Georg Charpentier (born 11 August 1956 in El Salvador) currently serves as United Nations Deputy Special Representative and Resident Coordinator in Libya.
Previously, he was the Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire.
He then moved on to different posts in a variety of countries, including Mauritania, Mali, São Tomé and Príncipe, Lesotho and Ethiopia.
His senior appointment within the UN include deputy director of UNDP's Bureau of Crisis Prevention and Recovery, in Geneva.
In this capacity, he was responsible for countries in transition and in post-crisis situations, the reduction of the circulation of small arms, demobilisation, prevention of catastrophes and assistance to countries seeking to adapt their programmes to post-crisis situations.