Council on State Fragility

The Council on State Fragility provides strategic and policy leadership to the Reducing State Fragilities initiative. The Council advances new ideas and evidence-based thinking in global fora and works to build consensus on new approaches to address state fragility among major international institutions and countries affected by conflict and fragility. The Council is composed of eminent persons who have a deep understanding of the opportunities and challenges in addressing different dimensions of state fragility.

Council members:

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (Co-chair), Former President, Liberia

David Cameron (Co-chair), Former Prime Minister, United Kingdom

Dr. Donald Kaberuka (Co-chair), Special Envoy, African Union’s Peace Fund

Lakhdar Brahimi, Special Envoy, UN

Dr. Isobel Coleman, COO, GiveDirectly

Paul Collier, Director, IGC

Dr. Mo Ibrahim, Founder and Chair, Mo Ibrahim Foundation

President Olusegun Obasanjo, Special Envoy for Africa, UN

Dame Minouche Shafik, Director, The London School of Economics and Political Science

Dr. Rajiv Shah, President, The Rockefeller Foundation

Tidjane Thiam, Special Envoy, African Union