Veteran Australian Law Enforcement Official Chosen As New UN Police Chief
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced his intention to appoint Andrew Hughes, an Australian with over 30 years
of experience in national law enforcement and United Nations peacekeeping, as the world body's top police official.
Mr. Hughes has served in the Australian Federal Police (AFP) for over three decades, most recently as the Interim Chief
Police Officer of the Australian Capital Territory. Prior to that, he was posted to Fiji where he was responsible for
overseeing an over 4,200-strong force and successfully led a major reform and modernization programme of the Fijian
national police.
Mr. Hughes has also been at the forefront of Australia's contribution to recent UN peacekeeping operations in East Timor
and Cyprus.
When he takes up his duties as Police Advisor in the UN's Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) in early
September, Mr. Hughes will oversee almost 9,500 UN police officers worldwide.
He replaces Mark Kroeker of the United States, who left the post in April.
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