Jan Beagle
Jan Beagle | |
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 Beagle discussing safeguarding in 2018 | |
| Director-General of the International Development Law Organization | |
| Assumed office 1 January 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Irene Khan |
| Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General on System-wide Implementation of Chief Executive Board Decisions | |
| In office 5 August 2019 – 2019 | |
| Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations for Management | |
| In office 1 June 2017 – 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Yukio Takasu |
| Succeeded by | Catherine Pollard |
| Deputy Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS | |
| In office 2009–2017 | |
| Succeeded by | Gunilla Carlsson |
| Deputy Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva | |
| In office 2008–2009 | |
| Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations for Human Resources Management | |
| In office 2005–2007 | |
| Personal details | |
| Education | University of Auckland |
| Occupation | Diplomat |
Jan Margaret Beagle is a New Zealand diplomat who has been serving as the Director-General of the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) since 2020. From 2017 until 2019, she was the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations for Management, appointed to this position by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on 1 June 2017. She then served as Special Advisor to the Secretary-General on Systemwide Implementation of Chief Executive Board decisions.
Earlier in her career, Beagle held the position of Deputy Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, known as UNAIDS. From 2008 to 2009, she was the Deputy Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, and from 2005 to 2007, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Resources Management.