predecessor blankname nationality office birth_date term_start namedata image article_title name occupation
lakhdar brahimi secretary general italian-swedish united nations and arab league envoy to syria 25 january 1947 july 2014 ban -rrb- ki-moon -lrb- un -rrb- nabil elaraby -lrb- al staffan de mistura , kabul.jpg staffan de mistura
 staffan de mistura diplomat
staffan de mistura

staffan domingo de mistura -lrb- born 25 january 1947 in stockholm , sweden -rrb- is a long-serving italian-swedish diplomat and former member of the italian government .
after a 40 year career in various united nations agencies , he was appointed undersecretary of state -lrb- junior minister -rrb- for foreign affairs in the italian cabinet headed by mario monti .
he is currently the director of villa san michele on capri and united nations special envoy for the syria crisis .
de mistura 's previous un posts have included that of special representative of the secretary-general in iraq -lrb- 2007 -- 2009 -rrb- and afghanistan -lrb- 2010 -- 2011 -rrb- , personal representative of the secretary-general for southern lebanon -lrb- 2001 -- 2004 -rrb- , and director of the un information center in rome -lrb- 2000 -- 2001 -rrb- .
his work has taken him to many of the world 's most volatile trouble-spots including afghanistan , iraq , lebanon , rwanda , somalia , sudan and the former yugoslavia .
