Abdul Kamara

Abdul B. Kamara is a Sierra Leonean development economist and diplomat who served as the United Nations Joint Special Representative in Darfur from 2014 to 2015.

Career Prior to this appointment of 25 September 2014 by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Dr. Kamara held several high-level positions in the African Development Bank. He served as Resident Representative in the Sudan Country Office from 2011 to 2014, Manager of the Research Division from 2007 to 2010

Following his term as the United Nations Joint Special Representative in Darfur, Dr. Kamara returned to he African Development Bank. Dr. Kamara initially returned to the role of Resident Representative in the Sudan Country Office before being appointed as Country Manager for Ethiopia

Education Dr. Kamara graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Vordiplom) in Agriculture from the University of Hohenheim in 1993. He subsequently completed a Master of Science (cum laude) in Agricultural Economics from the University of Hohenheim in 1997 followed by an award-winning PhD (cum laude) in Agricultural and Development Economics from the University of Göttingen. He was the first Sierra Leonean, and fourth African to receive the award.

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