 5 August 2005 Peru10 Francesco Bastagli 5 August 2005 31 August 2006 Italy11 Julian Harston 1942– 5 February 2007 12 October 2009 United Kingdom12 Hany Abdel-Aziz 1946– 12 October 2009 15 June 2012 Egypt13 Wolfgang Weisbrod-Weber 1955– 15 June 2012 31 July 2014 Germany14 Kim Bolduc 1952– 31 July 2014 22 November 2017 Canada15 Colin Stewart 1961-1 December 2017 27 August 2021 Canada 16 Alexander Ivanko 27 August 2021 Russia
Controversy At least two Special Representatives (Johannes Manz and Francesco Bastagli) had resigned from their post in protest against Moroccan political manoeuvres.
See also Special Representative of the Secretary-General United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara
References
External links MINURSO 2003 MINURSO posts report