El-Ghassim Wane (Mauritania) was the chief of staff/chief advisor to the African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson from October 2017 to April 2019. Between January 2016 and September 2017, he held the position of United Nations (UN) assistant secretary-general for peacekeeping operations. He served as the AU Commission peace and security director from 2009 to 2015, and held various other positions between 1994 and 2009 within the OAU & AU. Mr Wane holds a master’s degree in international public law/international relations and a postgraduate diploma in international and European studies from the universities of Dakar (Senegal) and Lille II (France) respectively. He was recently appointed as professor of international affairs at the Elliott School of International Affairs (George Washington University).
