Stephen O'Brien

The Right Honourable Sir Stephen O'Brien KBE
United Nations Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator
In office 29 May 2015 – 1 September 2017
Secretary-General	Ban Ki-moon
Preceded by	Valerie Amos
Succeeded by	Mark Lowcock
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development
In office 6 May 2010 – 4 September 2012
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Mike Foster
Succeeded by	Lynne Featherstone
Shadow Secretary of State for Industry
In office 11 November 2003 – 6 May 2005
Leader	Michael Howard
Preceded by	Tim Yeo (Trade and Industry)
Succeeded by	David Willetts (Trade and Industry)
Member of Parliament for Eddisbury
In office 22 July 1999 – 30 March 2015
Preceded by	Alastair Goodlad
Succeeded by	Antoinette Sandbach
Personal details
Born	Stephen Rothwell O'Brien (1957-04-01) 1 April 1957 (age 67) Mtwara, Tanganyika (now Tanzania)
Political party	Social Democratic Party (Before 1988) Conservative (1988–present)
Spouse	Gemma Townshend
Alma mater	Emmanuel College, Cambridge University of Law

Sir Stephen Rothwell O'Brien, KBE (born 1 April 1957) is a British politician and diplomat who was the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator. O'Brien assumed office on 29 May 2015, succeeding Valerie Amos.^[1][2]

He was formerly a Member of the United Kingdom Parliament (MP), representing Eddisbury. He was first elected in a by-election in July 1999, after Alastair Goodlad was made British High Commissioner in Australia by Tony Blair and thus had to leave Parliament. A member of the Conservative Party, within the Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition he was appointed as the Parliamentary Undersecretary of State in the Department for International Development. In September 2013 he became the Prime Minister's Envoy to the Sahel, encompassing nine countries across North and West Africa.