Hans Grundberg

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Hans Grundberg

| office = United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen

| image = Hans Grundberg at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 15, 2023 - UN Special Envoy for Yemen Grundberg - 52901121028 (cropped).jpg

| caption = Grundberg in Washington, D.C., on May 15, 2023

| termstart = 6 August 2021

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1977}}

| birth_place = Stockholm, Sweden

| occupation = Diplomat

}}

Hans Grundberg (born 1977) is a Swedish diplomat and the current UN Special Envoy for Yemen since August 2021.{{Cite web |title=Mr. Hans Grundberg of Sweden – Special Envoy for Yemen {{!}} United Nations Secretary-General |url=https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/mr-hans-grundberg-of-sweden-special-envoy-for-yemen |access-date=18 October 2022 |website=www.un.org}}

Early life and education

Grundberg studied at the School of Economics in Stockholm and obtained a master's degree in economics.

Diplomatic career

Grundberg served with both Swedish and European Union missions abroad, and posted to Cairo and Jerusalem, as well as Brussels, where he chaired the Middle East/Gulf Working Group of the European Council during the 2009 Swedish presidency of the European Union. In 2018 he headed the Gulf Division at the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Stockholm during the time that Sweden hosted the United Nations-facilitated negotiations that culminated in the Stockholm Agreement. In 2019 Grundberg served as the EU's ambassador to Yemen before being appointed Special Envoy for Yemen in 2021.{{Cite web |title=Special Envoy {{!}} United Nations Secretary-General |url=https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/profiles/hans-grundberg |access-date=18 October 2022 |website=www.un.org}}

In 2022, Grundberg helped broker the first ceasefire during the Yemeni Civil War since 2016.{{Cite web |title=Yemen warring parties agree two-month truce - UN |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-60962188 |access-date=29 January 2023 |website=www.bbc.com|date=2 April 2022 }} On 23 December 2023, he announced that the Houthis and the internationally backed government of Yemen had committed to steps towards a ceasefire.{{Cite news |last=Ghobari |first=Mohammed |date=23 December 2023 |title=Yemen's warring parties commit to ceasefire steps - U.N. special envoy |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/yemens-warring-parties-commit-ceasefire-steps-un-special-envoy-2023-12-23/}}