Filippo Grandi

Filippo Grandi, appointed eleventh United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on 1^st January 2016, heads one of the world's largest humanitarian organizations, which has twice won the Nobel Peace Prize. Before being elected High Commissioner, he was involved in international cooperation for more than thirty years, especially in the field of humanitarian work and aid to refugees. From 2010 to 2014 he was General Commissioner of the UN Agency for Palestine Refugees, UNRWA, having served as Deputy Commissioner General since 2005. For Mondadori he published Rifugi e ritorni. Storie del mio lungo viaggio tra figugiati, filantropi e assassini (2017).