Raouf Mazou

Raouf Mazou

Raouf Mazou became assistant high commissioner for operations of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees in February 2020. He was previously the director of the Africa Bureau in 2019 and the UNHCR Representative in Kenya for over five years, having been a deputy director in the Africa Bureau for four years. Having served UNHCR for more than 30 years, in the Great Lakes Region and West Africa, as well as the East and Horn of Africa, he has also served as deputy director of the Division of Operations Support and head of the Emergency and Security Service.