UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador

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This article is about the UNHCR goodwill ambassador title. For other uses, see Goodwill ambassador (disambiguation).

UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador is an official postnominal honorific title, title of authority, legal status and job description assigned to those goodwill ambassadors and advocates who are designated by the United Nations. UNHCR goodwill ambassadors are celebrity representatives of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) who use their talent and fame to advocate for refugees.

Current UNHCR goodwill ambassadors

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Current goodwill ambassadors and the year they were appointed:

Time Ambassador Country Profession
2025 Karen Wazen File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom fashion entrepreneur and digital influencer[1]
2024 Theo James File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom actor and producer[2]
2023 Mary Maker File:Flag of South Sudan.svg South Sudan teacher, actor and writer[3]
2023 Luis Gerardo Méndez File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico actor and producer[4]
2023 Aseel Omran File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia actress and singer[5]
2023 Yang Yang File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China administrator, retired short track speed skater, and businesswoman[6]
2021 Raya Abirached File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon TV presenter and journalist[7]
2021 Tanya Burr File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom actress, influencer, and entrepreneur[8]
2021 Alphonso Davies File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada footballer[9]
2021 Maya Ghazal File:Flag of Syria (2025-).svg Syria refugee and pilot[10]
2021 Tahsan Khan File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh singer-songwriter and actor[11]
2021 Gugu Mbatha-Raw File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom actress[12]
2021 Anita Rani File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom journalist and broadcaster[13]
2020 2Baba (Innocent Idibia) File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria Musician, producer, and entrepreneur[14]
2020 Kwame Annom (Biishville) File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana chef and entrepreneur[15]
2020 Yiech Pur Biel File:Flag of South Sudan.svg South Sudan Olympic athlete[16]
2020 Betty G File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia singer and songwriter[17]
2020 Kat Graham File:Flag of the United States.svg United States singer and actress[18]
2020 Alfonso Herrera File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico actor[19]
2020 Manizha Sangin File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia singer and songwriter[20]
2020 Nomzamo Mbatha File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa Actress, Humanitarian, TV Presenter[21]
2019 Atom Araullo File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines journalist[22][23]
2019 Helena Christensen File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark model and photographer[24]
2019 Mahira Khan File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan actress[25]
2019 Leanne Manas File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa television presenter, businesswoman and journalist[26]
2019 Mercy Masika File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya singer and songwriter[27]
2019 Nikki Samonas File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana actress and television host[28]
2018 Emtithal Mahmoud File:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan poet[29]
2018 Ben Stiller File:Flag of the United States.svg United States actor
2017 Praya Lundberg File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand model and actress
2017 Miyavi File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan musician
2017 Neil Gaiman File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom writer
2017 Yusra Mardini File:Flag of Syria (2025-).svg Syria swimmer[30]
2017 Kristin Davis File:Flag of the United States.svg United States actor[31]
2017 MIYAVI File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan mucisian and actor[32]
2017 David Morrissey File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom actor
2017 Alessandro Gassman File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy actor
2017 Iskui Abalyan File:Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia File:Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus singer
2017 Yasmine Salhi File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia artiste
2016 Cate Blanchett File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia actor
2016 John Abraham File:Flag of India.svg India actor
2015 Jung Woo-sung File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea actor
2015 Ger Duany File:Flag of South Sudan.svg South Sudan actor and model
2015 Rokia Traore File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali singer-songwriter
2015 Sheikha Rima al-Sabah File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait philanthropist and former journalist[33]
2013 Aidos Sagat File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan singer
2013 Alek Wek File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom supermodel
2013 Khaled Hosseini File:Flag of the United States.svg United States writer[34]
2007 Jesús Vázquez File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain TV presenter[35]
2007 Muazzez Ersoy File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey singer
2006 George Dalaras File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece singer
2006 Osvaldo Laport File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay actor[36]
2003 Julien Clerc File:Flag of France.svg France singer
2000 Adel Emam File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt actor
1987 Barbara Hendricks File:Flag of the United States.svg United States classical singer

Other positions

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  • Barbara Hendricks became a Goodwill Ambassador in 1987. She became the first Honorary Lifetime Goodwill Ambassador in 2002, the only person to hold this title.[37]
  • Angelina Jolie became a Goodwill Ambassador in 2001. In 2012, she was appointed the Special Envoy to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.[38]

Past ambassadors

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See also

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