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Mr. Nestor Owomuhangi

Mr. Nestor Owomuhangi

Mr. Nestor Owomuhangi, a national of Uganda, assumed his responsibilities as the UNFPA Representative to Iraq at the end of February 2023. Prior to joining the Iraq Country Office, he served as the Deputy Representative and Representative at the Yemen Country Office. While in Yemen, Mr. Owomuhangi successfully positioned UNFPA as a key humanitarian player, ensuring that UNFPA assumed leadership of the Rapid Response Mechanism through which UN’s frontline relief assistance is provided to populations fleeing fighting and natural disasters.

Mr. Owomuhangi is not new to Iraq. Before his assignment in Yemen, he served as the UNFPA Deputy Representative for Iraq Country Office from 2014 to 2018. Where he helped expand and manage a complex humanitarian and development operation, including the humanitarian response for the liberation of Mosul City. Prior to joining Iraq, he worked as the International Programme Specialist for the UNFPA Country Office in Lesotho from 2008 to 2014 and as a National Programme Officer at UNFPA Uganda Country Office from 1999, initially on secondment to UNHCR as a Reproductive Health Focal Point.

Mr. Owomuhangi brings over 28 years of experience in the humanitarian and development sector, much of which has been with UNFPA and the UN system. He holds a master’s degree in Population and Reproductive Health from Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.

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