Ján Kubiš

Ján Kubiš
Ján Kubiš in 2006
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq
In office
February 5, 2015  November 1, 2018
Secretary GeneralBan Ki-moon
Preceded byNickolay Mladenov
Succeeded byJeanine Hennis-Plasschaert
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
In office
November 23, 2011  November 1, 2014
Secretary GeneralBan Ki-moon
Preceded byStaffan de Mistura
Succeeded byNicholas Haysom
Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
In office
January 26, 2009  November 23, 2011
Secretary GeneralBan Ki-moon
Preceded byMarek Belka
Succeeded bySven Alkalaj
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
July 4, 2006  January 26, 2009
Prime MinisterRobert Fico
Preceded byEduard Kukan
Succeeded byMiroslav Lajčák
European Union Special Representative for Central Asia
In office
July 28, 2005  July 4, 2006
PresidentJosé Manuel Barroso
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPierre Morel
Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
In office
June 15, 1999  July 28, 2005
Preceded byGiancarlo Aragona
Succeeded byMarc Perrin de Brichambaut
Personal details
Born (1952-11-12) November 12, 1952
Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
(now Slovakia)
Political partyDirection-Social Democracy
SpouseJaroslava Kubišová
Children1
Alma materMoscow State Institute of International Relations

Ján Kubiš (born November 12, 1952) is a Slovak diplomat who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovakia from July 2006 until January 2009.

Kubiš was appointed United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon in 2019 by António Guterres, the United Nations Secretary-General, and as head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya in January 2021.