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Biography: Zéphirin Diabré , UNDP Associate Administrator

Zéphirin Diabré assumed his position as Associate Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme in 1999.

Prior to joining the UN system, Mr. Diabré was an Economic Adviser to the President of Burkina Faso in 1998. He was a Visiting Scholar at the Harvard Institute for International Development and Fellow of the Weatherhead Centre for International Affairs in 1997. He was also Chairman of the Economic and Social Council of Burkina Faso from 1996 to 1997. From 1994 to 1996 he was Minister of the Economy, Finance and Planning. He had served in various high-level positions such as Minister of Trade, Industry and Mines (1992-1994); Member of Parliament 1992-1998); Founder and President of the Burkina Management Association (1989-1992); Founder and Secretary-General of the Burkina and France Business Association (1989-1992); Director for Human Resources Burkina Brewery Corporation (1989); Head of the Business Department, University of Ouagadougou (1987-1989).

Mr. Diabré holds a degree in Master of Business Administration, Ecole Superiéure de Commerce de Bordeaux (1982); and a PhD in Business Finance, Institut d’Administration des Entreprises, University of Bordeaux (1987).

Mr. Diabré was born on 26 August 1959.

New York, 1 December 2005 — UNDP Associate Administrator joins multinational giant AREVA