KABUL - Bruno Lemarquis, the newly appointed Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General, Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for Afghanistan assumed his functions in Kabul on Tuesday 16 June, 2026. His appointment was made by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, and he succeeds Indrika Ratwatte.
The new DSRSG/RC/HC will coordinate the work of all UN agencies, funds and programs in the country, heading the development pillar of the integrated United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA).
Lemarquis has held several leadership positions within the United Nations System, most recently as Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General (DSRSG) in the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) and as Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 2022-2026. Previously, he was DSRSG in the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) and Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Haiti from 2020-2021.
Lemarquis also served as Deputy Assistant Administrator and Deputy Director of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Crisis Bureau, as well as in various capacities in UNDP’s Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery. He carried out several field assignments with UNDP, including in Somalia, Haiti, the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Cambodia. Prior to joining the United Nations in 1992, he worked for an international non-governmental organization in Haiti and Ethiopia. Lemarquis holds an engineering degree in tropical agriculture from the Centre National d’Etudes des Régions Chaudes, Montpellier, France. In addition to his native French, he is fluent in English.
