Michel Sidibé

Michel Sidibé is the former executive director of UNAIDS,the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, which he joined in 2001, and former under secretary-general of the United Nations. Prior to joining UNAIDS, he spent more than 25 years in public service,working for Terre des Hommes and later for UNICEF. Sidibé holds a master’s degree in economics and diplomas in social planning and demography as well as in development and political economy.