Mohamed El-Amine Souef

Mohamed El-Amine Souef (born July 28, 1962) is a Comorian diplomat who has been serving as United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres's Special Representative for Central Africa and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA) since 2026.

Over the course of his career, Souef served as his country's foreign minister, ambassador to Egypt, and Permanent Representative to the Arab League (1995–1998).

== Early life and education ==

Souef holds a post-graduate diploma of Advanced Studies in Modern Literature from Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University in Fez, Morocco, and a bachelor’s degree in Language and Literature from the Islamic University of Madinah in Saudi Arabia. He also attended diplomatic training at the Institute for Diplomatic Studies of Egypt in 1991 and the Foreign Service Academy of Islamabad, Pakistan from 1991 to 1992.

== Career ==

=== Career in national government ===

Souef was appointed deputy Foreign Minister in charge of the Arab World by president Mohamed Taki Abdulkarim in 1998. He first became foreign minister in 1999, following the military coup of Azali Assoumani. He resigned briefly in January 2002, along with Azali Assoumani, to make...