Filippo Grandi

Filippo Grandi
Grandi in 2019
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 January 2016
Secretary-General	Ban Ki-moon António Guterres
Preceded by	António Guterres
Commissioner-General of the UNRWA
In office 20 January 2010 – 29 March 2014
Preceded by	Karen Koning AbuZayd
Succeeded by	Pierre Krähenbühl
Personal details
Born	(1957-03-30) March 30, 1957 (age 67) Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Alma mater	University of Milan Pontifical Gregorian University

Filippo Grandi (born March 30, 1957) is an Italian diplomat and United Nations official, currently serving as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.^[1] He previously served as Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)^[2] and United Nations Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan.