# Edmond Mulet > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Edmond_Mulet > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Edmond_Mulet.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmond_Mulet > Source revision: 1349862685 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Guatemalan politician}} {{family name hatnote|Mulet|Lesieur|lang=Spanish}} {{More footnotes needed|date=April 2010}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Edmond Mulet | image = Edmond Mulet 2015 (cropped) 2.jpg | caption = Mulet in 2015 | order = | office = [President of the Congress of Guatemala](/source/List_of_Presidents_of_the_Congress_of_the_Republic_of_Guatemala) | term_start = 13 January 1992 | term_end = 13 January 1993 | predecessor = Catalina Soberanis | successor = José Lobo Dubón | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1951|03|13}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = | party = [Cabal](/source/Cabal_(political_party)) (since 2020) | other_party = [Humanist Party of Guatemala](/source/Humanist_Party_of_Guatemala) (2017–2020)
[National Centre Union](/source/National_Centre_Union) (1985–2000) | profession = [Diplomat](/source/Diplomat) | spouse = | children = | website = [https://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/missions/minustah/leadership.shtml MINUSTAH Leadership] | footnotes = }} '''Edmond Auguste Mulet Lesieur''' (born 13 March 1951) is a [Guatemala](/source/Guatemala)n diplomat, lawyer and notary public. He was appointed Head of the independent three-member panel to lead the [Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons](/source/Organisation_for_the_Prohibition_of_Chemical_Weapons) (OPCW)-United Nations Joint Investigative Mechanism on 27 April 2017.{{cite web |url=https://www.un.org/press/en/2017/sga1728.doc.htm|title = Secretary-General Appoints Edmond Mulet of Guatemala Head of Security Council Joint Investigative Mechanism on Chemical Weapon Use in Syria|publisher=[United Nations](/source/United_Nations)}} Mulet served as the last Chief of Staff to [United Nations Secretary-General](/source/United_Nations_Secretary-General) [Ban Ki-moon](/source/Ban_Ki-moon). Previously, he was Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations at the [United Nations](/source/United_Nations). He was appointed to this position on 2 June 2011. He was the [Special Representative of the Secretary-General](/source/SRSG) and head of mission of [MINUSTAH](/source/MINUSTAH), having assumed the functions of acting head of mission in the immediate aftermath of the [2010 Haiti earthquake](/source/2010_Haiti_earthquake), in which the previous head of mission, [Hédi Annabi](/source/H%C3%A9di_Annabi) of [Tunisia](/source/Tunisia), perished, along with his deputy [Luiz Carlos da Costa](/source/Luiz_Carlos_da_Costa) of [Brazil](/source/Brazil), and the acting police commissioner, [RCMP](/source/Royal_Canadian_Mounted_Police) Supt. Doug Coates of [Canada](/source/Canada), when the mission's headquarters in Port-au-Prince collapsed. Mulet served a previous term in this position between June 2006 and August 2007. Immediately prior to taking up his post, he was [United Nations](/source/United_Nations) [Assistant Secretary-General](/source/Under-Secretary-General_of_the_United_Nations) for [Peacekeeping Operations](/source/DPKO). Prior to this, he was [Guatemala](/source/Guatemala)'s ambassador to the [European Union](/source/European_Union), the [Kingdom of Belgium](/source/Kingdom_of_Belgium) and the [Grand Duchy of Luxembourg](/source/Grand_Duchy_of_Luxembourg), where he represented his country in the preparatory negotiations for free trade agreements between Latin America and the Caribbean and the European Union. He was a presidential candidate in both the [2019](/source/2019_Guatemalan_general_election) and the [2023](/source/2023_Guatemalan_general_election) Guatemalan general elections. == Personal life == Mulet received his primary education in Guatemala City, Montreal, New York City and Bern. He studied law and social studies at Guatemala City's [Universidad Mariano Gálvez](/source/Universidad_Mariano_G%C3%A1lvez). He is married and has two sons. He is fluent in Spanish, English and French. ==Career== During the 1980s, Mulet was accused of belonging to an illegal adoption ring that facilitated the departure of babies from the country, posing as tourists. In 1981, he was arrested for falsifying adoption paperwork but the charges were later dropped.{{Cite web |date=14 June 2019 |title=Conozca a los candidatos destacados en las presidenciales de Guatemala |url=https://www.france24.com/es/20190614-candidatos-elecciones-guatemala-corrupcion-migracion |access-date= |website=}} In 1984, Mulet was again investigated for falsifying adoption paperwork, but no charges were filed against him.{{Cite news |last=Nolan |first=Rachel |date=2024-01-04 |title=Guatemala's baby brokers: how thousands of children were stolen for adoption |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2024/jan/04/guatemalas-baby-brokers-how-tens-of-thousands-of-children-were-stolen-for-adoption |access-date=2024-01-16 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}} Mulet was first elected to [Congress](/source/Congress_of_Guatemala) in 1982. He was a candidate to the 1984 National Constituent Assembly, and was re-elected to Congress for the period 1986–1991. In 1990, he was re-elected for the period 1991–1996. During his years in Congress, he was involved in the Central American peace process, the [Esquipulas Accords](/source/Esquipulas_Accords), and the Guatemalan Peace negotiations. He was also a member of the [Guatemalan-Belize Commission](/source/Guatemalan-Belize_Commission), first as a representative of Congress and later as a delegate from the executive branch. In 1992 he became [President](/source/Speaker_(politics)) of Congress. In 1993, he was appointed Ambassador to the [United States](/source/United_States), a post from which he resigned following the [self-coup](/source/self-coup) of President [Jorge Serrano Elías](/source/Jorge_Serrano_El%C3%ADas) in 1993. Following the restoration of democratic rule, Mulet resumed his functions until 1996. During those years, he was a regular lecturer at think-tanks, universities and colleges across the [Americas](/source/Americas), and at the [Foreign Service Institute](/source/Foreign_Service_Institute) in [Washington, D.C.](/source/Washington%2C_D.C.) Upon his return to Guatemala in 1996, he was elected general secretary of the [Unión del Centro Nacional](/source/Uni%C3%B3n_del_Centro_Nacional) party. Mulet served as the United Nations Special Representative for Haiti from 2005 to 2007.{{cite web|url=https://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2011/sga1296.doc.htm |title=Secretary-General Reappoints Edmond Mulet of Guatemala Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations |publisher=Un.org |date=2 June 2011 |accessdate=19 September 2012}} In 2007, Mulet was appointed as Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, a post he held from 2007 to 2010 and again from 2011 to 2015.{{Cite web |title=Secretary-General Appoints Edmond Mulet of Guatemala Head of Security Council Joint Investigative Mechanism on Chemical Weapon Use in Syria {{!}} UN Press |url=https://press.un.org/en/2017/sga1728.doc.htm |access-date=2023-06-26 |website=press.un.org}} On 31 March 2010, Mulet was appointed by the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as his Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH).{{cite web|url=https://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?Cr1=&NewsID=38591&Cr=mulet#.UFovX65AVdQ |title=United Nations News Centre - Ban re-appoints Edmond Mulet to senior UN peacekeeping post |publisher=Un.org |accessdate=19 September 2012}} He succeeded late Hédi Annabi of Tunisia, who perished in the [2010 Haiti earthquake](/source/2010_Haiti_earthquake). He was a presidential candidate in the [2019 general election](/source/2019_Guatemalan_general_election), obtaining 11% of the vote in the first round. Defining himself as [centrist](/source/Centrism), he opposed the legalization of [marriage for same-sex couples](/source/Marriage_for_Same_Sex_Couples) and the [right to abortion](/source/right_to_abortion). He was also a presidential candidate in the [2023 general election](/source/2023_Guatemalan_general_election).{{Cite news |last1=Menchu |first1=Sofia |last2=Oré |first2=Diego |last3=Oré |first3=Diego |date=2023-06-26 |title=Guatemala election heads for run-off, leftists in lead amid voter anger |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/no-clear-favorite-guatemala-votes-new-president-2023-06-25/ |access-date=2023-06-26}} He promised to build a [high-security prison](/source/High_security_prison) and to raise police salaries. He also said that Guatemala was moving towards a more authoritarian style of governance.{{Cite news |last1=García |first1=Jody |last2=Romero |first2=Simon |date=2023-06-25 |title=Guatemala Voters Cast Ballots in Contentious Election |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/25/world/americas/guatemala-presidential-election.html |access-date=2023-06-26 |issn=0362-4331}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[https://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2010/sga1228.doc.htm UN Biography: Edmond Mulet] *[https://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/missions/minustah/leadership.shtml MINUSTAH Leadership] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mulet, Edmond}} Category:Guatemalan diplomats Category:Guatemalan officials of the United Nations Category:Members of the Congress of Guatemala Category:Presidents of the Congress of Guatemala Category:1951 births Category:Living people Category:Ambassadors of Guatemala to the European Union Category:Ambassadors of Guatemala to Belgium Category:Ambassadors of Guatemala to the United States Category:Politicians from Guatemala City Category:20th-century Guatemalan lawyers Category:21st-century Guatemalan lawyers Category:Universidad Mariano Gálvez alumni --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Edmond Mulet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmond_Mulet) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmond_Mulet?action=history)). 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