Lakhdar Brahimi

Lakhdar Brahimi (Arabic: الأخضر الإبراهيمي‎, Al-Akhḍar Al-Ibrāhīmī; born January 1, 1934) is an Algerian veteran United Nations envoy and advisor. He is also a member of The Elders, a group of world leaders working for global peace. He retired from his duties at the end of 2005. Born in El Azizia near Tablat about 60 km in the south of Algiers, Algeria, Brahimi is a member of the Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor, the first global initiative to focus specifically on the link between exclusion, poverty and law. He is also a member of the Global Leadership Foundation, an organization which works to promote good governance around the world. He is currently a distinguished senior fellow at the Center for the Study of Global Governance at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a governing board member of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.