Michael Sergius Graf von der Schulenburg (born 16 October 1948) is a member of the European Parliament and a German former diplomat with the United Nations and with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
Between 2005 and 2012 he worked at the rank of Assistant Secretary-General of the UN Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and as an Executive Representative for peace missions in Iraq and Sierra Leone.
He earned degrees from the Free University in West Berlin, London School of Economics, and the École Nationale d’Administration.
[3] When serving at the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leone (UNIPSIL) as the highest UN representative in Sierra Leone (Executive Representative of the Secretary-General – ERSG), he came into conflict with the government over the implementation of the Lomé Peace Agreement, police arming and the forthcoming presidential elections.
[13] In 2024 he signed a "joint declaration" with Harald Kujat in support of China's supposed "peace plan", arguing that Ukraine "can no longer win the war, even with more weapons.