Hédi Annabi

Hédi Annabi (4 September 1943 – 12 January 2010) was a Tunisian diplomat and Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General, Head of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH).Following the conclusion of the Paris Agreements in October 1991, he was involved in the preparations for the establishment of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC).[4] Immediately following the earthquake of 12 January 2010, Annabi was reported to be missing after the UN headquarters in Haiti, the Christopher Hotel in Port-au-Prince, collapsed.[6][7] On 16 January 2010, Annabi was confirmed by the UN Mission in Haiti to have died, after his body was recovered from the rubble of buildings in Port-au-Prince.[8] In confirming 22 UN peacekeepers dead from the collapse, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said, in a statement issued by his spokesperson, that he was “deeply saddened” to confirm the deaths of his Special Representative to Haiti, Hédi Annabi, as well as his Deputy Luiz Carlos da Costa and Acting Police Commissioner Doug Coates of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
United Nations Stabilization Mission in HaitiEdmond MuletFrench TunisiaPort-au-PrinceAlma materInstitut d'Études Politiques de ParisUniversity of TunisGraduate Institute of International StudiesDiplomatTunisianUnited Nations Secretary-GeneralMINUSTAHUnited NationsDepartment of Peacekeeping Operations2010 Haiti earthquakepolitical scienceGraduate Institute of International and Development StudiesGenevaPrime MinisterAgence Tunis Afrique PresseSoutheast AsiaCambodianAfricaearthquakeChristopher HotelRené PrévalUN Secretary-GeneralBan Ki-moonLuiz Carlos da CostaRoyal Canadian Mounted PoliceWayback MachineWall Street Journal