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H.E. Ambassador Issimail Chanfi

H.E. Ambassador Issimail Chanfi

Qualifications: 

Mr. Chanfi entered Government as an interpreter for the Cabinet of the Head of State in 1988.  He holds a degree in general studies and a licence in applied foreign languages, both from the Faculty of Aix‑en‑Provence‑Marseilles, as well as a diploma from the International Institute for Public Administration in Paris.

Work History: 

The new Permanent Representative of Comoros to the United Nations, Issimail Chanfi, presented his credentials to the Secretariat today.

Prior to his latest appointment, Mr. Chanfi served as Special Adviser to his Government’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, in charge of the Diaspora, beginning in 2017.  From 2014 to 2017 he served as Director of the Eastern Africa Standby Force Secretariat, based in Nairobi, which aims to establish the Standby Force as a major regional player in conflict prevention, management and response.

Among other senior Government positions, between 2009 and 2014 Mr. Chanfi served as Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of External Relations and Cooperation, in charge of Diaspora, Francophonie and the Arab World.  From 2008 to 2009, he was Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Justice, Pubic Services and Human Rights, in charge of Administrative Reforms and Penitentiary Administrations.

Mr. Chanfi entered Government as an interpreter for the Cabinet of the Head of State in 1988.  He holds a degree in general studies and a licence in applied foreign languages, both from the Faculty of Aix‑en‑Provence‑Marseilles, as well as a diploma from the International Institute for Public Administration in Paris.

He was born in 1962 and is married.

 

Message: 

Photo above: H.E. Ambassador Issimail Chanfi presenting his letters of credence
to H. E. Mr. António
Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations (December 14 2020).

 

The Ambassador is appointed by the President of the Union and presents his credentials to the countries of representation, in accordance with the practice defined in the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.

The Comoros chaired the Africa Group at the United Nations in February 2013

We hope that you will find useful information on this official site of the Permanent Mission of the Union of the Comoros to the United Nations in New York. This diplomatic mission is also accredited to the United States, Canada and Cuba.  The embassy has a separate web site dealing with consular matters and bilateral diplomatic relations.

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