Our people
Matteo Mecacci
Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
Matteo Mecacci was appointed as ODIHR Director in December 2020.
Education
- JD in International Law at the University of Florence (1995-2001)
Career
- Director, Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), December 2020 to present
- President, International Campaign for Tibet, 2013 – 2020
- Head of Mission of OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission for Presidential Elections in Georgia, 2013
- Member of the Italian Parliament, Foreign Affairs Committee and of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCEPA), 2008– 2013
- Representative to the United Nations in New York of “No Peace Without Justice” and the “Transnational Radical Party”, 2000-2008
Languages
- Italian (mother tongue)
- English
Former directors
- 2017-2020: Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir (Iceland)
- 2014-2017: Michael Georg Link (Germany)
- 2008-2014: Janez Lenarčič (Slovenia)
- 2003-2008: Christian Strohal (Austria)
- 1997-2002: Gerard Stoudmann (Switzerland)
- 1994-1997: Audrey Glover (United Kingdom)
- 1991-1994: Luchino Cortese (Italy)