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Federal Republic of Nigeria

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FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS, DISASTER MANAGEMENT, AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Friday, 26th May, 2023
State House Banquet Hall ABUJA, NIGERIA

SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY

Laurent M.J. DE BOECK

Nigeria Chief of Mission - IOM

He joined IOM Nigeria from Cairo, in the Arab Republic of Egypt, where he led the IOM Mission. Before his assignment in Cairo, he represented IOM in Sana’a, Republic of Yemen. Between 2015 and 2016, he headed the Labour Mobility & Human Development Division in the IOM Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. From 2012 to 2014, he was Chief of the Mission of IOM to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. From 2010 to 2012, he was the Director of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Observatory on Migration, advising the Secretary General of the ACP Group of States, covering the 79 ACP countries. From 2006 to 2010, he was Deputy Regional Representative and Regional Programme Development and Donor Relations Officer at the IOM Regional Office for West and Central Africa. From 2001 to 2005, he oversaw the liaison with the European Union Commission, Parliament and the European Council of Member States in the Regional Office in Brussels, Belgium.
He joined IOM in 1996, where he occupied several positions in Belgium, Burundi, Côte d’Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti and Rwanda.