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Governing Council

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The Interpeace Governing Council is the highest decision making body and plays a key role in defining Interpeace’s overall strategy. It is the legal authority that is responsible for the organization.  

The Governing Council is chaired by former President of Ghana, John A. Kufuor, and is made up of prominent individuals from the government, international, and business sectors. There is also a seat for the host government, Switzerland, and a designated representative of the United Nations Secretary-General.

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John A. Kufuor (Ghana)
Chairman
Former President of Ghana; former President of the African Union
Matthias Stiefel (Switzerland)
Vice Chairman
Founder and former President of Interpeace
Paddy Ashdown (United Kingdom)
Member of the House of Lords; former Member of Parliament and leader of the Liberial Democrats; former High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina
Hind Bint Hamad Al-Thani(Qatar)
Director of the Office of the Emir of Qatar, His Highness Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani
Oscar Fernandez-Taranco (Argentina)
Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on the Governing Council; Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs of the United Nations
Jan Pronk (The Netherlands)
Currently affiliated with the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague; former Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in Sudan; former Minister for Development Cooperation, Government of the Netherlands
Anthony Travis (Switzerland/United Kingdom)
Honorary Treasurer
Former Senior Partner PricewaterhouseCoopers
Mabel van Oranje (Netherlands)
Chief Executive Officer of The Elders; Founder and Co-Chair of the European Council on Foreign Relations; former Advocacy Director of the Open Society Institute
Claude Wild (Switzerland)
Representative of the Host Government on the Governing Council; Head of Political Division IV (Peace Policy), Federal Department of Foreign Affairs

Special Advisor

Martti Ahtisaari

Martti Ahtisaari (Finland)
Chairman Emeritus and Special Advisor
Former President of Finland; Recipient of 2008 Nobel Peace Prize; Recipient of UNESCO Peace Prize; former Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for the final status of Kosovo; Chief Negotiator of Aceh (Indonesia) peace process; Monitor of IRA decommissioning (Northern Ireland)

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