Joaquim Alberto Chissano served as president of the People’s Republic of Mozambique from 1986 to 2005 where he is credited with achieving broad socio-economic reforms. He is widely regarded for his international leadership and political achievements, including winning the first-ever Prize for Achievement in African Leadership awarded by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation. Currently, Chissano is chairperson of both the Joaquim Chissano Foundation and the Africa Forum of Former African Heads of State and Government. He also leads the International Contact Group for mediation on the political crisis in Madagascar. Prior to these positions, Kofi Annan appointed Chissano in 2007 as the Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General to the areas affected by the Lord Resistencia’s Army (LRA) in Uganda. In 2006 Chissano chaired a Comité International des Sages, which helped the Democratic Republic of the Congo go through its political transition.