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Marwan Ali

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Marwan Ali a/k/a Marwan Kafarna (Arabic: مروان علي‎; born 18 October 1956) is a senior international diplomat who brokered a large-scale prisoner exchange agreement between the Government of Yemen and the Houthis in Stockholm in December 2018.[1] Ali has served as the Chief of the Political Affairs Section at the UN Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen. Prior to that, he was the Director of Political Affairs at the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq.[2] Ali is a survivor of the Canal Hotel bombing in Baghdad in 2003.[3]

Biography

Ali was born on 18 October 1956 in Beit Hanoun, Gaza. He graduated from Mosul University in Iraq where he studied social science. Ali joined the United Nations in 1995, first working for the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in Gaza as a Project Development Officer supporting small enterprises and community resilience programs. He subsequently joined the UN Special Coordinator’s Office for the Middle East Peace Process, heading the media and civil affairs unit.

In 2003, Ali joined the UN Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) as a Political Advisor to the UN Special Envoy, Sérgio Vieira de Mello.[4] The same year, Ali survived the Canal Hotel bombing in Baghdad, one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in the UN’s history which Ali described as “the 9/11 of the UN.”[3] Uninjured himself, Ali helped rescue the wounded, including de Mello's secretary Lynn Miguel, in the moments following the blast.[5] He was evacuated but returned to Iraq a year later where he was subsequently promoted to the Director of Political Affairs at UNAMI.[2] He led the UN’s political efforts in Iraq during a critical time following the US invasion in 2003, engaging in government formation processes and the establishment of the Independent High Electoral Commission in 2004.[6] In Iraq, Ali was also known for high-profile efforts to further national reconciliation and address civil unrest in the Anbar province in 2013.[7]

In 2017, Ali joined the UN Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen (OSESGY) as the Chief of the Political Affairs section, where he headed the OSESGY office in the temporary capital of Yemen, Aden.[8] In December 2019, Ali brokered a massive prisoner exchange deal between the Government of Yemen and Ansar Allah in Stockholm,[1] which envisaged the release of 12,000 detainees and prisoners.[9]

Personal life

Ali is fluent in Arabic, English and Hebrew. He is married with three children.

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  1. 1.0 1.1 [thisweekinpalestine.com/thinking-of-others-contributing-to-the-world "Thinking of Others, Contributing to the World"] Check |url= value (help). This Week in Palestine. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Interview with UNAMI Director of Political Affairs, Mr. Marwan Ali, on "The Role of Public Opinion Makers in Supporting Political and Community Reconciliation"". www.uniraq.com. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  3. 3.0 3.1 الجارالله, خالد (17 August 2013). "UN still feels impact of deadly Iraq blast 10 years on". Saudigazette. Saudi Gazette/AFP. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  4. Power, Samantha. "The Envoy". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
  5. [https://www.un.org/french/pubs/chronique/2003/numero3/0303p7.asp "Chronique ONU | Conversation Ce qui s'est pass� le 19 ao�t 2003"]. www.un.org. Retrieved 2021-03-20. replacement character in |title= at position 47 (help)
  6. "For Iraq: United Nations in Iraq 2014". ufdc.ufl.edu. UN Iraq. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  7. "UN delegation arrives in Fallujah". ikhwanonline.com (in العربية). Ikhwan Online. 20 February 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  8. "Bloc of women members of political parties meet the head of OSESGY's Office in Aden". OSESGY. 7 March 2021. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  9. "Yemen's government, rebels name thousands for prisoner swap". France 24. France 24. 11 December 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2021.