Ambassador PR's short biography

Ib Petersen
Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Denmark to the United Nations.

Born: 18 May 1960

Sept. 2020 – Oct. 2023; Assistant Secretary General, Deputy Executive Director (Management), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

Jan. – Aug. 2020; Director, Department for Migration, Stabilization and Fragility, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA)

Aug. – Dec. 2019; Special Envoy on Stabilization and Fragility, MFA

Jan. – Aug. 2019; Undersecretary for Communication and Consular Affairs, MFA

Aug. 2013 – Dec. 2018; Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Denmark to the United Nations, New York

2009 – 2013; Ambassador, State Secretary for Development Policy, MFA

2007 – 2009; Ambassador, State Secretary (Middle East; Africa, Asia, Latin America and the United Nations), MFA

2004 - 2007; Undersecretary for Bilateral Cooperation, MFA

2001 – 2004; Director, Department for Development Policy, MFA

1998 – 2001; Deputy Director, Department for Development Policy, MFA

1995 – 1998; Counsellor, Deputy Head of Mission, Royal Danish Embassy, Harare

1992 – 1995; Head of Section, Asia Department, MFA

1991 – 1992; Head of Section, Department for EU internal policies, MFA

1991; Executive Director’s Assistant, Nordic Office, the World Bank, Washington D.C.

1986 – 1988; Head of Section, Department for Multilateral Cooperation, MFA

1985 – 1986; Head of Section, Department for Consular Affairs, MFA

Board positions:

2004 – 2009; Member of the Executive Board of the Danish Industrialization Fund for Developing Countries (IFU)

2014; Vice-President of the Executive Board of UNICEF

2015; President of the Executive Board of UNWomen

2017; President of the joint Executive Board of UNDP, UNFPA and UNOPS

Orders:

2023; Commander of the Order of the Dannebrog

2007; Knight 1st Class of the Order of the Dannebrog

2001; Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog

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Mr. Petersen is married and has two sons.